Screenprinting - Paperback

by Jane Sampson (Author)

This book is not only aimed at the beginner, but also at more experienced printers who would like to brush up on their technique or bring themselves up to date. It covers a wealth of different screenprinting methods, from simple ones that can be achieved on a table top at home with minimum equipment, to those that require a professional studio or workshop set-up. It also discusses using paper stencils and filler stencils; monoprinting through the screen; making positives for photo exposure and; making high-contrast positives and posterizations.

Author Biography

Jane Sampson is an award winning artist-printmaker with a specialist knowledge of screenprinting. She has been printing for over thirty years and has experience in both commercial and artistic environments. She is well known as an enthusiastic and inspiring teacher. She works from her open access studio, Inkspot Press, and is a part time lecturer at Brighton University and short course tutor at Westdean College (the Edward James Foundation). As a practising artist she exhibits widely, both in the UK and abroad and her work is held in many private and public collections.