Silk-Screen Printing for Artists and Craftsmen by Schwalbach, Mathilda V. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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DOVER BOOKS ON ART INSTRUCTION Title Page Dedication Copyright Page Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1. STENCILS—A SHORT HISTORY 2. WHAT IS SCREEN PRINTING?

Four Different Types of Printing The Screen-Process Print The Serigraph Screen-Process Textile Printing Where Do You Get Your Ideas and What Do You Do with Them? The Possibilities and Limitations of Materials and Tools Significant Expression Relates to a Living Contemporary Culture

3. A PRINT FOR THE BEGINNER 4. PRODUCING A SERIGRAPH STEP BY STEP

5. MAKING A FABRIC PRINT

6. POSSIBILITIES WITH RESISTS

The Paper Stencil The Blockout Resist Stencil The Washout Resist The Cut-Film Stencil The Photo-Emulsion Resist

7. TECHNIQUES FOR PRINTING

Construction of the Frame and Printing Base The Screen Mesh Selecting and Preparing Printing Paints, Inks, or Dyes Correct Register Assures Printing Accuracy Printing the Color Runs

8. CLEANING UP—UNAVOIDABLE AND MESSY

The Cleaning Area Cleaning Solvents Cleaning a New Screen Cleaning Off the Printing Medium Removing the Screen Resist

9. HANDLING THE COMPLETED PRINT

Evaluating Your Work Identification of Work and Keeping Records Matting and Framing a Print Display of Textiles Storing Your Work Exhibition and Sale of Work

GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX