PRINTING: SILK - SCREEN PRINT

Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh screen to support an ink-blocking stencil, that can create a image or design. 

The process is caried out through exposing the design or image to a screen which attached forms open areas of mesh so that the ink or other printable materials can be pressed through onto a substrate. 

A fill blade or squeegee is moved across the screen stencil, forcing or pumping ink into the mesh openings for transfer during the squeegee stroke. This process can apply ink onto a substrate, whether it be t-shirts, posters, stickers, vinyl, wood, or other material.

There are two types of screens that can be used depending on the substrate that is being put onto.

Fabric Screens: material, cotton substrates.

Mesh Screens: paper substrates.

printing with one colour

printing wih two colours