silk-screen

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  1. noun A stencil method of printmaking in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. Also called screen-printing, silk-screen process.
  2. noun A print made by this method.

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  • In order to convey this theory, visitors Sunday were able to express their creativity in everything pop by taking part in activities such as silk-screen printing and creating album covers. —  The Lantern
  • Pottenger's Kinnaloa was a garage company known for its silk-screen T-Shirts and chalk bags.
  • On less expensive models, "Gibson" was painted on with a silk-screen process, rather than inlaid. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • Instead of a traditional tag on the inside back of the shirt, a "tagless" has a solid silk-screen flat label. —  Consumerist
  • Our workshops entail programs which cover: all aspects of film making, photo journalism, radio construction and broadcasting, interviewing, editing and production of audio programming, silk-screen production and design, grass roots organizational skills and group facilitation and consensus, decision making skills.
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