Screen Printing has been a popular technique for printing onto T-Shirts, Bags, Hoodies and all sorts of clothing and materials for years. In fact it first appeared in recognizable form in china during the Song Dynasty 960-1279 AD!

Screen Printing has been a popular technique for printing onto T-Shirts, Bags, Hoodies and all sorts of clothing and materials for years. In fact it first appeared in recognizable form in china during the Song Dynasty 960-1279 AD!
Traditionally screen printing was done using silk screens although now most screens are made using synthetic threads such as nylon which is stretched in varying density between wooden or aluminium frames and tensioned.
To create a stencil the screens are coated in a light sensitive emulsion and allowed to dry before being exposed to a high intensity light whilst covered in an acetate bearing a blackout print of your design. The black ink prevents the photosensitive emulsion on the screen from curing where your design is and the rest of the screen cures to an impermeable stencil. Once the exposure is complete the screen is then washed to remove the uncured emulsion which leaves a perfect stencil of your design. A separate screen is required for each colour in the design and once all the screens have been cured and washed they are loaded into a screen printing carousel.
Once in the carousel the screens are aligned so that when the ink is transferred to the garment the images combine to create your complete design. This is done using machining on the carousel called micro-registration that allows for each element of the design to be accurate