Silkscreening at Taller 75 Grados

I made my silkscreen print at Taller 75 Grados in Mexico City, for the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta project (which I am directing):

Final silkscreen print,

made from a low resolution image,

downloaded from my blog

Ramon and Christian made an excellent post about the experience on the Main-tain website:

Transparency, proof, and initial print

Cardo Negrete (Arturo's son) helped me with my print,

by making an extra drawing

(to print with an additional screen)

to solidify my image

A transparency of my drawing,

next to the transparency drawn by Cardo

(ultimately they used 3 different screens,

with slightly different shades of the same color,

to print the figure)

Arturo Negrete (director of Taller 75 Grados)

and Julio choose the right color

for my silkscreen print

Bull pulls a print,

while Plata assists 

The first 7 prints

for the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta

done at Taller 75 Grados --

Top clockwise:

Yorch, Jellyfish Collective, 

Krrrl, Los Dos, Tim Razo, Zeke Peña, 

and Cimi in the middle

Later they pulled Federico Villaba's print

Arturo Negrete and Gonzalo Espinosa,

hold Gonazlo's finished silkscreen

Bottom floor of the studio,

with Ramon and Christine looking on.

It was their idea to print at Taller 75 Grados.

and they organized this silkscreening part

of the carpeta

Arturo Negrete 

went to Xalapa

to give a silkscreen workshop

shortly after he finished Gonzalo's print

I also bought a bunch of silkscreen masterpieces by Mexican artists,

such at this one by Jilipolo,

 at Taller 75 Grados

Ramon discovered the Leopoldo Mendez show at the Estanquillo Museum. It was a real treat to see the works of the main printmaker behind the Taller de Grafica Popular.  The TGP is a major inspiration of our Desert Triangle Print Carpeta:

Poster for the Leopoldo Mendez exhibiton

The Estanquillo museum had a studio set up,

so that visitors could make their own simple prints.

Above is my bad cardboard cut.

Ramon and Christian also made small prints

at the Estanquillo museum

Printing on nice press

My final bad print

Later I followed Francisco Delgado to Oaxaca, where he made his print at Taller Libre, for the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta:

Taller Libre in Oaxaca

Adrian made me do a drypoint print in plastic

My "inked" plastic plate

Adrian and Betty run the Taller Libre in Oaxaca,

as they look onto Francisco's uncut linoleum plate

Francisco Delgado's print for our print carpeta