To teach Printing Technologies I’m going to try a screen printing project. I think students would enjoy doing silk screen printing. Students would design and print their own t-shirts/bags/etc. (One possible alternative project would be producing a stamp as a form of printing.)
The Thermal Screen Printing Process can greatly simplify the screen making process:
- http://www.nehoc.com.au/training/is/26/index.htm
- http://www.welshproducts.com/resources/instructions_tsp.htm
A special kind of screen is used. Instead of stretching silk on a frame, spreading light-sensitive emulsion, drying, and exposing; all you have to do is get a laser print out of the design and run it through a thermal copier with the special screen.
