Like other Printmaking techniques, Screen Printing provides fine artists and designers with a means of producing multiple hand-made original works of art on paper. Screen printing fine art editions has been a tradition niche for the technique and is most commonly applied to high quality hand-made archival papers. Other outcomes on paper include wallpaper, wrapping paper, cards, posters, packaging, paper bags, and books.
These terms refer to a quick and easy multiple colour printing method where two or more coloured inks are pushed through a single design on a screen. As several colours can be placed next to each other and pulled with a squeegee they begin to mix thereby creating new colours. No two prints are the same.
The pins and tabs system helps to ensure that your paper and screen connect at the same place every time for consistent registration and editioning. The tabs are attached to the back of your printing paper, which are then clipped into the pins attached to the table.
Vacuum printing tables, or Natgraph tables, help to secure paper when screen printing at a large scale. The tables feature a vacuum unit which holds the paper in place, a mount for the screen, and a moving arm for a large squeegee.
