How To Screenprint

Screenprinting is a method of printing ink to any surface, like wood or fabric, but most commonly used with tshirts, sweaters, bags, etc.

To screenprint, you need a silkscreen, which is oddly named now that most of them are made of nylon now. It is best to get a 1/10 mesh. You then need emulsion to coat the silkscreen with, so that you can burn the image onto it. You make a black and white image and print it on a transparent sheet to use for the printing. The light will burn the emulsion and what's not burnt - the part covered by the black of the image - will be what is ready for printing. After burning the emulsion from exposure to light, you hose off the emulsion and put an equal coating of ink over the screen. Put this screen onto the shirt/bag/etc. you are printing on and wipe off the ink, then let it dry. The end result will be a properly printed silkscreen image.

Another method of screen printing which is much easier is defined in this video, by simply making a stencil and using fabric ink through the silk screen to put a design on your shirt/bag/etc. You can make a stencil by drawing out an image, or tracing an image with pencil onto the silk screen, and then painting around the areas that you don't want ink to get through with a glue like Mod Podge Glue, so that it doesn't get messy while you're inking. Another method of stenciling is simply to draw it out or print it on contact paper, and cut the paper with scissors or an exacto knife.

Another One Rides The Bus - Artist Statement

This is a music video me and my partner had to make. We picked Another One Rides The Bus by Weird Al Yankovic. We had many ideas for how to do it, and our first idea was to just use the TTC busses, but we figured that they wouldn't agree to us doing a music video there. We decided after that to build a model bus from cardboard and bring our friends to help act and make the video, but weren't sure how to make that efficently and keep it all working. We even considered using pets like my dogs and cats as actors or at least characters in the video, but that changed when we decided to make a much smaller mini bus with pipe cleaner characters. We tried to put the bus on a model race track with one of the model cars so it would look like it was driving, but when that didn't work we just decided to shoot a quick video of the model cars, and do the rest of the video in stop motion.

What I didn't like about this video was the fact that many of the photos ended up blurry and the camera was too shaky for an accurate shot, because the set was built on the floor and our tripod wouldn't sit as low as we needed.

My favorite part of this video was right at the end with the main character dancing. It didn't turn out exactly as I'd expected, but it was still cute.

Edward Burtynsky

  In our CyberARTS class, we watched a documentary about Edward Burtynsky and his photography. He is known for photographing manufactured landscapes - landscapes that have been impacted by industry, or industrial areas that look like landscapes of their own. We watched this to be able to understand our new assignment in Tech, which is a photography assignment that needs us to take at least 10 photos and use photoshop or any other method to use these photos to show a relationship between industry and the environment. This relationship can be good bad or neutral.

  Burtynsky states in his movie that he wants to present the manufactured landscapes, the relationships between industry and environment, and the affects it has on people, with an unbiased method so that rather than looking like he's promoting or demoting any group or action, he is simply showing what is happening and letting the viewers of his photography decide their own opinions on what is shown.

  I think Edward Burtynsky's photography was interesting, but the filmmaker(s) were dreadful. I couldn't stand sitting there watching that documentary go on and on. It felt repetitive and frustrating to watch, with every little detail being drawn out far more than necessary. I found that the most common feature in the film was just videos of him talking and taking pictures with his very oldschool camera. Even his narration seemed monotonous and drawn out, which didn't help. His photography is interesting, and I can see what he is trying to show with his images, but I did find that the majority of his photos were simply boring. There was no dramatic impact, there was no intriguing information.

Furniture Design - Castle Chair

We had to make a personal chair in class, so I made a castle chair with a dragon wrapped around it. I picked the castle because I'm kinda spoiled, and I wanted to use a dragon because they're cool.

I wasn't really impressed with anything about this chair too much. I think it was too complicated for the small space I was using, and demanded more detail than I could achieve with foam core. I really liked how the body of the dragon turned out, simply because of the realistic texture that it was given from the wrappers I used on the body and wings. The chair was fun to make overall, but making the pillars in the corners were frustrating, and took up a ton of foam core.

Chair Assignment

We had to take the personal chair design we were making for class and try to create a 3D model of it in Google Sketchup. I thought it would be funny to make my chair look like a castle, since I'm like a princess, and can sometimes be pretty spoiled.

