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Screen Printing In-Person
Screen printing is a process for transfering graphic art onto fabric. It's best known for printing clothes, and can also print on paper, or any flat surface! It's a mix of digital and handskills, with the ability to quickly print many items.
This class is an introduction to screenprinting with machine-cut and applied vinyl stencils in Metropolis. We will go from a digital design, to vinyl, to ink on paper or cloth.
Preparation for class:
- bring a digital file of single-color artwork
- one color on a background, no gradients or shades
- bold, chunky designs are easiest
- small, disconnected areas without ink are hardest, think like a stencil designer
- any typical image format, jpg, png, etc
- if you know how to prepare a vector image file, dxf is best.
- print size 3" to 10"
- wear unprecious clothes, we're working with ink
- optionally, bring an unprecious garment to print
- light colored fabric can take most ink colors
- dark or black fabric will look best with white ink
- Date:
- Saturday, April 26, 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Metropolis 6C-006b
- Categories:
- Metropolis > Training
Please be on time; while we do our best to accommodate lateness, we cannot always do so. Training will begin, at the latest, 5 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Please wear shop appropriate attire: closed-toed shoes, long hair tied back, no loose or dangling clothing. This class is messy!
Directions: Room 6C-006b. From the basement infinite corridor, at the junction of buildings 4 and 8, turn South into building 6C. You should see a facilities cage and murals. Follow signs to Metropolis on a left-right zigzag.
