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Silk-screening,
which is also referred to as serigraphy or screen printing, is a
centuries-old process that originated in China, It is, in
essence, a refined version of a hand stenciled process. The
image is divided, as it were, by a color, with a screen
corresponding to each shade of ink that will appear on the final
surface-paper, canvas, fabric, etc. The ink is applied to a
screen, transferring to the paper only through the porous
segments. A separate screen must be created for each color. On
average, it takes between 80 to 100 screens to create a
serigraph. The elements are hand-drawn onto mylar and
photographically exposed onto each screen. Inks are matched to
the hues of the original and custom mixed. Each edition takes
approximately eight weeks to complete: four to five people
handle the several stages of the process, and 80 to 90 percent
of the production time is devoted to making color separations
and the screens.
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