MATERIALS

1. Any old image you have on your screen.

2. Random partially printed images, interesting papers, anything laying around is fair game.

3. If you can afford a lot of screens (in terms of cost or storage space), you can have a veritable library of images around for use when the opportunity strikes.

PROCESS

1. Again, this is more of an approach so there isn’t a precise how-to.

2. I like to have random ‘in progress’ prints around whenever I print pretty much anything (this includes non-screenprinted images). In the moment I decide what makes sense where. Over each image accumulates layer after layer (sometimes over the course of years) until I decide their done. I tend to make very different images this way, discovering color combinations and compositions I would never would have otherwise.

3. I also think it’s interesting to see what happens to an image when printed in another context. It can help prevent tunnel-vision in image making.

4. This process doesn’t have to be spur-of-the moment. It can also mean making very thoughtful and deliberate choices as to where else an image might make sense or do something interesting.