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Film & TV · MS elective · 3 credit hours · 16 sessions

Silkscreen Advanced Techniques

Serigraphy is the medium of the mass age. This course pushes screen printing beyond simple graphic logos into the realm of Fine Art. Students will master the “CMYK Process,” breaking full-color images down into four separate screens to reproduce photographic reality. The curriculum also explores experimental techniques like “Monoprinting” through the screen and printing on alternative substrates like wood, glass, and fabric.

§ 01 By the end you can
  1. Master Photo-Emulsion workflows: Coating, burning, and reclaiming screens
  2. Execute "CMYK Process Printing": 4-color photographic separation
  3. Understand "Halftones": Frequency, Angle, and Dot Shape
  4. Practice "Reduction Screen Printing": Creating multicolor prints from a single screen
  5. Troubleshoot printing issues: Off-contact, mesh counts, and moiré patterns
§ 02 Sixteen sessions

The whole semester.

  1. 01Screen Technology: Mesh Counts & Tension
  2. 02The Darkroom: Emulsion & Exposure Calculation
  3. 03Vector vs. Raster for Screen
  4. 04Halftones I: LPI (Lines Per Inch) & DPI
  5. 05Multi-Color Registration: Pin & Tab system
  6. 06Trapping: Overprinting to hide gaps
  7. 07Serigraphic Monotypes
  8. 08 · MidtermMidterm Examination
  9. 09CMYK II: Registration & Printing Order
  10. 10Reduction Printing: The Suicide Method
  11. 11Monoprinting: Painting through the Mesh
  12. 12Split Fountain: Blending Gradients
  13. 13Printing on Alternative Surfaces (Wood/Metal)
  14. 14Large Scale Screen Printing
  15. 15Studio Management: Reclaiming & De-hazing
  16. 16Final Project: The Large Format Serigraph

Midterm around session 8. Final project briefed at session 8 or 9 and developed in stages until the juries.

§ 03 Final project

Final Project: The Large Format Serigraph

How it’s judged

Recommended reading
  1. Screenprinting: The Complete Water-Based System by Robert Adam
  2. Water-Based Screenprinting Today by Roni Henning
  3. Pulled: A Catalog of Screen Printing by Mike Perry
  4. Screen Printing: A Contemporary Guide by Print Club London
  5. Print Liberation: The Screen Printing Primer by Nick Paparone
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