Introduction to Screen Printing
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In London
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London
London Metropolitan University exists to transforms lives. We take pride in helping students reach their goals and succeed in their future careers.This is a screen printing course for curious beginners. During the course you will explore the different techniques of screen printing; from preparing a screen all the way through to the finished print. This course will focus on hand-created positives. No digital skills needed; only open, creative and curious minds to be ready to dive into the beauty of screen-printing.
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- IT
- Printing
- University
- Skills and Training
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London Met invests in you: from our purpose-built newsroom to our state-of-the-art superlab, we aim to create a stimulating and unique learning environment for our students. Our courses have received top marks from the UK's Quality Assurance Agency and many are accredited by a wide range of professional bodies. Our lecturers are leaders in their field: in the latest Research Assessment Exercise, over two-thirds of the University’s research output was judged to be world-leading, internationally excellent or internationally recognised.
We go the extra mile with our investment. We do this through our five-star promise, our pledge to connect our students with opportunities to boost their career skills. We put employability at the heart of our curriculum through helping you find placements, work experience and voluntary opportunities across a wide variety of organisations.
Course structureWeek 1: Introduction of studio, materials, tools. History of screen printing. Looking at a varied range of screen printed samples
Week 2: Creating positives. Preparing screens. Exposing the screens
Week 3: Introduction of setting up the beds. Introduction of printing. Printing artwork with two layers
Week 4: Printing artwork with learning gradient
Week 5: Printing artwork by overlapping colours
Week 6: Printing artwork with stencil on the screen
- an edition of prints that will be produced using a variety of screen print techniques
- learnt how to create positives by using non-digital tools
- a clear understanding of screen-printing
Introduction to Screen Printing