silkscreen

[ silk-skreen ]

noun

1. Also called silkscreen process. a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.
2. a print made by this technique.

verb (used with object)

1. to print by silkscreen.

adjective

1. of, made by, or printed with silkscreen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of silkscreen¹

First recorded in 1940–45; silk + screen

Example Sentences

The thieves originally took four silkscreens from Warhol's Reigning Queens series but abandoned two nearby, the gallery owner told Dutch broadcaster NOS.

From BBC

The blood-red hue of a small, 1974 silkscreen version in vermilion, installed with four drawings in a side gallery, evokes engorgement and violence.

From Los Angeles Times

And the snarling attack dogs recall the shocking Birmingham news photographs, taken by Charles Moore, that Andy Warhol turned into silkscreens to make his “Race Riot” paintings.

From Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court copyright fight with celebrity photographer Lynn Goldsmith on Thursday as the justices faulted the famed pop artist's use of her photo of singer Prince in a silkscreen series depicting the charismatic rock star.

From Reuters

That Polaroid shoot led to 11 silkscreen portraits; one of them is now going on auction for the first time.

From Seattle Times