How is it done? From where did it originate?
2006-12-05 00:59:06 · 1 answers · asked by starr_lite 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
Hey Starr Lite,
My Father did silk screen printing in the 50's and 60's as his work, and I use to work with him. He printed labels for products like Eureka vacuums, A&W Root Beer.
A silk screen is stretched on a frame big enough to hold paint and cover the design. A design is applied to the screen, that prevents ink from going through. So, only the areas with no design get ink. Then the screen is lowered onto the thing to receive the ink (t-shirt, label, sign, etc). Now the Paint is put on the screen, and a squeege (like you clean your windows with, but industrial strength) is used to evenly spread the paint over the design, and paint flows through the screen at the points where there is no design.
Screen printing is one of the world's oldest methods of printing words and images. Its origin can be traced back to early Egyptian and Chinese civilizations. Although it is an ancient process, there have been many new innovations and improvements in the last decades. Glow in the dark and scented inks, dye discharge for printing on darks, environmentally friendly and extremely high quality water based inks. Not to mention computer artwork!
2006-12-05 01:15:56 · answer #1 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Screen printing is a very traditional method of printing, the technique is based on that of stencilling. A fine mesh is used as the stencil, a fill blade (squeegee) is used to force through unblocked areas of the mesh mesh and onto the printing surface. Screen printing only prints one colour at a time, so several screens are required to produce a multicoloured design.
Screen printing is still widely used today because this method is capable of printing on various materials, including thick materials, the inks used are very durable and it produces vivid colours.
2015-12-16 21:41:06 · answer #2 · answered by Ashfield 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a way of making lots of pics all the same. You use a screen, and put ur card, paper ect underneath, I usually use acylic paint and a squeegey to pull the paint across. You will need to make stencil of the parts you want different colours on.
Most famous example of a screen print would be Andy Warhole's Marylin Monroe.
Hope this helped xx
2006-12-05 02:13:23 · answer #3 · answered by trusty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