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[Leo Boyd]

I am a screen printer based in Belfast
I do bits of street art and have done a good bit of vertical screen printing.
Just wanted to share one of my latest screen prints to see if there is any interest in them.
It is a 2 colour edition of 40 and measures 27 x 38 cm
there is a link to the print here
leoboydprints.bigcartel.com/product/nothing-to-hide-nothing-to-fear

if you are interested in any of my other work I have a tumblr here
leoboyd.tumblr.com/
cheers
Leo

[Leo Boyd]

This is another of my recent prints...
maybe I should change the name of this thread so that it makes more sense?
anyhoo here is a link to the piece
leoboydprints.bigcartel.com/product/are-you-a-robot

[marc57]

Nice print Leo

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 6, 2016 23:17:25 GMT 1 marc57 said:

Nice print Leo

Thanks Markart!

[NYart]

Pretty cool stuff, dont see too many artists doing their own screen printing. Might have to get one of your nothing to hide nothing to fear at some point!

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 6, 2016 23:33:15 GMT 1 NYart said:

Pretty cool stuff, dont see too many artists doing their own screen printing. Might have to get one of your nothing to hide nothing to fear at some point!

Cheers jchockey!
Screen printing is pretty addictive once you get into it!
I am trying to work on one off large scale painting/prints and doing more screen printing onto walls... but some things just work well on paper

[marc57]

Leo, have you screen printed onto a wall before?

[Leo Boyd]

Hey Markart!
Yes I have screen printed onto walls a good few times...
There is a blog called vertical screen printing that gives some god tips on how to do it.
Here is a link to one of the pieces that i have done too...
leoboyd.tumblr.com/post/138920934297/the-toilet-that-time-forgot-a-vertically-screen

[marc57]

Wow, I have never heard of that before! I know a bit about screen printing as in a previous life I used to run a print department which used the process onto PVC etc. Well done didn't know it was possible!

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 7, 2016 13:28:34 GMT 1 marc57 said:

Wow, I have never heard of that before! I know a bit about screen printing as in a previous life I used to run a print department which used the process onto PVC etc. Well done didn't know it was possible!

Thanks!
Yeah I havent seen it done very often... it isn't mad easy but its not rocket science either!
I have done quite a lot of live screen printing at festivals and stuff onto tshirts and bags and what not... couple of times i printed onto skin and then had the revelation that you can basically screen print onto anything that is flat(ish) and it went from there...
planning a large scale out door print in belfast over the next couple of weeks!

[Deleted]

As others said really great work

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 7, 2016 20:18:50 GMT 1 @catt22 said:

As others said really great work

Thank you!
I was trying to do some printing in the workshop today to upload tonight but it was all a bit hectic and went a bit pair shaped... so hope to have a new piece up tomorrow

[Leo Boyd]

Right before I go to bed I am just going to post this up here... this is a variable edition of 8... sold 2 or three (keeping one for myself)
it is hand painted, so each one is pretty different... it measures 49 x 75cm and is printed onto very heavy bockingford paper. This sells at a good bit more than the two above mind...

Also noticed 2 of these 'Go baby Go' pieces in my studio. Again these are variable prints mixed with collage and paint and whatever i could find at the time... they measure 30cm x 41cm and are printed/painted/collaged onto marine ply. They are £80 each or reasonable offers accepted.
Cheers
Leo

[dbm]

Buy with confidence ! I did today in person !

[Leo Boyd]

Hi all
Am going to throw up some of my new print pieces up here to see if i can get any feedback!
this is a recent piece... printed onto a piece of found wood with a load of layered washes of house paint
it is as yet untitled which is odd for me as i normally start making a print with a title in mind... hopefully it'll come to me in my sleep

[RoboJ]

Love the tones. Very hang able

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 10, 2016 23:37:51 GMT 1 RoboJ said:

Love the tones. Very hang able

thank you!
Normally my work uses blocks of stark colours so its good for me to try and be a bit more subtle

[Leo Boyd]

Here is another one in the same kind of style... this one is called 'The Death of Orpheus' and is about the demolition of the Orpheus building art school in Belfast

[Sanscript]

Jun 10, 2016 23:29:03 GMT 1 Leo Boyd said:

Hi all
Am going to throw up some of my new print pieces up here to see if i can get any feedback!
this is a recent piece... printed onto a piece of found wood with a load of layered washes of house paint
it is as yet untitled which is odd for me as i normally start making a print with a title in mind... hopefully it'll come to me in my sleep

I like the colourway - nice piece...

[Leo Boyd]

thanks!
I tried to do something similar today in the studio but it was a bit of a disaster!
oh well there is always tomorrow

[Sanscript]

Yeah, its good to experiment though. I had a bit of a mad period a few years ago where I would cover pieces of wood in Manga pages, then paint/wash over it, then stencil it and then put petrol on it and set it on fire. Not sure why I did it. Some of it was a disaster, but sometimes one of them would come out great and it would all be worth it......good luck......

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 11, 2016 22:08:43 GMT 1 Sanscript said:

Yeah, its good to experiment though. I had a bit of a mad period a few years ago where I would cover pieces of wood in Manga pages, then paint/wash over it, then stencil it and then put petrol on it and set it on fire. Not sure why I did it. Some of it was a disaster, but sometimes one of them would come out great and it would all be worth it......good luck......

hahaha brilliant! I'd like to see them... Do you have any links to them?
I usd to be mad into setting fire to art work too till i figured out that burning acrylic paint in a tiny space was probably a not a good idea.

[Leo Boyd]

Here is another recent one from my last exhibition... titled 'Where Angels Tread.'
There is more of my work on this ere tumblr if anyone wants to have a looksee
cheers
Leo
leoboyd.tumblr.com/

[jayTown]

i really like the de-saturated(?) look to the first two images. Also feels like that could be quite an ownable style. Would be interested to see a few more like that.

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 11, 2016 23:01:34 GMT 1 jayTown said:

i really like the de-saturated(?) look to the first two images. Also feels like that could be quite an ownable style. Would be interested to see a few more like that.

Thank you!
I have played a bit with that erm sort of washy look over the years... it suits somethings really well but only works if you have a good load of light coloured paints... normally my white paint is the first to go

[Leo Boyd]

Continuing on the Belfast theme I have all of ONE of these left from an edition of 10
it measures 23.5 x 50 cm and is the last remaining one of a hand painted variable edition
Anyhoo yes, its yours for all of £65!
Cheers
Leo

[Leo Boyd]

So these are the other 2 from the series
I am working on a couple more in this style that I should have finished later today

[Leo Boyd]

So work in the studio today paid off pretty well... after treating this wood for days with loads of layers of washes I got in to find that it was mostly dry. Good times... so more layering and fucking around with printing onto wet paint and ive got 2 of these (so far)
sorry about the shoddy photos... the light was gone when i got home. Honest.
Leo

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 11, 2016 23:01:34 GMT 1 jayTown said:

i really like the de-saturated(?) look to the first two images. Also feels like that could be quite an ownable style. Would be interested to see a few more like that.

I posted a new one down below
Going to wait till tomorrow to post any more as the light is too shit to take good photos

[jayTown]

Looks great mate. What's the process to the finish piece then? You mention printing onto the wood...are you doing that?