Screen Printing Lecture and Demo

Hello! This week's entry will be on Monday's screen printing lecture and demo by Slingshot and Positive news. Screen printing is the art of creating images via stencil on a mesh screen and pulling ink across it. From graphic t-shirts to bold posters, screen printing has been used for a variety of items and purposes. The purpose of the screen printing for this demo, was to create images that would spur social change.  Both Slingshot and Positive News use screen printing to create their newspapers. The process is tedious, but results from it produce stunning and clear images.
During the lectures from both representatives, I found it interesting that they chose to stuck with a more manual method of printing rather than switch to digital, like everyone else has been doing. Granted both sites have websites and online articles, they still believed in creating something tangible. Much like Taller Tupac Amaru, they keep this older art form alive and well. It was also interesting to see the process of a screen print. Everything is done in layers (if you want more than one color anyway)and even pulling the ink across with the squeegee requires a certain technique. I'm definitely excited to try this next week! But for now...I need to think of what I'm going to sketch for a stencil. Until next time!