The image, however, has to be black and white. The image can be anything including photographs, drawings, computer-printed text or illustrations – anything. Photo emulsion is light sensitive so we can use light to transfer an image to the screen. I have a lot of people ask me how it works and it is interesting so I thought I would share it with you. I may have been living under a rock, screenprinting-wise, but my first screen printing course at Megalo Print Studio was an eye-opener! I discovered photo emulsion! This opened up a world of possibilities. There are ways around it but there are sometimes (many times) when another technique is called for. ![]() This, of course, also applies to any shape with a cut-out. Very fine detail is difficult and text is troublesome if you want to use letters like A, B, D, O, P, Q and R which have parts you will cut out. Paper stencils have their limitations though. ![]() Nowadays, if I do a paper stencil, I use a thickish and glossy stencil paper available in large sheets from my art store. They could be used more than once but they were not very durable. We used art paper that was shiny on one side to make our stencils so that the paper was less likely to buckle with the moisture. It is a common technique and, though simple, I am gobsmacked by the detail some patient people create this way! This was the way I learnt to screen print at high school. If you have ever created your own screen-print, chances are you used a paper stencil which you cut out by hand.
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