YUDU fun with my gal pals

What fun we gals had playing with the YUDU screen printer. It was a little slow going because my pregnancy (at the time) brain was a bit forgetful of the rules. Such as don’t peel the plastic sheet off of the emulsion before you burn the screen. I also had to have help from the crowd to remember where the plates went when burning and when printing. I also think I want to get a softer squeegee as the hard one that comes with the system is a bit tough to pull. I am going to do a great deal of YUDUing this fall as I prepare for our annual open studio event on December 12. I can’t wait to print up a ton of onesies. If you’re having a baby or know someone who is – you’ll have to check them out. During our night of gal pal fun we printed onesies, baby bibs, greeting cards, tee-shirts and Sarah even printed an apron. Rosie’s project really turned out the best. She used her Cricut machine to cut out a couple of ducks and Sarah helped her cut into the big one and place the smaller one inside to create a nesting image. She cut them out of black card stock and her design really worked well. Those of us who did drawings directly on the transparency really need to use thicker Sharpies next time as we lost some of our lines. We also audio recorded our chatter and once this is edited I will post the pod-cast I am making with the help of my friend Adam. More YUDU pics to come as I play more throughout the coming weeks.

Gas Girl screen printed on a baby bib

Rosie's duck greeting cards

Adam - our pod-casting, audio assisting guru

Me chatting while my YUDU screen is burning. With book and weight on top to hold the cover down. Per the YUDU instructions.

Our ink choices - so many to choose from. Thanks Mike at Provo!

My burned screen - with the emulsion still in

A burned screen - with the emulsion still in

Scrubbing out the emulsion

Taping off the edges with clear packing tape

Putting some ink on the screen - ready to pull

A tee shirt ready for ink

Rosie (my mom) doing the pull

Cute monster design on the tee

Another Rosie shot - isn't she cute. She is loving the YUDU!

September 21, 2009labfive Leave a comment

Kooky Krafts

Shhhhh . . . it’s way better then first Fridays – you can actually look at the art. We stopped by Braggs Pie Factory to see Carolina Escobar‘s show – wow – lovely. It looked like a museum show – great job Carolina. So much work though where will she store it when the show come down we wondered? Then we walked the dark and scary streets along Grand Ave. (ha ha) up to Beatrice Moore’s new endeavor. The Kooky Krafts Shop. Wow what a stunner this place is. I wanted EVERYTHING in there! It is a channel explosion. So Yummy I think my mouth was open the whole time I was in there. The three year old short one thought it was a princess fantasy land. Next weekend is the Grand Avenue Festival – check her new shop out then.

Kooky Krafts Shop
1500 Grand Avenue
602-252-3774

Kooky Krafts Shop

The Mother of All Things Art in Phoenix: Beatrice Moore

September 19, 2009labfive Leave a comment

mural of words and images

I created a paneled mural of words and images for the Phoenix Office of Arts and Cultures’ artSpace program. This mural was requested to provide a small bite of the activities that the POAC artSpace program offers. It will live at the Arizona Department of Education office as they are the funders of the artSpace program. POAC artSpace provides kids access to the Arts in an after-school setting. I worked with a gardening and growing theme using trees, flowers, butterflies, a wheelbarrow and seed packets. The lines of the tree trunk and branches as well as the flower stems are made by using words from poetry written by students participating in the artSpace programs. The leaves and butterflies are created out of photos of kids in the program and images of their artwork.