What is screen printing? Screen printing is a versatile printing technique used to transfer images onto fabric, paper and other flat surfaces using a mesh screen and stencil. It is widely used by textile artists, printmakers and designers to create both small-scale prints and repeat patterns on fabric. A line of ink is poured onto […]
Tag Archives: Diazo Photo Emulsion
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Jun
Jun
A popular method of making stencils for screen printing is to use the Diazo Photo Emulsion. The screen is prepared with the photo emulsion and a negative printed on acetate is placed on the screen before it is exposed to a bright light source (find out more about Diazo Photo Emulsion). The following text is […]
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Jun
Jun
Diazo is a chemical sensitizer that is mixed with a base emulsion to make it light-sensitive. A screen is coated with the photo sensitive emulsion and allowed to dry. The stencil is made by placing a “film positive” (i.e. your design printed onto a transparency, or hand drawn onto acetate using a permanent opaque marker) […]
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Jul
Jul
Halftone prints can be used to create stencils for screen printing Halftone is a reprographic technique which simulates greyscale imagery. It does this by using black dots in different sizes set at varying distances to each other. A halftone image can be printed onto a clear acetate sheet, placed on a screen treated with Diazo Photo Emulsion […]