Open House

We had lots of fun sharing thermofax screen printing on Saturday at the Artistic Artifacts open house.  There were 4 of us demonstrating different techniques and our printed bookmarks/gift tags were a big hit.  Here are a few pictures from the event.

 These are our samples of bookmarks made with paint chips, gift tags, mug rugs and gift bags.

 Elizabeth is packaging screens, alongside Julie Booth, who was demonstrating printing with food!

 Beth is working on her bookmark and tag.

 If the print isn't the best, no problem!  Just paint the whole thing green, let it dry, and print over it!  We used brown kraft paper as a table cover and practice printing sheet - worked great!

 Showing a young friend how to screen print.

 These are the PG Fiber2Art screens for sale at Artistic Artifacts.We've added a section of special winter holiday screens.

One of the other make and take projects was greeting cards using gift papers and wooden printing blocks.  Lots of creativity going on!

Winter Holiday Screens

Saturday, Dec. 6 we will be at Artistic Artifacts for the annual Open House, where we will be demonstrating screen printing and have some make & take items available.  For this event we have created some new screens and added 4 to the Etsy shop.  These are the 4 new screens in the shop.

On the left is a public domain vintage pine cone from The Graphics Fairy.  It is sized to 2.5 x 1 inch.  On the far right is a grouping of 3 vintage snowflakes, also from Graphics Fairy measuring 2 x 5 3/8 inches.  The two in the center are text screens.  Center left is made up of microwords such as family, cheer, merry, peace, love, etc.  It measures 4 x 7 inches and is great for backgrounds.  Center right is made up of 4 words - Hope, Joy, Peace, Love - and measures 2 x 5 1/4 inches.  Here are some things we've been working on with these and other holiday images.

We will be working on gift tags, bookmarks, component pieces for mug rugs.  What else might you use these designs for?