Also known as serigraphy and silk-screen printing, it is a stencil-based technique of printing on a substrate such as paper or textile. The ink is transferred onto the substrate through a mesh screen made of silk, polyester or nylon, stretched taut within a frame. The non-printing areas are blocked by different methods, including cut-paper stencils or emulsion-based photo transfers. The ink is uniformly spread over the mesh with the help of a rubber blade and transferred through the open areas onto the substrate.
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ChicagoImpart Encyclopedia of Art. "Screen-Printing." Last updated February 17, 2026. https://imp-art.org/definitions/screen-printing/.
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HarvardImpart Encyclopedia of Art (2026) Screen-Printing. Available at: https://imp-art.org/definitions/screen-printing/ (Accessed: 3 March 2026).
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