The application of screen printing in printmaking
Screen Printing and Screen Printing printmaking
The artistic level of printmaking is comparable to art forms such as American paintings and oil paintings. It is a unique painting language. Printmaking has the characteristics of reproducibility, so it is more suitable for public collection. Prints are divided into four categories: woodcut prints representing letterpress prints, copper prints representing gravure prints, lithographs representing lithography prints, and screen prints representing stencil prints.
Because of its unique characteristics, silk screen prints have a higher and higher status in the art of printmaking, and have become the preferred method of creation for many artists. In the art family, both design art and painting art belong to a category of art. Many modern silkscreen prints have added graphic design elements, bringing new inspiration and nutrition to the creation of silkscreen prints, allowing the public to see more silkscreen prints with a strong sense of design and modernity. Similarly, in modern design, more and more attention is paid to hand-painting and simplicity, and the existence of painting elements is indispensable. It can be seen that design and painting complement each other.
Silkscreen prints have been separated from industrial production for less than a hundred years, but the development speed can be said to be quite fast, and there are many art schools involved. At the same time, many domestic and foreign artists have participated in the creation of silkscreen prints, leaving a lot of silkscreen prints. Excellent work. Up to now, with the development of science and technology and the application of computer-aided plate making, the plate making technology of screen printing has developed by leaps and bounds.
More and more materials have been discovered and applied, the technology of screen printing has become more mature, and the application has become more and more extensive. The expression and language of printmaking art are getting richer and richer, and the charm of silk screen printmaking is becoming more and more apparent, and it has gradually become an indispensable and most dynamic art form of modern printmaking art.
Regardless of whether it is copper engraving, wood engraving or lithograph, because of the texture of its printing plate material, it produces unique hand-drawn-like impressions during printing, and these hand-drawn-like impressions are one of the characteristics of prints with these impressions, copy The prints are more like paintings. However, the screen used in screen printing, because of its soft material and its own printing method, determines that screen printing cannot have obvious texture marks, especially in modern computer-aided plate making.
The wide application of silk screen printing in screen printing makes the screen printing accurate to restore the design graphic pattern, but lacks the special traces that the prints have. , It needs to be superimposed layer by layer to produce rich color changes during printing, and finally achieve a strong visual impact, which is unmatched by other forms of printmaking.
Application Technology of Screen Printing in Printmaking
Silkscreen prints originated from modern screen printing technology, and silkscreen prints were copied from commercial screen printing technology in the early 20th century.
It was separated from the art and became an independent art form of printmaking. Screen printing technology has flexible image reproduction capabilities, so its reproduction technology has been widely used in the field of painting in the application of screen printing. It breaks the limitation of single-color or two-color printing of previous prints, and realizes multi-color prints.
1. Reproduction technology of screen printing
Since silk screen reproduction technology was applied to the field of painting, its convenience of image reproduction has been often used by printmakers. American pop artist Andy Warhol often uses the reproduction of images to create works: for example, his “Dollar”, Mao Zedong’s head, Marilyn Monroe’s head is to arrange the copied works together, through strong Color printing contrast enhances the visual impact of the exhibition. We can see that the image reproduction of screen printing is more convenient, accurate, larger in size and not limited by the substrate compared with other versions. Therefore, some artists often use screen printing in the creation process of screen printing. It has its own characteristics. Sometimes images are printed on installation works of different materials and shapes, and sometimes photo reproduction and creative painting are combined to generate new creative methods. It can be seen that the reproduction function of screen printing is very important for modern artists. The creation of a very important role, provides a broader creation
space.
At the same time, with the addition of computer-aided plate-making technology, the reproduction technology of screen printing is often used to reproduce other works of art, which can reproduce every detail of the original work, and the reproduction level can be almost unreal in terms of texture and color. We can see oil paintings reproduced by silk screen technology, both the heaviness of the oil painting and the texture effect have achieved a good performance. In China, the silk screen technology has been applied to the reproduction of ink paintings, and the layered charm of ink is all the same. can show. Now the world. Many silk screen studios provide reproduction services for artworks. The reproduction technology of silk screen prints meets the needs of a wider audience for artworks.
2. Application of screen printing in printmaking
Compared with other forms of printmaking, silk screen printing is more dependent on the development of science and technology. It is a derivative of modern science and technology. Every technological revolution will affect the development and change of screen printing technology. Screen printing technology has been continuously developed and improved with the development of economic level and technology. Nowadays, more and more silk screen prints rely on the assistance of new technologies and computers. The image reproduction ability of silk screen printing is getting better and better and more accurate, and the use of images is more convenient and at the same time.
At the same time, the expression method of silk screen prints was also added, which provided more room for development. The application of new technology to the plate making of screen printing plates further expands the expression language of screen printing. It can not only use hand-painted expression techniques to create works with strong painting characteristics, but also use computer-aided plate making to truly reproduce photos or computer-designed images. These characteristics of screen printing provide print creators with a broad space for creativity and production and provide more possibilities for designers.
Before silkscreen prints entered the ranks of printmaking, because the size of printmaking works was limited by the characteristics of the plate, it often restricted creative ideas. Before the appearance of silkscreen prints, print works were often small-sized works, and it was difficult to give people a strong visual impact and appeal in size. Therefore, print works often win with delicacy and delicacy.
The emergence of silk screen prints provides more forms and innovative methods for the expression of modern prints, and because silk screen printing is not limited by the area of the substrate, the creation size of the prints has a larger space than its editions. It can print large-format prints regardless of size, giving viewers a strong visual impact and shocking people. Unrestricted use of materials also provides creators with greater imagination and creative space. Screen technology can easily print a large number of colors, and the color and screen frame can be quickly changed. From the original Pop Art reproduction art, to the combination of picture reproduction and hand-painted printing, to the production of watermark silkscreen prints, the technology of silkscreen prints continues to innovate and develop with the development of technology and society, young and full of vitality.there is a longer way to go.
