screen-printing

or screen·print·ing

[ skreen-prin-ting ]

noun

1. the silkscreen printmaking technique; serigraphy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of screen-printing¹

First recorded in 1930–40; (silk)screen ( def ) + printing

Example Sentences

The kids take part in a wide range of artistic workshops to express their creativity, such as zine-making and screen-printing.

From Los Angeles Times

Those included Chat Travieso, whose Yes Loitering project lays out ideas for making New York’s public space more friendly to teenagers; the Chicago-based urban design program Territory, which has teen volunteers design and construct street furniture and public space; and Minneapolis’s Juxtaposition Arts, which trains teenagers in applied arts like screen-printing and mural-painting.

From Slate

Before the game, Tim Manley, a 47-year-old fan who owns a screen-printing business, set up his tailgate and hung on it some of the shirts he had made over the years to chronicle the pains of rooting for Washington.

From Washington Post

A screen-printing business flopped, and the Parks filed for bankruptcy.

From Los Angeles Times

Printed on silk, cotton, linen and other materials using traditional screen-printing techniques — cut stencils or, on occasion, photo transfers — the imagery is figurative as well as abstract.

From Los Angeles Times