Things You'll Need:
- Contact Exposure Units For Silk Screen
- Silk Screens Coated With Photo Emulsion
- Photographs
- Transparency Film
- Photographs
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Step 1
Choose a photograph that's simple, clear, and has lots of contrast.
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Step 2
Shoot the image (or have it shot) to the desired size with transparency film (such as PMT) as a halftone or mezzotint with a line screen of 55 or less.
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Step 3
Coat the silk screen with photo emulsion. (See "How to Coat a Silk Screen With Photo Emulsion.")
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Step 4
Place the transparency over the silk screen frame. Make sure it's wrong-reading when it's looking up at you; when you print it, it will be right-reading.
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Step 5
Sandwich the transparency between the screen and the glass.
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Step 6
Expose it. (See "How to Expose Photo Emulsion for Silk Screen Printing.")









