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Screen printing is a method of transferring a stenciled design onto a flat surface by pushing ink through a mesh screen using a squeegee.
Method
Method
The process uses a fine mesh stretched over a frame and a stencil that blocks off parts of the screen where ink should not go.
1.
Creating the stencil
1.
Creating the stencil
Screens are coated by staff in a light-sensitive liquid called emulsion. Once dried, we place your design, printed onto a transparency film, over the coated screen and expose it to light in our UV exposure unit. The light hardens the emulsion but the stencil blocks some emulsion, leaving it soft. The screen is then washed - washing away any unhardened emulsion. The stencil is developed.
2.
Ink & Squeegee
2.
Ink & Squeegee
The stencil is then printed and ink 'pulled' over the screen using a squeegee, through the stencil onto paper or fabric.
3.
Layering Colours
3.
Layering Colours
Each color requires a separate screen and is printed one layer at a time. Registration marks and registration sheets allow you to carefully align your multi-layered design
Related resources & facilites
Related resources & facilites
We expect you will be able to prep your own files ready for screen printing. We use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat to review student files.
All students have access to the Adobe Creative Suite - this is your username@hallam.shu.ac.uk + password. This will then send you to the Hallam web portal login page, ensuring you have full access to Adobe applications.
lf you need support with preparing your files, you can book in for a consultation with a Technical member of staff.
Inks/Medium
Inks/Medium
Inks & Medium are free to use unless you begin to use a significant amount of them for longer runs of prints.
We work this out on a contribution basis on what you use, for example using half a bottle would mean paying for the cost of half a bottle.
Our main inks are
System 3 + System 3 medium (fabric or paper)
Permaset Supercover (highly-pigmented, works best for printing onto dark colours, particularly fabrics)
You can purchase paper directly from us or bring your own with you. We recommend you buy/bring 5-10% more than you need to allow for test prints and mistakes.
Tutorials
Tutorials
Threshold Drawn Images
Threshold Drawn Images
Hand Drawn Positives for Screenprint
Hand Drawn Positives for Screenprint
Screenprint Refresher (Portable Screen Bed)
Screenprint Refresher (Portable Screen Bed)
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