Silk Screen Techniques (Rare edition)

J. I. Biegeleisen & M. A. Cohn

Softcover | 15.24 x 1.27 x 23.5 cm | 192 pp

Dover Publications | 2014 | 9780486204338

Something of a collectible curiosity, this handbook was originally published in 1958 as Silk Screen Stenciling as a Fine Art. This 2014 reprint is a corrected and enlarged edition.

Silk Screen Techniques shows how to make, select or assemble every piece of equipment needed: the frame which holds the silk, the fabric and its attachment to the frame, the base on which the print will rest, stencil knives, guides, squegee, silk, drying racks, and other items.

Step-by-step instructions detail five principal techniques - the paper stencil method, the blockout method, the Tusche stencil method, the film stencil method, and the photographic stencil method. Chapters on multicolour silkscreening, colour matching and blending make it possible for anyone to produce fine, well-registered prints. 

A troublshooting section covers common difficulties and shows you how to reduce
or eliminate them. 96 detailed figures cover every step in the process while 45 images illustrate work by renowned artists of the time including Philip Hicken, Harry Schokler, W. Colescott, Riva Helfond, Anthony Velonis, Amclia Hamme, Ray Euffa, and many others.