Silkscreening with Newsprint

On Thursday the 10th and Friday the 11th we learned how to Silkscreen. We designed custom monogram stencils out of newsprint. We thought about the color wheel when picking colors for our designs.

Silk screening is involves “pushing ink” through a screen over a stencil.We are used a low-cost, eco-friendly silkscreen method today called the “Newsprint Stencil Method.” We made stencils out of newspaper by cutting our shapes and letters and sticking them on the Silkscreen. In the future, we will print our designs on pillowcases, cd covers and poster paper.

PHOTOS OF OUR PRINTS, COMING SOON!!!!!

Until then, here is some vocabulary:

A stencil is used to block out areas where ink is not wanted. Stencils can be as simple as a piece of paper or as intricate as this:http://www.prescriptionart.com/images/uploads/fairey/peace-woman-screen-print-fnl.jpg.

Squeegees are used to spread ink evenly across the back of the silkscreen, making a clean image on the printed surface. Screen-printing squeegees usually have much thicker and less flexible blades than the window cleaning variety.

An artist’s proof is pulled early in the printmaking process so the artist can check the quality of the print. The artist makes a series of prints in the edition.

Flooding the screen is when you hold the screen up, pull the squeegee across the screen and fill the stencil with the ink. Next you then lay the screen down and complete your print. The purpose of flooding the screen is to give you an even ink deposit on your print.