Luke sent me an initial alphabet to approve, before he wrote out my 'bars' which I then transferred onto a screen. Having spent a large part of my last hand in in the textile screen print room I felt very comfortable preparing the screen right the way through to printing it. The outcome was absolutely perfect, I made sure I didn't wash away all the emulsion so as to create a slightly grainy effect, reminiscent of graffiti done with spray cans, as well as logotype for Low Down Deep (Jump Up label: see research).
Unfortunately however Luke is also very preoccupied with deadlines and hasn't had time to finish off all the lyrics so I had to work with most of them written out, however this isn't an issue as the bag won't fit all the lyrics, if they did the font would be way too small to be legible. I made sure I had at least one key word on the bag, which I have, and possibly the most emotive: rapist.
Figuring out how to attach the fabric was difficult as I tried stitching it but the bag material was far too thick to do by sewing machine (and to awkwardly shaped) or hand. I resorted to using super glue: folding the edges so they don't fray, which in hand helped so that the superglue didn't soak through as much, however in some instances it did however from any kind of distance it's not at all noticeable.
I'm so pleased with the bag, it (minus the minuscule super glue marks) it looks really professional which hasn't even been the main aim, but I feel this has inspired me to continue exploring bag making, I've previously made bum bags "to wear at rave", this could possibly be a business venture.
Furthermore, Luke's typography goes perfectly with the Jump Up aesthetic and the screen print came out incredibly clean. I now plan to mock up the exhibition set up and photograph it.
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