Quick update for those of you who may be curious about the process involved in silkscreening fabric.
It all starts with a design in Illustrator:
The design is then printed onto clear film, with special high-opacity black ink:
The film is taped to a screen that has been coated with red photosensitive emulsion. The emulsion is thick, like glue, and dries in the polyester mesh of the screen.
The screen is then exposed to a bank of lights, in order to harden the emulsion. Any areas of emulsion where the light is blocked by the stencil will not harden, and can be washed away later with water.
After 20 minutes, I will be able to remove the film, and rinse the soft emulsion away with water. The screen then dries overnight before the next step.
