I’ve wanted to try it for a long time, but never got around to it. I’m curious about any techniques that are more grass roots outside of the commercialized space, like what are the absolute minimum things needed when repeatability, convenience, and time are not important factors, but money and access to rare markets is extremely limited? What have you made before?
Like:
- a (blank) makes a good screen, or (blank) is an alternate technique to screens
- (blank) can work as a replacement for emulsion
- (blank) is an alternative for ink
I’m personally interested in printing on t-shirts, but also printing silkscreens on circuit boards.
Find a local place that has the equipment. I have friends running successful art print businesses using a local art studios gear, and they offer classes and are great for community too. It seems really fun and rewarding!
This is probably one of your better bets and you’ll learn far more than Lemmy currently has to offer, unless one of those production people who have worked in the industry (like my former colleagues) ends up seeing this.
I know some general stuff, as my work involved having operational knowledge, but not enough to give advice that you’re looking for.
Do your friends have a website? I’m always curious to find good ideas to steal for other communities!
This is one of the local spaces and the work made there: https://www.studiotwothree.org/shop