DAMON ROBERTS PRINTMAKING ARCHIVE # TWO
By Damon Roberts
↓ The studio's Ultra Violet light box. This is used to burn the artwork onto the screens i use for printmaking. The U.V. light fixes the photosensitive emulsion to the screens mesh. Once washed off it creates a high definition photo quality stencil..
↓ All the remaining wall space in the studio now racked up to accommodate all the inks, binders and chemicals that i need for printmaking. After almost two decades of printmaking it feels like i'm finally getting organised in here!.
↓The printing press i engineered that i use to create all my silkscreen work.
↓ The business end of the printing press.
↓ How the studio tends to look after a printmaking mission.
↓ The used up inky screens before they undergo the clean up process.
↓ Title - Reso-Tones. Metalic (Duo-Tone) Silkscreen Edition.
↓ The metal compound ink that i favour when producing Duo-Tone process prints.
↓ Ultra fine detail from the Driftworks Silkscreen Edition.
↓ The finest nylon mesh screens i use tend to rip open if not handled with care!
↓ Driftworks Edition. (Metalic Duo-tone) process.
↓ Screen from the Test Tones Silkscreen Edition.
↓ A batch of Test Tones prints on the drying rack.
↓ Rubber Stamp Officialdom
↓ Another one bites the dust..... From the Dilations series.
↓ Dilations Special Edition.
↓ Copper ink on juxtaposed linear underprint.
↓ Smoke Spheres Screens ready for cleaning up.
↓ One of aproximately 30 unique screens that were created in order to print the full colour 'Rachmads Tones' edition.
↓ The final 'Rachmads Tones' edition. Heavy Bauhaus influence on these!
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↑ Zig Zag - Architectural theme abstract. Mid stage print production spec proof denoting all the areas of the print where the solid spot colours and gloss varnish need to be added.
↓ Zig Zag - One of the used up component screens from this edition.
↓ The finished versions featured a combination of CMYK process printing, flourescent spot colours and gloss varnish.
↓ One of many unique pieces that have emerged from my printmaking experiments over the years. Day glow and metalics all the way! A remix of the spore edition combined with elements from the Mandala series.
↓ Full colour CMYK details from the original Mandala series.
↓ A limited edition version of the Mandala release featuring metalics and CMYK process printing.
↓ Some more commission work from Dreadzone who i have produced a number of album covers for over the last few years.
↓ Diluted red, gold and green metalic inks were mixed and forced to blend on the screen for the over prints on this edition.
↓ Red, gold and green metalic ink silkscreen version of the Dread Times album cover. A few left on the shelves! - To order -> Contact Studio.
↓ Dreadtimes Album cover artwork. Compact disc version.
↓ My Radius Sillkscreen edition featured on the cover of the Dreadzone - Rare mixes allbum cover.
↓ Weighing out the inks to get the the correct ink opacity levels for the highlights on the Radius edition..
↓ The final version of the Radius edtion consists of ten layers of hand applied inks.
↓ The Morning Factory. Geometric Bauhaus inspired geometric abstraction.
↓ This edition features solid slabs of overprinted inks. The finished prints have a highly textural finish due to the super heavy ink density.
↓ Each print in this edition was was mechanically numbered.
↓ Detra Blax Abstract Composition.
↓ Ultra World Abstract Print Edition.
↓ Orbs - CMYK Process print housed in Habitat Aluminus Frame.
↓ The Orbs prints were one of my first experiments using the full colour CMYK print process. The process is capable of creating an effect similar to old super8 video stills.
↓ A recent studio acquisition. A custom embosser for prints.
↓ Melting wax for the Glass Siren Studio Thankyou cards.
↓ Another batch complete....
↓ The base layers of the 'As Above - So Below' Abstract Print Edition on the drying rack.
↓ The final production after having all the individual layers of spot colours applied.
↓ All prints are dispatched from my studio in strong cardboard mailer tubes to ensure safe transit. I'm currently selling only in the United Kingdom, The United States of America and Australia at the moment. I'm no longer selling to Europe for the time being due to the new GPSR restrictions. Hopefully this will change soon when the powers that be get their act together!
↓. This first printing press i built which was used to create many of my early print releases.
↓. Geokraft print edition on the printing press.
Dark room conditions only!..... The photo-sensitive emulsion i use to create the stencils for my printmaking projects.
Damon Roberts Print Archive # 1