Pop Art Screen Printing for Vibrant Portraits
Preparing Your Workstation
A course by M.Tony Peralta , Artist and Creative Director
About the video: Preparing Your Workstation
Overview
“Next, I will create a mobile workstation. It’s important to have a space or area in the studio where you can screen print.”
In this video lesson M.Tony Peralta addresses the topic: Preparing Your Workstation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pop Art Screen Printing for Vibrant Portraits. Discover fundamental screen printing techniques to create “pop arte” style portraits inspired by New York and Latino culture.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now it's time to make our workstation. If you don't have a workbench at home that you could turn into your little screen printing station, we can make a mobile one with a piece of plywood and some hinges. You get a piece of plywood at the hardware store or even if you found something outside, the plywood that you get, you want it to be slightly bigger than the screen. Now, take into account that if you're going to constantly be screen printing and you're going to have different size screens, if you're going to get something bigger than the 18 by 24 that I suggested, then you might want to m...”
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Course summary for: Pop Art Screen Printing for Vibrant Portraits
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M.Tony Peralta
A course by M.Tony Peralta
M.Tony Peralta is a contemporary artist and creative director who was born and raised in New York City. He first started drawing at school and produced his first run of t-shirts with the savings from his part-time job at just 17 years old. He later went on to complete a bachelor’s degree in media arts at Long Island University, focusing on graphic design, photography, and film. After graduating, he became the creative director of a boutique marketing company but, driven by a desire to create something in a non-digital space, M.Tony began teaching himself screen printing and enrolled in a screen printing class at the School of Visual Arts.
Since then, he’s had his work shown at museums and featured in The New York Times. He’s collaborated with clients including Nike, Bleacher Report, and Presidente Beer. He also designed his own sneakers for Adidas and currently runs his own indie brand called The Peralta Project where he creates artwork that represents his culture and upbringing.
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