 In stencil printing the design is cut in
sheets of cardboard, paper, plastic, thin metal or wood and the
dye is applied to the fabric through the cut-out areas. Screen printing works on the same
principle, but the screen holds all the parts of the stencil together, and the printing
media is pulled across all the openings with one stroke, forcing colour onto the fabric
using a long rubber blade called squeegee. As many number of screens are required as the
number of colours employed to form the final design. Thus each screen provides a part of
the design and when these are aligned properly a perfect overall design is produced. After
impression with one colour is made, the second colour is applied only after the first is
dried. It is much less laborious, because the size of the design or the number of repeats
may be much larger than is possible with other methods, and once the design is on the
screen it can be saved and reused indefinitely. Sharper and more intricate design can be
reproduced than with other techniques.
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