ideas for screenprinting

just going to jot down my ideas.

i had my third screenprinting class of the semester. it's kind of hard because i'm not really used to this kind of teaching where the teacher just gives us free rein especially when i'm new to the medium. i asked him about this but all i got back was a nonchalant answer of "i'll give you a project then." didn't happen. so i just looked around at what people were doing and decided to experiment with photo emulsion. i printed out an image i found on the internet that looked pretty cool (link). it's hard to think in screenprinting terms because things may or may not show up and it is an additive process. seeing that i don't have a painting background which probably most people do in the class, i got a little frustrated with the medium quite quickly.

kim printed on glass and it looked so cool! she then combined her etching stuff with screenprinting and made really awesome prints. she's really talented and a great artist!

i wish i was doing stained glass again so i can print on it. but c'est la vie! i might continue the class 'images on clay' from last semester and print in clay tiles or something. not sure yet. i want to do something that explores my duality as an asian and an american. maybe combining some kind of transparent and coarse paper. it would be interesting to combine my documentary workshop class with screenprinting and impose maps or some other thing on top of the photos? or, printing anatomical images juxtaposing with something... oh the possibilities! there are so many i just don't know what to doooo.

on a different note, my flatmate from romania yelled at me for taking a shower this morning. i didn't know that she was going to take a shower. she was making breakfast. she said that i was inconsiderate and how she had class at 8 am but it was 7:40 when i got in the shower. it gave me a sour outlook for the day. i don't understand her gripe against me. she doesn't know me and i her. she stares at me like i'm some weird animal from some distant world, like everyone else in israel. she is not a nice person.