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  • Using Diazo Photo Emulsion - Tips, Tricks and Troubleshooting

    Using Diazo Photo Emulsion - Tips, Tricks and Troubleshooting

    We are often asked for guidance with screen printing and the most common request is for help with exposing screens and the problems encountered. Benjamin Franklin is quoted as saying “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail” – I don’t know how good he was at screen printing but it sounds like he …
  • Meet the Maker: Winsper Design

    Meet the Maker: Winsper Design

    My name is Rachel Winsper, I’m a pattern maker and hand printer based in South Staffordshire. I work from a small pink studio at home, surrounded by patterns and colours.  I create handprinted wallpaper and decorative printed items for the home. Describe your printmaking process. Once I have an idea for a pattern, I like …
  • Meet the Maker: Paul Cleden

    Meet the Maker: Paul Cleden

    Hi, My name is Paul Cleden; I am a printmaker living in Dorset. I create relief prints, collagraph, and card prints, but the majority of my work is currently multi-block Lino Cuts, although a recent collaboration with the Penfold Press means that I’m also now making screen prints – all very exciting. My background is …
  • Making a Thermal Screen using the MiScreen

    Making a Thermal Screen using the MiScreen

    Thermal Screens or Thermofaxes are often made using traditional photocopy technology from the 1950s. However, here at Handprinted, we use a machine called a MiScreen to process our screens. The MiScr. . .