Hello world!

Hi,

I’m Kaiqun and I live in Singapore. I’m an artist.

A very brief introduction, I engage in various art-forms, printmaking, drawing, installations, and some sculptures.  

Just moved into a new studio. I share it with two other artists, Kaifeng and Choonlin. It’s at Studio One, Level 2, Post-Museum. 107-109 Rowell Road. Lots of thanks to Post-Museum for the space.

Our studio space is around 3 by 3 metres. Despite the modest space, we managed to squeeze in a ghetto, yet competent screen-printing facility in there. It’s has a dark room, wash-out (it’s actually washroom outside the studio), vacuum table, exposure unit, and a dryer for coated/wet screens. No drying rack, because we still work in small editions. We use a clothesline at the moment. 

We built every piece of equipment with our bare hands. It’s impossible for anyone to get high-end equipment from the companies here in Singapore. An exposure is probably going to set you back $10000-$20000? And they don’t come small, so you will need space and more rental. I will share the building plans of our equipment soon. I think, in total, they cost around $1500-$2000 max. They work just as well. The exposure unit takes slightly longer (5-7 minutes), but it’s ok for us, because there’s always other things to do while waiting.

Our whole screen-printing process is still slightly unstable at the moment, it always takes time to figure out how every variable fits in. Be it high-end machines or the DIY ones, there’s always some kind of orientation. But we are close to fine-tuning it, we have made 4-5 prints so far. Just trying to see how far we can push these equipment, in terms of fine details and different printing surfaces. That’s it for now.

Let’s see some pictures.

    

1. Studio entrance and washroom (also our wash-out) at the back.

2. A terrace allows more space when required. Barbeque maybe.

     

3. Screen-rack. The screens are 50 x 70 cm.

4. Inks. Some are solvent inks. Great on metals.

     

5. Vacuum table. Holds the paper down.

6. Jiffy clamps from Speedball. (Found out there are similar ones here in Singapore too).

     

7. Drying cabinet for coated screens.

8. Exposure unit, draws out from bottom.

     

9. Aquarium Lights (with UV). (Found out that the blue ones are better because its light will bounce around less).

10. Some plans.

      

11. The extremely silent vacuum cleaner, it helps draw air from our vacuum table.

12. A screen-print in the making.

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