Two years ago I setup a screenprinting studio in my apartment here in Bristol in the UK. I had recently been to a printed ephemera sale and had been introduced to the idea of a make-ready, where printers use the same sheets when setting up different jobs. This creates a haphazard layering, a record of recent jobs. I liked the idea as I had inadvertently done if myself while screenprinting in the studios at my university.

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