Silkscreen Printmaking Techniques and Applications

What I Need to Know This module is designed and formulated to help the learners creates simple printmaking (silkscreen) designs on t-shirts and posters. At the end of the module, the learners are expected to: 1. applies concepts on the steps/procedures in silkscreen printing. (A6PR-IIIc) 2. produces own prints from original design to silkscreen printing to convey a message or statement. (A6PR-IIId) What I Know Read the following statements. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is incorrect. Write your answer on the answer sheet. 1. Printmaking is a technique that involves using a wooden mesh screen to support a stencil that prevents the ink from receiving a desired image. 2. The most important material in printing t-shirt design is the mesh screen. 3. Statement shirt can also express one’s personal belief, passion, or interest. 4. Silk Screen Printing is one of the techniques of printmaking where ink or paint is applied on the stencil on the wooden screen frame or mesh using a fill blade or squeegee. 5. Silkscreen printing are commonly used to transfer design on jewelry. Lesson 1 Steps/Procedures in Silkscreen Printing Printmaking considered as one of the oldest forms of arts. It is an application of making designs by transferring from one object to another. As time goes by, printmaking process changed from simple process that uses stencil and woven mesh, from modern processes that uses heat press machine and printer. In this lesson, we give emphasis on one of the methods in printing design, the silkscreen printing. You are going to learn the needed materials, the step-by-step procedures, and you should apply it even at your home. Are you ready? Let’s us learn more. What’s In In the previous module, you learned the different methods of t-shirt printing techniques using different technology tools. What are these? Study the following t-shirt design that uses each types of methods in printing designs. Write SSP if it is Silk Screen Printing, HTP if it is Heat Transfer Printing and DGP if it is Direct to Garment Printing. Write your answer on the answer sheet. 1. 2. 5. 3. 4. What’s New Look at the following pictures. Are you familiar with the pictures? Where do you see them? What is the name of each picture? Who uses them? How to use these materials? Those materials are use in silk screen printing. What is It Printmaking is a technique to create or produce designs by printing using sets of materials and is an art form where an image is transferred from one surface to another. There are many ways to make a t-shirt design by printing. Silk screen printing is one of them. There are four (4) processes in Printmaking: Relief Printing, Intaglio Printing, Lithography and Screen Printing. 1. Relief Printing – is a printmaking process where protruding surface faces of the printing plate or block are inked; recessed are ink free. 2. Intaglio Printing – a printmaking technique where a plate is incised so the ink lies below the plate’s surface. 3. Lithography Printing – it is a printing method on the principle that oil, and water do not mix. 4. Screen Printing – is a technique that involves using a wooden mesh screen to support a stencil that prevents the ink from receiving a desired image. Intaglio Relief Lithography Screen Silk Screen Printing is one of the techniques of printmaking where ink or paint is applied on the stencil on the wooden screen frame or mesh using a fill blade or squeegee. Your stencil or the cut-out design will be transferred on the surface by the application of ink or paint on the screen holes. T-shirt Printing Steps Using a Stencil Materials: Plain T-shirt, Stencil, Roller paint, tape and paint Procedures: • Prepare the materials to be used. • Set up a workplace for printing. Using Screen Materials: Plain T-shirt, screen, craft paper, knife or cutter and Squeegee Procedures: • Prepare all the materials needed. • Make a stencil. Use knife or cutter to cut the design out of the Using Iron-On Printing Paper Materials: Plain T-shirt, Printer and Iron-On Transfer Paper Procedures: • Prepare the materials to be used. • Create a design. Use design software to • • • • Prepare a roller. Pour the paint into the tray. Roll the roller over the paint several times so that it is evenly spread around the surface of the roller. Try on a sheet of paper. Color the t-shirt. Brush the roller with solid paint to fill the stencil design. Take care not to paint the outside of the stencil. Lift the stencil. Carefully lift the stencil from the top of the shirt and move it away. Wait for the paint to dry before touching the t-shirt again. Iron the t-shirt. When the paint on the t-shirt is dry, place a clean cloth over the design. Place the scaffold on high heat and heat the area of the tshirt with the design before washing. This will help to prevent the design from being removed. • • • • design paper. Can draw before cutting. Make a simple design. Prepare the workplace. Cover the flat surface with scrap paper. Lay the t-shirt on top and smooth area. Use stencil paper on the t-shirt on which the designs can be printed. Place the screen print on the stencil. Put ink on screen printing. Put a moderate amount of ink on the screen. Use a squeegee to spread it evenly across the screen. Remove the screen printing and let the ink dry. Carefully lift the screen print. Let the paint dry before using or washing the t-shirt. Wash the screen printing so that the ink does not coagulate or dry on the screen for further use. • • • • create graphic designs for printing on t-shirts. Print design printing paper with a steel. Load the paper into the printer so that it can be printed on the side of the paper transferring the design to the tshirt. Put the face of the ironing design on the tshirt. Put cheesecloth on paper. Steel Paper. Place the hot iron on the fabric until the heat reaches the t-shirt. Hide the steel on the t-shirt according to the instructions on the printer paper. Lift the printer paper. Lift the fabric and use your fingers to gently lift the printer paper. What’s More Let’s Do This! On a short bond paper, draw a big t-shirt. Inside the t-shirt, draw your favorite cartoon character that will serve as the design on your t-shirt. Color your design. Materials Needed: • • • • Short bond paper Pencil or pen Ruler Crayon, color pastel or watercolor Skills Very Evident 5 Points Evident 3 Not Evident 1 1. The favorite cartoon character is drawn with efficiency and cleanliness on the t-shirt. 2. Showed the color harmony of the made t-shirt design 3. All knowledge learned in this lesson is applied in making a tshirt design. 4. The t-shirt design showed the theme it wanted to convey. 5. Followed instructions in performing the task. What I Have Learned Supply a correct word on the statements below by choosing them inside the box. Write your answer on a sheet of paper. Four Image Relief Printing Intaglio Printing Printmaking Squeegee Wooden Silkscreen Printing Lithography Printing _______________ is a technique to create or produce designs by printing using sets of materials and is an art form where an _________ is transferred from one surface to another. There are many ways to make a t-shirt design by printing. _______________ is one of them. There are _______ processes in Printmaking: ______________, ___________, __________ and Screen Printing. Silk Screen Printing is one of the technique of ______________ where ink or paint is applied on the stencil on the __________ screen frame or mesh using a fill blade or ___________. Your stencil or the cut-out design will be transferred on the surface by the application of ink or paint on the screen holes. What I Can Do Create your own simple stencil design (slogan) with the theme