Screen printing – Reduction printing using screen filler
1 day course
10am to 4pm
£95 including all materials
Screen printing, sometimes called serigraphy or silk screen printing, uses the method of creating an image on paper or fabric by pushing ink through a screen mesh with areas blocked off by stencils. On this course you will create a two or three colour layer print. Using screen filler you will paint the stencil directly onto the screen, tracing from your prepared image. We work from the lightest colour layer up to darkest. After each colour has been printed we reduce the printable area in the screen by painting into the stencil with more filler. This process requires a willingness to experiment! You will be assisted in developing your image to make it suitable for this process. Screen filler and drawing fluid are great tools for creating screen stencils without the need for complicated equipment and as such they are ideal for a home practice.
Course structure
• Explanation of the process and looking at examples.
• Introduction to the equipment and how to set it up.
• Planning your image.
• Mixing inks – opacity and transparency.
• Registration with the acetate and on the board.
• Flooding the screen and pulling the print.
• Cleaning the screen and setting up for the next layer.
• Trouble shooting.
Pre-course information
Please come with a simple two or three colour image/drawing as a starting point.
Experience level
Suitable for those with previous screen printing experience and those wishing to refresh their skills.
Maximum 6 places
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For all courses except CPSC Certificate course
Full payment of the course fee is required when booking a place. A reserved place is not secure until full payment has been received.
If for any reason you are unable to attend, we will refund monies paid minus a £20 admin fee, as long as you cancel your place more than 1 month before the course start date.
There is an option to book your place for £100 deposit. If you choose this option your place is secured. The balance of term 1 will be due 20 working days before the start of the course. If you cancel more than 20 working days before the course start date, we will refund monies paid minus a £20 admin fee. If your place is not cancelled during this timescale, and the balance is not paid then the deposit is non refundable. All other Terms & Conditions remain the same. Curwen Print Study Centre reserves the right to cancel courses – a full refund will be made in these circumstances.
For CPSC Certificate course
Payment for Term 1 is required when booking a place. A reserved place is not secure until this payment has been received. Payments for Terms 2 & 3 will be due at the end of the previous term. Payments for Terms 2 & 3 will be due before the first day of each term.
If for any reason prior to the commencement of the course you are unable to attend, we will refund monies paid minus a £20.00 admin fee, as long as you cancel your place more than 1 month before the course start date. Once you start the course on Term 1 you have committed to all 3 terms. Course transfers are at the discretion of Curwen Print Study Centre.
There is an option to book your place for £100 deposit. If you choose this option your place is secured. The balance of term 1 will be due 20 working days before the start of the course. If you cancel more than 20 working days before the course start date, we will refund monies paid minus a £20 admin fee. If your place is not cancelled during this timescale, and the balance is not paid then the deposit is non refundable. All other Terms & Conditions remain the same.
Curwen Print Study Centre reserves the right to cancel courses – a full refund will be made in these circumstances.
