Screen printed by Amanda-Rae

I am a textile designer based in Canberra and have started this blog to impart my design frustrations, lessons learnt and knowledge to you.

I want to share some screen printing techniques and tips of the trade learnt in launching my hand made textile brand amanda-rae.

I have been screen printing on fabric for two years, and originally learnt how to print by undertaking some fantastic courses at megalo--an open access printing studio in Canberra.

Since then, I have been teaching myself how to:

• draw or photograph my own designs
• use photoshop and illustrator to get the designs ready for transferring onto a silk screen
• emulsing and exposing screens to include my design
• using registration for multi coloured designs
• printing repeat patterns, and
• turning the fabrics into bags and purses to sell at markets.