Screen Printing Tutorial Part 3: Printing an Image

This is the third in a series of three screen printing tutorials, in which I will describe the process I use to create the hand printed items for sale in my Etsy shop, The Dog House. Over the course of the tutorials I will show you how to use a photograph to create a screen printed product, using the example below.

This specific tutorial will show you how to make a print of your image using the screen you created in the second part of this tutorial.

Step 1 What you will need

• your printing screen
• screen printing ink in a colour of your choice (I use Speedball Fabric Screen Printing Ink, which is non-toxic & requires heat-setting.)*
• a piece of sponge (I use wedges of cosmetic sponge, which are cheap & durable.)
• old newspaper
• the product onto which you wish to print you image (in this case a women's organic cotton T-shirt), pre-washed & dried
• cold running water
• an iron & board

*Use lighter coloured inks to print onto darker coloured fabrics & vice versa . (See part 2 of this tutorial (Painting the image onto the screen with glue) to decide what will work best with your screen.)

Comments

[ptacnik]

 i love you !!! :) this is a great tutorial and will probably boost my passion about graphic design and screen printing :) 
thank you 

[place name here-]

This is amazing I always wanted to do this but it was cost and effort prohibitive
but now I can thank you!
:D