Everywhere, logos, designs, and art pop in and out of the woodwork using a modernized version of an older technology. Screen printing is a useful way to expose a business name and / or logo to the public. Originally, screen printing began using silk as the medium, but has since moved to finely woven, porous, stretched nylon or polyester fabrics with carefully stenciled designs, and the luscious creations take shape and come to life. From many of Andy Warhol’s famous works to commonly used items such as T-shirts and hats, the practice of stretching a fabric and placing a non-permeable material to cover areas of the fabric that are not affected by dyes has created influential works and marketable art. This form of inexpensive advertising creates a wide range of possibilities for a business to establish itself in the marketplace, or for an established business to gain high recognition.

With great flexibility and variety of uses on different platforms and materials, screen printing has become a widely accepted form of pseudo-media. With uses ranging from textiles, ceramics, metal, wood, paper, glass, and plastic, there is not much that screen printing cannot accomplish. It remains evident that screen printing is evident in all walks of life. It is impossible to walk down the street and not see hundreds of articles in print every day. Everything from soda bottles to T-shirts to coffee mugs to cars is screen printed. With such a wide range of uses, screen printing also has many different techniques to perform.

The most common form of screen printing is known as photographic emulsion. Simply put, photographic emulsion is a process whereby a photosensitive substance is hardened and subjected to ultraviolet light, using the desired stenciled design, the monochromatic design is transferred to the vehicle like those listed above (textiles, ceramics, metal, wood , paper, glass and plastic) The process is completed by rinsing the excess emulsion that was not hardened by light in water or solvent. In the end, leave only the desired silkscreened image in the middle. Screen printing has become very popular to mark our everyday household items and also to familiarize us with famous trademarks.

Every time we put on a t-shirt or use a cup of coffee, we are using a screen printing product, which has brought artwork and publicity to the masses. Posters, logos, graphics and art have been created and replicated countless times as a result of this revised technology. Since the development of screen printing and the evolution of silk, technology has improved to include photographic printing processes to create works of art, namely those of Andy Warhol (mentioned above). This technology continues to bring familiar household names into our lives and beautiful works of art to our hearts. Although a harsh and abrasive chemical process is used, the end result is one that warms the hearts and minds of past and future generations of innovators.