Died young, Stayed pretty : Screen printing videos

Found this trailer on Rigard Kapp's screen printing blog , Jiant Hand Prints. Really can't wait to get hold of it !



Also on his blog , this hilarious video showing the whole screen printing process from start to finish... love the running commentary....

HelgaPhone

I've been having some fun with this photographic iPhone app, CameraBag which enables you to apply a range of filters to any image, including a classic Helga lens feel. Who says the iPhone's camera is worthless?!

Roots

A long long time ago in a city much like Johannesburg, I noticed a strange outline of something in a sidestreet on my way to work. After ignoring the call to come closer, to bear witness for a week, I finally took the turn and found the old, exposed heart of an uprooted tree, lying by the side of the road. That initial encounter led to the documentation of several more of these specimens, lying like old cadavers at the scene of a crime, begging for an autopsy. I can now say that after a year of toiling , shooting, re-shooting, deep-etching, and re-reshooting, and fretting about details up to what has ventured into obsession, I'm finally happy with the end result. Thanks to everybody who lent me their cameras,time and invaluable advice and support throughout this endeavour. Of course, the final step is yet to be taken - filing my report; printing, binding the documents for the record...

Refuse man

Shot this guy while out and about town this weekend. I really enjoyed the early morning sessions ( never thought of myself as a morning person). The city has a great feel about it that time of day - people jogging, cycling, everything has a magical quality to it. This guy just happened to be at this particular rubbish heap in Parkhurst, and i couldn't resist such a great opportunity . Also really loving playing around with the camera...

Vorm 1 ( How I got to do my first silkscreen! )

I hooked up with Lingo Rodriques purely by chance at a David Krut exhibit. Incidentally , Steak ( from Pangram )mentioned him barely a few days before, when we were talking about silkscreening. I have my own screens and basic materials, and have tried to do one or two exposures, but to no avail, and was desperately wanting to hook up with someone a little more experienced.

Fast forward a month or so - and the re-aqcuaintance of Mr Rodriques, this time at the Bohemian, and the mention of an exhibit he was planning to put together , called Halftone One, featuring various permutations of silkscreened and other prints. All very exciting ! Nonetheless, and as always - the deadline proved backbreaking , as we worked into the wee hours at his Halftone studio, situated in Centurion.

Lingo doing his thing. At this stage all was going well, but the very first screen was soon giving us hell, and just didn't want to expose properly ! In the end we did 4 exposures before settling on one.

The crazy notion of doing two posters, each using 4 screens was proving very strenuous, and in the end I settled for one poster, using 5 screens. Crazy! In retrospect I should have done more planning , and settled for a max of 2 screens, but school fees were paid , and I'm sure next time we'll do it a bit differently.

Car guard at the 24 hr McDonalds, furiously filing some.. uhm.. car guard things

My first silkscreen print then, out of the way, and one I'm glad to say , ended up not to badly, all considering. Thanks again Lingo for the patience and help in making it possible, and Hein for helping out with cleaning the screens!

VORM 1

Oh - and the exhibit wasn't too bad either! Next...

Happy birthday Mila & Luc !

The 11th of March 2009 marked the 5th birthday of the two twins Mila and Luc.
Thanks for filling my world with so much magic. You are what I strive to return to every day, the two custodians of "eatmorecrayons".
I love you.

All square

I love my new all square notebook. I've always wanted one! It was meant for meeting notes, but I find myself doodling in it more than anything else; to the point where I'm resevring whole pages for my drawings. I think I need a new office notebook...