Gemma Berenguer is a printmaker based in Barcelona who specialises in screen printing. In this Artist Insights film, she shares her story, from falling in love with screen printing, to establishing a multipurpose screen printing art collective, where the artists work on their own projects, commissions for gig posters and prints on fabric, as well as sharing their knowledge through workshops. Watch Gemma demonstrate the doubleemulsion technique, the split fountain colour blending technique, and how to create a gradient using a special transparent screen printing medium.

0:00 Introduction
0:17 “Screen Printing Changed My Life”
0:50 Gemma’s First Encounter With Screen Printing
1:19 The Beginnings of Her Career
2:18 The Foundation of Monostereo Art Collective
3:47 Taping the Screen
4:03 Creating LP Covers and Posters
4:52 Using Drawing Fluid
5:08 How Do You Come Up With a Design?
5:45 The Double Emulsion Technique
7:15 The Benefits of Using Photosensitive Emulsion
7:36 Creating a Blended Background
8:06 “Colour Mixing is My Favourite Part of the Process”
8:42 Flooding the Ink and Pulling the Print
9:45 “Paper is My Favourite Surface”
10:29 Printing the Second Layer
10:55 “Screen Printing Files are Crucial”
11:18 Registering and Inking the Second Print
12:10 Manipulating the Transparency of the Ink
13:29 Cleaning the Screen
13:50 Waterbased vs. Solventbased Inks
14:29 The Final Layer
14:55 “Always Print More Than You Need”
15:30 “When You Print the Final Layer it’s Very Rewarding”
15:42 “I Don’t Know What My Life Would Be if I Didn’t Choose This Path”
16:05 Credits

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