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The common name for a type of printmaking invented in the USA in the early 20th century first called silk-screen printing. Nowadays the commercial process is called screen printing, but the making of fine art prints by artists is called Serigraphy. The technique is used to make printed circuits as well as billboard sized advertisements, posters, and fine art.
Unlike other artists printmaking methods, most screen printing is used for full color images. A stencil is held in place on a nylon screen, the ink goes through the screen but is blocked by the stencil thereby making the required image. Originally based on an old Japanese way of using stencils held in place by human hairs, todays high tech screen printing can reproduce fine details and is an increasingly popular means of making prints.
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