Screen Printing

A screen is made of a piece of porous, finely woven fabric called mesh which is stretched over a frame of aluminium or wood. Originally human hair was woven into screen mesh but these days mesh is made out of man-made materials such as steel, nylon, and polyester.

Areas of the screen are blocked off with a non-permeable material to form a stencil. A negative of the image is made so that the ink will go where there is no image space. For example, All white spaces will be filled with black to form a reverse image.

The screen is then placed atop paper or fabric. Ink is placed on top of the screen and a bar/piece of wood is used to spread the ink across the mesh and the design.

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