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to silkscreen

1 6.5
To print a design by pushing ink through a screen blocked by a stencil
  • verb
  • /ˈsɪlkskriːn/
  • Specialized
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  • I also took that bubble print and I turned it into an abstract butterfly graphic to be silkscreen on other T-shirts.

Like usually they'll silkscreen graphic onto the front of the T-shirt and then they'll sell it with their label on it.

Examples

  • Becoming involved with Parisian students in 1968 in a wider cultural movement, learning how to silkscreen posters.

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  • The first 50,000 of these came with Steve Wozniak's signature silkscreened on the front.

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  • Easy, and silkscreen them.

  • I also took that bubble print and I turned it into an abstract butterfly graphic to be silkscreen on other T-shirts.

  • Even worse, the silkscreened keycaps have worn off many of the keys.

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  • And to look at him now, compared to a picture of him tooling in Berlin they're silkscreening on T-shirts inside the Fader/Levi's maze, you would think the son of a bitch aged pretty damn well.

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  • I learned how to silkscreen my own designs onto fabric in art class.

  • At the workshop, we will silkscreen posters to promote the upcoming festival.

  • She decided to silkscreen her favorite artwork onto a series of tote bags.

Synonyms

to stencil
vsto silkscreen
1 4.8

To make a pattern on a surface by applying paint through a thin sheet with holes

force ink through a fine mesh screen rather than using a cut-out template

How Precise

to engrave
47 5.2
to silkscreen
  • Specialized
1 6.5
to stencil
1 4.8
to paint
854 1.0
to smear
63 3.7

Surface Forms

silkscreen infinitive
silkscreened past participle
silkscreening present participle
silkscreens third person singular

Etymology

The word silkscreen comes from the printing method that used a piece of silk on a screen with a fine 'mesh' so ink could be pushed through to create a design. That's why to silkscreen something is to print it by pushing ink through that screen.