As I worked with this process, I discovered I liked my screens better when I did not wash them. When the screen was nearly done, I just added more dye to the back of it and let it dry. This created much more improvisational prints that spoke to me on a deeper level.
When screenprinting in this style, there is often excess dye that is left over. I had a bowl I was saving the leftover dye in and that mixture of leftover colors is what I used to print this group. That's why it is so brown.
I really like this piece. Some more details are below:
Nice! I love the idea of building on old leftover dye, and also of combining your leftover dyes... makes for some real interesting prints!
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