Silk Printing in Lyon
Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to
support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh
that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the
mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate. A fill blade or squeegee is moved
across the screen stencil, forcing or pumping ink into the mesh openings for
transfer by capillary action during the squeegee stroke. Basically, it is the
process of using a stencil to apply ink onto another material.
Screen printing is also a stencil method of print making in which a design is
imposed on a screen of polyester or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated
with an impermeable substance. Ink is forced into the mesh openings by the fill
blade or squeegee and onto the printing surface during the squeegee stroke. It
is also known as silkscreen, serigraphy, and serigraph printing. A number of
screens can be used to produce a multicolored image.
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