How to make a screen print | SWR Craftsmanship

In screen printing, the ink is pressed through a fine-mesh fabric with a rubber squeegee. The fabric is stretched in a metal frame - the so-called screen. The motifs are first transferred to the screen using a light-sensitive emulsion. As with a photograph, a negative is produced. The application of ink results in a positive pattern. A new screen is used for each color.
To this day, screen printing is mainly used industrially to print posters, fabrics or signs. However, due to the time-consuming nature of the process, hardly anyone prints by hand anymore. The artist Anja Streese from Trier has discovered the screen printing technique as a means of expression for herself and uses it to produce unique images. She exposes the screens herself. Using a squeegee, a small wooden pusher with a rubber lip, she pushes the ink through the screen by hand. After each pass, she washes the ink out of the screen with water, and then it must be dried. To print as many colors and motifs as possible on the canvas, she repeats this process up to 70 times.
IN VIDEO
Anja Streese, artist
CREDITS
Author: Nanette Buhl
Camera: Markus Windmeier, Ole Flashaar
Sound: Sören Peter
Editing: Steffen Steup
Editing: Rolf Hüffer, Dorothee Eisinger
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