How a silkscreen print is made
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Definition, principle
From the Latin sericum "silk" and the Greek
graphe "writing", serigraphy, or silkscreen
printing, is a printing process which uses the principle
of the stencil: the ink passes through the mesh of a
silk screen on which a design has been laid (the printing
form) and is deposited on different types of flat or
raised textiles.
The printing form : the screen
Synthetic or metal fabric, with mesh of the required
gauge, stretched over a rigid frame. Its surface is
made porous in the areas to be printed using an exposure
technique.
One
screen corresponds to a single colour
The textile
printing process
The ink, applied using a squeegee over the whole surface
of the screen, passes through the porous areas of the
mesh and is deposited in the outline of the colour required.
The operation is repeated as many times as there are
colours in the design.
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basic
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1-blank
textile
2-an emulsion
covers the whole screen except for the design
3-the screen
is put in place over the textile
4-the squeegee
forces the ink through the screen mesh
5- the
design is printed!
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