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How a screen print pushes ink through a stencil

A squeegee drives ink through open mesh, and the stencil blocks the rest.

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From the opening

A screen print is made by forcing ink through a mesh that has been partly blocked by a stencil. Open pores let ink pass onto the sheet underneath, and blocked pores keep the paper bare, so the picture is the pattern of those openings. The opening covers mesh stretched on a frame, a stencil blocks some openings, and the squeegee drives the ink.

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Mesh stretched on a frame
A stencil blocks some openings
The squeegee drives the ink
Each color is another screen
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

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The squeegee in serigraphy

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How a screen print pushes ink through a stencil

From the opening

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