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How Screenprinting Developed | |
The origins of screenprinting | p. 6 |
Commercial screenprinting | p. 7 |
Fine art screenprinting | p. 8 |
The Move Towards Water-Based Screenprinting | |
Traditional screenprinting and its implications for health, safety and the environment | p. 10 |
Health issues | p. 10 |
The risk of fire | p. 11 |
The environment | p. 11 |
Sourcing information about chemicals and their correct use | p. 13 |
How traditional screenprinting chemicals enter the body | p. 14 |
The development of a safer screenprinting system | p. 17 |
Fine art materials for water-based screenprinting | p. 20 |
Selecting fine art materials for water-based printing mixtures | p. 24 |
Selecting screen fillers and screen painting fluids | p. 26 |
Industrial and commercial products for water-based screenprinting | p. 27 |
Selecting industrial and commercial water-based screenprinting inks | p. 27 |
Selecting frames, meshes and squeegees | p. 30 |
Selecting photo-emulsions | p. 31 |
PVC sheet as a key part of water-based screenprinting | p. 34 |
Selecting materials for autographic positives and photo positives | p. 36 |
Selecting products for cleaning and preparing meshes | p. 38 |
Designing a Water-Based Screenprinting System | |
Planning a water-based screenprinting studio | p. 41 |
Equipping a water-based screenprinting studio | p. 45 |
Good studio practice for water-based screenprinting | p. 55 |
Planning a Screenprint | |
Building an image | p. 59 |
Making a map | p. 64 |
Frames, Meshes and Squeegees | |
Screen frames | p. 65 |
Meshes | p. 66 |
Preparing and degreasing the mesh | p. 69 |
Margins | p. 71 |
Squeegees | p. 74 |
Stencils | |
Types of stencil | p. 76 |
Creating open areas | p. 78 |
Paper stencils | p. 79 |
Making paper stencils | p. 80 |
Printing paper stencils | p. 82 |
Screen filler stencils | p. 85 |
Using screen filler to create or stop out images, or to edit photostencils | p. 86 |
Using screen filler for photostencil reversals | p. 91 |
Screen painting fluid stencils | p. 93 |
Using screen painting fluid to create images or to edit stencils | p. 93 |
Photostencils | p. 96 |
Photo-emulsion and positives | p. 96 |
Moire patterns | p. 97 |
Autographic positives | p. 98 |
Using halftone and other tonal techniques | p. 116 |
Photographic positives | p. 117 |
Photocopy positives | p. 118 |
Digital positives | p. 120 |
Colour separation and process printing | p. 126 |
A brief guide to the stages of the photostencil process | p. 129 |
The chemistry of photo-emulsion | p. 129 |
Mixing photo-emulsion | p. 130 |
Applying photo-emulsion to the mesh | p. 131 |
Photo-emulsion drying procedure | p. 135 |
Exposing the photo-emulsion-coated screen to UV light | p. 136 |
Photo-emulsion developing procedure | p. 139 |
Substrates | |
Paper | p. 142 |
Other substrates | p. 146 |
Printing Mixtures | |
Preparing artist's paints for fine art water-based screenprinting | p. 150 |
Selecting and mixing colour | p. 151 |
A basic printing mixture preparation workstation | p. 153 |
A professional printing mixture preparation workstation | p. 154 |
Opaque printing mixtures | p. 156 |
Paints and recipes for opaque printing mixtures | p. 157 |
Translucent printing mixtures | p. 159 |
Paints and recipes for translucent printing mixtures | p. 163 |
Transparent printing mixtures and recipes | p. 165 |
Golden printing mixtures and recipes | p. 166 |
Metallic, iridescent, pearlescent, interference and powder pigment printing mixtures | p. 168 |
Printing Techniques | |
Setting up a vacuum press | p. 171 |
Preparing the press for printing | p. 174 |
Screenprinting techniques | p. 177 |
Registration techniques | p. 181 |
Proofing and editioning | p. 184 |
Blends and monoprinting | p. 186 |
Squeegee support | p. 188 |
Problem solving when screenprinting | p. 188 |
Reclaiming the Screen | |
Screen preparation and mesh-cleaning workstation | p. 190 |
Removal of printing mixtures and paper stencils from the mesh | p. 192 |
Removal of photostencils from the mesh | p. 194 |
Removal of screen filler stencils from the mesh | p. 196 |
Haze removal | p. 197 |
Collating and Presenting Screenprints | |
Collating screenprints | p. 198 |
Presenting screenprints | p. 199 |
International Suppliers of Materials Suitable for Water-Based Screenprinting | p. 201 |
Glossary | p. 205 |
Index | p. 207 |
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