Studio Brief 03 - Alternative Movie Poster (2/2)

The technician in the ceramics workshop was really helpful. I explained my idea to him and he told me the best way to achieve the outcome I was aiming for.

I cut a piece of glass to a4 size using a glass cutter and then smoothed off the edges and corners so that it wasn't too sharp. 

I then put sticky back plastic on one side of the glass. This would stop the glass breaking apart when i shattered it. It was difficult to apply the plastic without getting any bubbles in it but I managed it after a few attempts.

I used the print room at Vernon Street to print my designs. I took my positives in and exposed my screen. I needed 4 separate positives because I was printing the repeated pattern on paper and the type on the glass. I looked through the stocks that they had to offer and decided on a slightly off white textured stock called 'Somerset Textured White.'

I really enjoyed the process as I have done it a few times now and I feel I am really starting to get the hang of it. The alignment had to be perfect for these designs as each illustration is so small and the red tags had to fit directly into the negative space in the illustrations. Almost all of my prints were lined up perfectly or close enough so it wasn't noticeable which I was really pleased with.

When I was printing onto the glass I did all of my registration prints with the glass already underneath it as it is very slightly raised and even this could throw off the alignment. I taped up the edges of the glass to make sure it didn't damage the screen.

Shown above is the glass after it had been printed. It took a while to dry but I was really pleased with the way it looked.

I used a hammer to smash the glass and filmed it in slow motion. Unfortunately the slow motion video didn't transfer to my computer at the 120fps that it was filmed in. I did attempt to make a gif of the smashing. Shown above is my outcome. It didn't work out very well, there are some obvious flaws which I could fix easily but unfortunately due to the equipment I used i will not be able to achieve the desired effect.

I scanned in the final piece so I could get a flat digital image of the poster rather than it just being a physical piece. I was apprehensive that the glass wouldn't scan properly. I was really pleased with the outcome though. I have really enjoyed this project and feel that my work reflects this. Although I struggled with ideas to start off with I feel my final piece is strong and unique. 

I feel my skills with screen printing have improved drastically due to this module as well as my idea generation skills.