the trip gave dabney the perfect excuse to make some passport covers. it also let her try out silkscreening for the first time since taking shop class in junior high. at the time she was pretty proud of the pink flamingo t-shirt she made (it being the 80s after all).
this time around, dabney used the ubiquitous speedball screenprinting kit, along with some versatex textile ink from pearl art. if you've never tried silkscreening, it goes like this:
1. prep a screen with a light-sensitive emulsion
2. burn a "positive" image onto the screen
3. use a squeegee to push ink through the screen onto the fabric or paper
4. flash dry the image using a heat gun
for more detailed instructions on how to silkscreen, look here.
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