What is silk screening?
The actual term "silk screening" is synonymously used with today's version of screen printing. It is actually a term coined a long time ago because the screens were made of silk. The is no longer the case with the mesh in the screen being made of synthetic fibers that are much more abundant and cheaper.
As it is used in today's terms, silk screening is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil pattern of a design or text. The stenciled design forms open areas of mesh that allow the ink to come through as a sharp-edged image.
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