My Process

I am giving away these 20 prints (4x6) to the first 20 people that inquire about them. I'll mail them out as postcards. so if you want one, hit me up at Oneeightyone@kilumal.com . We'll see how long they last!

So i finally got around to finishing my studio over the weekend and set everything up how i wanted to and how i could go about creating and being comfortable in my new space.
While cleaning up my office space ventured into our supply closet and found these.
Now, i will probably never use these as i like to use those nifty immediate print out things at drug stores, so the idea to make some postcards, along with trying out my studio for the first time in almost a year was easy to go with.

So i took three of my fav paintings ive done this year and decided to make this 4x6 peice of photo paper come out awesome. I took out the color via photoshop and using Cut out and Note Paper came out with a single color design i was happy with.

I ended up printing it off mylar ive had that i bought in brooklyn a few years ago and put away, that for some reason i never used before. I usually use transparencies but since it was on hand i ended up using it. (i'll probably stick to transp. The mylar has a wierd way of not having all the detail show up.

As shown in the photos above in the closups, the edges suck. so here's where my ink pen and my brand new (to me) vintage ink well (be jealous, look at that thing it's awesome) came into play. since i print out the image using my laser printer i go over it with perm. ink to darken it for the exposure to turn out well.

After burning my retinas this is what the outcome looks like. dark = good.

So after this step is the Grunt work. Which ive always hated.. I used one of my new screens and after registering and finding out exactly where to burn the screen to get it right where i wanted it. (which took about an hour) i was ready to expose. This is the part where patience and other things you should be doing come into play. and also the nectar of the gods.. Jolt Mo'fuggin Cola.

 

I use a weight to press down the screen so it can be as close to contact with the glass as possible, any space will cast a shadow and the final burn will come out not as clean and with as many fine lines most will not show up.  (as evidence in the next group of pictures)

 

This is a view from the bottom, you can see the weights placed exactly on top of where i want the image to burn.

So i messed up. I burned the image twice, this one here (right below) is the first attempt, i was using a new emulsion (each emulsion, will have it's own burning time, so it's a matter of trial and error until you get the rist time), and thankfully i got it on the second try, you can see in the first picture that a lot of the detail got washed out.

In this photo, you can see a lot more of the detail, this is attempt 2. and i now have a perfect time for how long i need to burn the screen, whenever you change a variable, wether it be emulsion, distance, etc, etc, (when you're like me and built everything yourself you need to do this) unless you use one of those fancy 20g exposing units but who the fuck really has one of those?

After putting the screen down and letting it dry, i decided to figure out which paint to use. i used this nifty red orange looking one. and put in some base to make it last longer (use it people, the more it lasts the less money you spend)

Here we go. After finding out the exact placement of each photo paper i was ready to print, it takes a little bit, but honestly registering the print will save you a lot of headaches in the long run. wether it's tshirt, posters, prints, registration is key to getting things how you want them to turn out.

 These are the first few that i printed and i was happy with the outcome, i learned something though, photo paper sucks to print on, dont ever do it.

I ended up printing out 20. (The first 20 people that hit me up and send me their addy will get these)

After which i ended up playing around with other inks and have these Glow in the Dark ones. i spray painted some of the paper to see how they would come out, and they came out awesome.