Chapter 8: Silkscreen

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Third step in lithography - Wiping the plate

True

False

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Which of these techniques involves stencils?

Planography

Intaglio

Screen Printing

Relief

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What technique uses a screen and a squeegee to pull the ink through the open spaces to print?

Lithography

Screen printing

Relief

Intaglio

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What is the matrix of screenprinting?

Silk screen

Wool fabric

Wood

Plastic stencils

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What is screenprinting best suited for?

Mass production of prints on paper

production of images with areas of uniform color

inexpensive production of prints

efficient printing

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When printing an image with multiple colors, what must be done?

spray painting the areas you want certain colors to be

Making one screen and painting the screen with all the colors at the same time

The making of a different screen for every different color

Using the same stencil but with a different color each time you use it

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Another name for serigraphy printing

offset

flexo

screen printing

silk screen

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Screen printing is most commonly known for printing what?

Brochures

Newspapers

T-shirts

Letterhead

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3. What is a "stencil?"

A means of making prints by creating a raised design on a flat surface. The design is inked or covered with color and stamped on paper or another surface.

Something used for tracing objects, shapes, or forms

A printing process by which areas are blocked out to keep ink from non-image areas.

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7. "We Are Fighting!" this print is both an example of silkscreen art and a memorable summation of the activist and her position.

false

true

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by Kim McCarthy, 2009

true

false

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What will remain blank in screen printing?

The acid-resistant "ground".

The uncut portion of the stencil

The cut portion of the stencil

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A stencil is used rather than a traditional plate. Stencils can be paper, metal, photographic or silk with blocked out areas - Silkscreen

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False

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What is not possible in silkscreen?

Using the color blue

Shading

Adding 6+ layers

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