Silkscreen Printing

In this task, we were simply to apply our knowledge of silkscreen printing and using that knowledge and applying it onto out own given medium to do this process.


Before commencement, just wanted to have a rough idea of what silkscreen printing would be and it was defined as a type of printing that uses a wooden mesh that blocked an ink blocking stencil. Thus a stencil was to created and then when that stencil is created, the wooden mesh is placed ontop of it and ink is put on the wooden mesh, after that the person exerts pressure on the mesh, up, down, sideways so that the ink gradually sips through the mesh equally spreading through the medium such as paper, cloth etc.


So a stencil was to be made and then cut out and then get placed below the mesh. 

THE STENCIL TO BE USED

THE WOODEN MESH

There after, we place the stencil at the bottom and then the mesh on top and then  place the ink/paint on the mesh and then start exerting the ink all over the media, so that the ink is done equally, and then once complete the image is shown, i took a photo of my image and then enhanced it after a few tries and errors i managed to obtain, a 'clean' image with atleast the desired type of stencil and design of the stencil i had created.

Understanding the silkprinting and putting it to test help me understand different types of printing and actually see how this type specifically is done.