| dy"> | | | | wallpaper. |
| Who thought to print onto t-shirts? Well it all began in | | | | Now they had invented the technique the question |
| 1700 where it was introduced to Western Europe | | | | was what other types of materials could the technique |
| from Asia as 'Screen Printing'. It became largely | | | | be used on? Artists where the ones who used screen |
| recognised when silk mesh was available and this is | | | | printing the most and where it became main stream, |
| why the term 'Silk Screen Printing' is used these days. | | | | they produced posters, Books, Newspapers and |
| Samuel Simon was responsible for the patency of | | | | Clothing. |
| 'Screen Printing' in 1907. Clothing wasn't the first | | | | 1960's was when it became a famous technique, |
| product the process was used to print onto it was | | | | Andy Warhol started using traditional techniques and |
| actually invented to produce expensive wallpaper for | | | | adapting them to produce his pieces of art with one of |
| the wealthy and was printed on many types of fabric, | | | | his most famous one being the portrait of 'Marilyn |
| silk and linen were the most popular types. The newly | | | | Monroe'. |
| mastered techniques weren't produced by many they | | | | These techniques were produced on a single screen |
| were kept under strict secrecy and the workshops | | | | and it wasn't until 1967 when inventor 'Michael |
| were very hard to come across. | | | | Vasilantone' came up with the multiple printing carousel. |
| By 1910 the printers started to experiment with | | | | From this date screen printing had revolutionised and |
| different types of chemicals, as photography had | | | | you could now print multi coloured design onto textiles. |
| become a well established technique they started to | | | | Here after 'silk screen printing' was looked at |
| adapt these techniques to produce their silk screens. It | | | | differently and you could now print onto most types of |
| was three gentlemen called Roy Beck, Charles Peter | | | | textiles or clothing with the most fashionable one being |
| and Edward Owens who actually invented the first | | | | t shirts. T Shirt Printing is used within the fashion |
| photo-Imaged stencil, this was a combination of | | | | Industry, Promotional Industry and is a well known |
| chromic acid salts which produced the emulsion and | | | | technique all over the world. There is always new |
| this was the beginning for large format silk screen | | | | techniques being invented, the old ways of CMYK or 4 |
| printing. | | | | colour process has become dated as full colour |
| Combining Roy Beck, Charles Peter and Edward | | | | simulated process or 12 colours has become the |
| Owens discovery with Joseph Ulanos lacquer soluble | | | | default technique used by most professional screen |
| stencil, they had a solid base to make screens which | | | | printers. |
| could then be made into stencils. The solution applied to | | | | If you would like learn more about screen printing or |
| the screens would dry this could then be cut into | | | | are looking for a T Shirt Printing company visit |
| shapes leaving the 'silk screen' which the ink was | | | | Screenworks Ltd. |
| passed through producing your printed clothing or | | | | |