Screen printing is a Chinese folk art, a type of printing. Printing was one of the three great inventions in ancient China (others being the gunpowder and the compass). Screen printing originally used silk to make the plate. As the textile technique developed, man-made fabric proved better medium than real silk. Actually this art should be called 'net' printing, since it is done by stretching netlike silk on a frame to make the plate. As the ink passes through the holes, characters and designs will appear on the printing plate. Nylon frames and metal frames are now also used with different effects. Silk screen printing can reproduce designs from flat or curved plate. Paper, cloth, leather, acrylic plastic sheets or glass are among the materials for such printing.
In modern industry, the technique of screen printing is easy to operate, and especially suitable for family industry and silk screen graphic art. Today in Taiwan many people are developing this folk art. They have applied it to mural painting, the designs of screens, greeting cards, neckties and scarves. The simple yet graceful style is very popular. In this issue, we introduce Mr. Shen Hsin-min's works and the process of production.
Mr. Shen Hsin-Min shows the process of production
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