[LargeFormat] Silk Screen Printing

[Lee Carmichael]

I don't know a lot about screen printing but the detail is linked to how 
fine the screen is I think.  Most are very coarse and for good reason.  So 
that the ink will flow thru the screen and on to the paper or cloth or 
glass or whatever.   Most if not all the separations will have to be 
screened as in half-tone screened and if color it will need to be color 
separated and screened negatives (black and white) will need to be 
generated.  From there each color will have its own screen.  It is a little 
like offset lithography in many regards.   You will need a lith film and 
there are several out there so look around.  Most screen printers do 
t-shirts and they use a printing station that allows all the seps to be on 
the station and then thru trial and error, the seps are brought into 
register, generally one color at a time.  In my opinion, life is too short 
for this.\

good luck,
lee\c


At 09:27 AM 11/6/2003, you wrote:
>Hi Clive,
>
>       I've seen nothing on the web.  But I've read some
>books about it.  But it like reading about swimming.
>Perhaps a hands on course at an art school is the
>best approach.  I'm going to re-check the local
>library for silkscreening process again.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Rich
>
>Clive Warren wrote:
>
> > At 11:41 pm -0800 5/11/03, tripspud wrote:
> > snip
> > >       I don't think this one is good for alternative processes.
> > >I was on the alt e-mail list for awhile.  But it was all
> > >platinum and gum.  I was interested in silk screening
> > >with photographs.  I've seen some stunning work in
> > >color with quite a bit of fine detail, not like Warhol.
> >
> > Rich,
> >
> > Do you have any links for the silk screening process that preserves detail?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >         Clive
>
>
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