Water-Based Screenprinting Today : From Hands-on Techniques to Digital Technology

English

ISBN: 0823057283

EAN: 9780823057283

Category: Crafts & Hobbies / Printmaking

Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated

Release Date: 03/31/2006

Synopsis: Spotlights green technology, safe for all artists Distinguished author has worked with Andy Warhol, Red Grooms, Romare Bearden, and other top artists Techniques range from the traditional hands-on to the latest in digital screenprinting For many years, screenprinting was oil-basedand presented significant health risks even as it damaged the environment. Today, fortunately, screenprinting has shifted to water-based technologies. NowRoni Henning, a leading expert on screenprinting, offers her tips and techniques for getting the most out of these safer, greener water-based methods ranging from the traditional hands-on methods to the latest digital technology. She explains separations and color correcting, then discusses the artist-printmaker collaboration, giving intriguing examples from her own work with such luminaries as Andy Warhol, Red Grooms, and Romare Bearden. Henning also offers step-by-step instructions for monoprinting, her own direct-to-screen watercolor process. Illustrated with glowing examples of the printmaking medium, including works by Bearden, Jack Youngerman, Gene Davis, and Elizabeth Osbourne, this is the definitive work on an increasingly popular art.

Water-Based Screenprinting Today : From Hands-on Techniques to Digital Technology

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.4 inches

Width: 8.5 inches

Length: 10.45 inches

Weight: 20.85 oz

Pages: 144