Romanticism

In class we had to do a dry point print or a caloge so I chose to do a dry point print our topic was romanticism and I had the idea to do the have old lady and young girl to show a burock style to show that things dont last they will grow old I did the girl holding the ice cream half good and the other half started melting there's a clock in the back with the time which unfortunatley I put on backwards wi'jtch is something i  cant change i would change how the nose looks i would change a cscratch on the arm i really like the icecreem in the back and the charys on the icecrrem i think there cute i think its good i just wish it could have turnd out better with the sweter i like the drees on the young girls side

        In class, we had the option of making a dry point print, or a collage, for an image with the Romanticism style. I chose the dry point print as my medium. My idea was a mix of Romanticism and Baroque, with a split image between a young girl and an old lady, to represent the idea that all of the worlds pleasures and possessions are only temporary in this life and that they just slip away over time. I emphasized this by having the girl holding an ice cream cone, with the young girl holding one that's fresh, and the old lady holding one that is melting and dripping off the cone. I also made a clock in the background to put emphasis on the element of time.

         Unfortunately I ended up putting the clock numbers in backwards, which I had realized in the middle of etching, but continued doing it simply because there was no going back. I also wish I could fix an accidental scratch on her arm, and done better on the girls sweater and nose.

          I was happy with how the image turned out overall, and especially happy with the ice cream in the back, and the cherries, since they looked pretty cute.

furniture designer

                                                                 Taylor Llorente

For over 12 years Taylor Llorente Furniture has been designing unique furniture in London, England. They supply furniture to interior designers, architects and private clients with their unique collection of stylized and design furniture.  The name is derived from the two main directors of the company Alistair Taylor and Riccardo Llorente – “Taylor Llorente”.

Alistair Alexander Taylor is the founder and creator of the brand name Taylor Llorente website in 1995 at beginning of the ‘internet’ as a marketing medium.  Alistair graduated in fashion and textiles from Central Saint Martins and The Royal College of Art in London Alistair Taylor worked in the field of fashion in both London and New York. The development of the high profile status of the company in the field of interiors and furniture is from the input and emphasis of Alistair Taylor.
 Alistair’s partner Riccardo LLorente's passion in art history and antiques led him to further enhance his academic background in “Fine and Decorative arts”, specializing in furniture.  of over six years with a leading Antique dealer Alistair Sampson Antiques in Mayfair, London, specializing in 17th and 18th century English antiques with emphasis on English furniture, as well as dealing in Fine and Decorative arts of this period, are all contributing factors to his cultural background and professional knowledge as a specialist and dealer.

The unique design ethos, stylization and couture essence of Taylor Llorente’s collection is the work of both directors, Alistair Taylor and Riccardo LLorente, they are pursuing the field of furniture and design for unique and conversational pieces. 
Each piece of contemporary furniture is made to order.  They are made and finished in Europe by hand by leading and prominent European ateliers (workshops) or furniture makers, including Italian, French and British Interior designers. 
They have such a fascinating way of combining contemporary with the classical past.  As they like to emphasize on high profile design, manufacturing methods and the use of outstanding materials such as wood in various grains and cuts – they will sandblast mahogany for a very unique finish.  They also use chrome, steel, metal, and leather, the combination of several of these materials makes for a very different but beautiful look.

Their aim is “to offer you pieces with a unique presence and stylization within a space”. “The range selected is intended to be eclectic and each piece has been carefully selected for their own design merit and high profile manufacturing. It is our aim to constantly search the contemporary design field for the 'unique, rare and exceptional'.”

 Cocktail Lounge Corner Sofa

This sofa uses padded upholstery, and the fabric used is up to the customer, based on a selection provided by the company.

Sizes as per picture from left to right: Left side element 125cm (available right or left); Middle section element 1340x180cm (available right or left); Right side element 155cm (available right or left).

This sofa costs approx. $12442.5 USD.sofa

 

Vic Cocktail Cabinet Hand Carved Mahogany Baroque Stand

This cabinet is made from black glass that has been cut and beveled for a fractured appearance, and a hand carved solid mahogany, baroque style base, finished in a high gloss black.

The cabinet is 1450mm tall, 1200mm wide, and 640mm deep.

The cocktail cabinet costs approx. $21971.25 USD.
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nl 103 scrolling bed and/or daybed

The scrolling bed is made out of oak with a metal framed bed with a upholstered headboard it can be made in either fabric or leather but the colours and finishes have to be in the collection they have. There's finish options for the feet and headboard but only on request.
the leather and fabric are not included with the bed price
the bed costs $5512.5 
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