I recently had an interview for a summer opportunity in Philadelphia and I wanted to make something to give to the interviewers as a leave behind as well as to commemorate my first visit to Philly. I explored a  lot of options, but then I really liked this doodle I did of Ben Franklin. I continued on that path, finalized the illustration, and then recreated it in illustrator. I thought it would be fun to give something that could go on a wall, and something that is more tactile then just a print, and I have been interested in designing for and making a pennant for a while, so it seemed like the right idea. I needed more than just that doodle for the graphic on the pennant for, so I tried to do a mosaic of philly stuff, but looking at pennant inspiration, I found that the ones that worked best, had fewer more bold graphics, and the majority of them featured type. So it seemed natural that I would use a Ben Franklin quote. I sketched out the quote, and then drew it full scale on newsprint. I scanned it and recreated it in illustrator, and put all the elements together, trying varying combinations on where the illustration could go with the type. I didn’t love the way the Franklin looked in white on the black, so I opted to print a large area of white, and have the text and image be knocked out to reveal the black. The next day I printed out the transparency, exposed the screen, and then got to printing. The screen actually burned very nicely, with the high level of detail in the face of the illustration, however on my first tests on the felt of the pennant, everything got too muddy too quickly. I tried my best to get a clear overall image, however after a few tries, it seemed pointless. I would have to start over and remove the illustration if I wanted to have presentable pennants. Luckily I happened to have printed out a transparency of the reverse of the image, unfortunately I needed to prepare another screen, and it was getting late and I needed to get on the road to actually get to Philly. So I packed up all my supplies in a bag, except for the screen which I sealed in a box (screens when drying and waiting to be used need to be kept in complete dark). When I reached the hotel, I took in all my supplies and started up my makeshift screen printing shop. I was able to get the screen burned and washed out in the hotel shower, and the desk was big enough to print on. In the end I was happy with the way they turned out, however I am sad that the illustration had to be edited.