This tutorial will show you how to set up your dark room, or dark corner if that’s all you have.
Setting up your dark room so that you can coat and dry screens without risking exposure to light is actually very straight forward and simple. And you don’t need a lot of space. When I had my large studio I was able to put a 10′x8′ darkroom under the loft. I draped a wall of blackout fabric and had a curtained off area as you stepped inside so when you went in and turned on the safety light you could close the blackout curtain behind you. Thus keeping out the light as you came and went in the darkroom. Now that I am running my business in the smaller (much smaller) confines of my house I have set-up my darkroom in a space that is now a corner of a storage room using about 4′x3′ of space. Nice thing is, I can tell you from experience that there is no difference between my pro darkroom and my at home version in the quality of my screen stencils. The difference really is that the first one cost thousands to set up and the second cost nothing. So if you are an at home crafter you will be able to achieve pro quality prints even at home as long as you follow a few simple rules for your new darkroom. [read more…]
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