Debbie Littledeer~Handmade prints

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The medium I use to express the beauty I see in the mountains is screen printing, also known as serigraphy. First I hike, daydream, read, look at photos and sketch my design, then simplify it into flat areas of color.

For each color in my design I make a stencil by hand cutting a special film and attaching it to a fine mesh fabric stretched over a metal frame. Alternately I can paint directly onto the mesh with screen filler, leaving open the areas through which I want a color to be printed.

After the stencils (from 3 to 15) are attached I place paper beneath the screen, carefully registering it with the stencil. I push ink across the screen through the stencil opening and onto the paper below. I print one color, let the ink dry, clean up my screen and repeat this process for each color in my design. After printing the entire edition of 200 or less I dispose of the stencils, then sign and number each print.

To see how the layers of colors are applied to create "Within the Shelter of the Family Tree" serigraph print, click on the link below.

How I create silkscreened prints