Screen Print V: Nova

This is Nove a.k.a Chris. I remember when he showed up at TU with his "Bolt Hawk" skinny and skinny jeans. Stephann found him at the BSU cookout and the rest is history. On this particular night in this particular picture I just told him "you know I love you right, like you know if these hoes are bothering you or if they bother you in Cali, I know you wont fight a girl but I drop her for you." Or well I said something along the lines of that lol 

CMYK (layering of the primary colors & black)

My four layeer as well as the inks I was usuing all preped

K,Y.M.C...In that order. lol

Layer 1-C

Layer 1&2-CM

Top left-Finsished CMYK
Bottom left-Layers 1-3 CMY
Right Layers 1&2-CM

Screen Print IV: Foster

Oh Frosty. 

This is Foster, and yes that is his real name. This is us at this Toga party me and  my cousins hosted the beginnign of my last year at Towson. I don't remember what he said before we took this picture but it was, as usual, HILARIOUS. 

The text transparencies.

Layer 1 

After adding the second layer, achieved by exposing fabric on my silk screen instead of using a transparence. 

Layer 3 achieved by exposing a different fabric then the one iused in layer 2.

The Finished Print. With the "Foster's" beer can addition. 

Screen Print I : King Loaf

Learned how to do screen printing during my last year. I thought it was gonna be really difficult but after I got the hang of it I really enjoyed it. 

The exposure unit. After u emolsion your screen you expose your image  on this machine. 

My screen set up for a print.

I decided to do a series of print that were "portraits" of people in my life. This first one was for Mike aka King Loaf as he is named in my phone. Hints why his portrait was a LOAF of bread, The King Loaf. lol. 

Layer 1

Layers 1-3

"finished" 

 

The original and the revised print after I found my knack for text in my art work. 

The text I later added, after sucessfully using text on almost the rest of this series was a personall note to Mike. When I made the print we were dating and by the time I finished the series we were just friends again. To  this day I haven't told him what it says or let anyone read the note. 

The Elephant in the Room...

Various paints I have made all centered around elephants. Many ask me why elephants, whats is so great about them? The truth is I have always LOVED elephants, there my favorite animal. As I got older elephants remained one of my obsessions. They comfort me when I'm down and bring me joy. Elephants to me are peaceful creatures. They raise families, the fall in love, they remember. I feel like I am an elephant, or as my bestie would say Lynelephant. 

First Elephant Reduction Lino Print

First Elephant Calligraph (un-soaked paper)

Elephant Calligraphs (un-soaked & soaked paper)

Mounted Elephant Calligraph Print

Second Elephant Calligraph, printed on tie-dye cotton fabric 

Various Elephant Prints, calligraph & lino 

Version II  of Elephant Lino Prints

Version I :Calligraph Pattern & Lino Elephant

Version II: Calligraph Patterns & Lino Elephant

Version III: Calligraph Patterns & Lino Elephants 

FragAd Dress

This dress is made of fragrance ads from all the magazines i'd saved knowing they'd be useful one day. As well as various recycled pieces of fabric to create the structure for the ads. I made to dress to reference the fear I have of smelling bad in public, its one the few things I constantly worry about. The dress's skirt was constructed  to flow away for the body , keeping people from getting close. The dress also smells great.

Wore this as part of my final presentation in my drawing class. 

Close up detail of the top. 

Photos By: Chris A. Smith

Dress By: L. Phillips (me)