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Screen stars
Screenprinting was invented in England at the beginning of the 20th
century, but only developed into a viable commercial and artistic
medium in the United States after World War I. Pop artist Andy Warhol
popularized this technique in the 1960s, recreating in brilliant colors
Campbell's soup cans, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and other
mass-media icons.
The screening process
The artist prepares a fine screen of silk or nylon for printing by
blocking off the areas where the paper will be left blank. This will
allow the ink to pass through only the areas where the image is to be
printed. There are several ways to prepare the screen, the most common
of which are stencils and photographic emulsions. In the photographic
emulsion method, the screen is treated with a light-sensitive film that
allows the artist to reproduce any image that exists photographically
on the screen. The final steps of the screenprinting process are inking
the screen, and using a squeegee to push the ink through screen onto
the paper.
Here are several screenprints available from NextMonet. Click on an
image to learn more about the individual artwork.
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| Masami Teraoka |
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Janet Fish |
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Richard Bosman |
Select any of the printmaking techniques listed here in order of
historical development to learn more about it:
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