Screen-Printing

Glossary

Also known as serigraphy and silk-screen printing, it is a stencil-based technique of printing on a substrate such as paper or textile. The ink is transferred onto the substrate through a mesh screen made of silk, polyester or nylon, stretched taut within a frame. The non-printing areas are blocked by different methods, including cut-paper stencils or emulsion-based photo transfers. The ink is uniformly spread over the mesh with the help of a rubber blade and transferred through the open areas onto the substrate.

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Screen-Printing%newline%Also known as serigraphy and silk-screen printing, it is a stencil-based technique of printing on a substrate such as paper or textile. The ink is transferred onto the substrate through a mesh screen made of silk, polyester or nylon, stretched taut within a frame. The non-printing areas are blocked by different methods, including cut-paper stencils or emulsion-based photo transfers. The ink is uniformly spread over the mesh with the help of a rubber blade and transferred through the open areas onto the substrate.

Chicago	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. “Screen-Printing”. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/screen-printing/
MLA	“Screen-Printing.” MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/screen-printing/. Accessed 27, April, 2024.
Harvard	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. (2022) Screen-Printing. [Online]. Available at: https://mapacademy.io/glossary/screen-printing/. (Accessed: 27, April, 2024)