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silk-screen

Did you mean: silk-screen, screen-print (technique – in art)

 
Dictionary: silk-screen
also silk·screen (sĭlk'skrēn')
n.
  1. A stencil method of printmaking in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. Also called screen-printing, silk-screen process.
  2. A print made by this method.
silk-screen silk'-screen' v.

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Sophisticated stenciling technique for surface printing, in which a design is cut out of paper or another thin, strong material and then printed by rubbing, rolling, or spraying paint or ink through the cutout areas. It was developed c. 1900 and originally used in advertising and display work. In the 1950s fine artists began to use the process. It got its name from the fine-mesh silk that, when tacked to a wooden frame, serves as a support for the cut-paper stencil, which is glued to it. To make a silkscreen print, the wooden frame holding the screen is hinged to a slightly larger wooden board, the printing paper is placed on the board under the screen, and the paint is pressed through the screen with a squeegee (rubber blade) the same width as the screen. Many colours can be used, with a separate screen for each colour.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a print made by forcing ink through a fine (silk) mesh that has been treated to give blank areas
  Synonyms: silk screen print, serograph


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - silketryk

Nederlands (Dutch)
zeefdrukken maken op zijde

Français (French)
n. - écran de sérigraphie
v. tr. - sérigraphier
adj. - de sérigraphie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Seidenraster
v. - im (Seiden)Siebdruckverfahren herstellen
adj. - siebgedruckt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (τυπογρ.) μεταξοτυπία
v. - τυπώνω μεταξοτυπία
adj. - μεταξοτυπία

Italiano (Italian)
serigrafare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - serigrafia (f)
v. - imprimir em serigrafia
adj. - serigráfico

Русский (Russian)
шелковый трафарет

Español (Spanish)
n. - serigrafía
v. tr. - hacer serigrafía
adj. - serigráfico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - screentryck
v. - trycka med screentryck
adj. - tryckt med screentryck

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
丝印

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 絲印

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 실크 스크린 , 공판 날염법으로 인쇄한 인쇄물

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - シルクスクリーン捺染法の, シルクスクリーンの
v. - シルクスクリーン捺染法で作る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قماش من ألحرير محاط باطار خشبي يستخدم في ألطباعه على ألاقمشه (فعل) يطبع على القماش (صفه) مطبوع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הדפס משי‬


 
 

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