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| "Of all the printing methods in use today, screen printing is no doubt one of the newest, yet it has ancient origins. It is also one of the simplest, most direct procedures for obtaining multicolor images. the screen print is produced on a rectangular frame over which fine fabric--silk, polyester, nylon, dacron or organdy is stretched. The fabric is "blocked out" wherever unprinted areas are to appear, and water or oil based color is squeeged or brushed through the open mesh of the fabric, producing an image on the surface below [the paper.]" -Taken from "The Complete Printmaker" by Ross, Romano and Ross |