Screenprinting is also known as serigraphy or silkscreening. Screen printing is a printmaking technique that creates a sharp edged image using stencils and a porous fabric.

In screenprinting, the screen itself is made of a piece of porous material such as silk, polyester or nylon stretched over some sort of wooden or metal frame. Areas of the frame will be ‘blocked’ off with a non-permeable material. These blocked off bits are know as the stencil. Ink is then place on top of the screen and a rubber blade is used to push ink onto the screen openings. The ink passes through onto the paper or fabric below, staining it.

Screen printing can be used for making paintings. Screenprinting can also be used in things such as birthday cake designing, decals, clock faces, the electromagnetic faces of Palm Pilots, and much more.

Screenprinting is more versatile than more traditional printing techniques as the surface does not need to be under pressure, and it does not have to be planar. Lots of different materials can also be used in screenprinting therefore screenprinting can be used in lots of different industries.

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