Friday 23 November 2012

Silk Screen Workshop

So today was the day when we made our cover for our little brochures. The process is quite lengthly.

1. you need an image and open it in photoshop
2. then you need to go to image > mode > graystyle
3. then you need to go to image > mode > bitemap
4 then change the method to halftone screen, change the frequency at 40 no more than 60, then make the shape option 'round' click ok.
5. save the image
6. print 3 copies of your image

7. then you need to ask the technician to put the emulsion on the silk screen and then you have to expose the image onto the screen for so long. this is dependant on the image etc
8. next you need to jet wash it and wait for it to dry
9. after that you can start print screening like normal as you would with a stencil
10. make you feed the image first ( this is when you cover it with ink but not printing on the paper)
11. make sure you are wearing suitable clothing, have an apron on, hair is tied back and you have a helping hand as you need more than one pair of hands. Also make sure that you wash up everything ready for the next user and as you found it before hand.