From decorative paper bags to elegant home furnishings, the 26 attractive projects in this beginner’s manual will win converts to the simple, fabulous craft of screen printing. The entire printing process receives in-depth explanations and unfolds in numerous detailed photos. Find out how to select and mix inks, print a picture evenly, care for screens, and transform basic sketches into scale images for a design. Make a light exposure unit to create prints of drawings, photographs, and found objects. The fun begins when these techniques turn into projects, including a pretty hand-stamped pillow, a lovely embellished table runner, and a keepsake picture album that features a screen-printed family photo on its cover. Gallery-quality items pictured throughout provide extra inspiration.
I wrote this step-by-step guide with artists and craftspeople in mind - a way for creative people to learn a new medium in their own space. I know from my teaching experience, too, that it serves well as a text for beginning screenprinting classes. Color photographs illustrate each step and many reproductions of screenprints by major artists are included. The book also has guidelines for setting up an inexpensive exposure unit for burning photo-emulsion stencils, like the exposure unit I've been using successfully in my studio for years.
My creative enthusiasms as a practicing artist are focused on paper. I work in many media, including screenprinting, intaglio, and creating mixed media works with drawing, painting and hand printing. You can see what I do by visiting my website, anniestromquist.com. I also have a blog, "One Artist's Life," at anniestromquist.blogspot.com. On my blog, I often post screenprints created by my impressive intro students.
