Screenprinting Today - The Basics

A Virtual Shortcourse

Andy MacDougall has been involved in all facets of screenprinting, from owning and running one of the top commercial shops in Vancouver B.C., to helping develop the Parapress large format screen press, and building the SOL-X solar exposing system. Through the years, he has also applied the technology of commercial screen printing to the production of fine art prints, and currently operates an innovative art printing studio in the Comox Valley, on Vancouver Island, off Canada's west coast.

A firm believer in the benefits of collaboration between the artist and the printer, he has worked with many of Canada's leading artists and helped them explore new and wonderful applications of the screen printing process as they explore the medium. 'Screenprinting Today, the Basics...' is part of a workshop developed to answer the need from both Fine Art & Commercial screen printers for information about the core technology of screen printing, regardless of the final use of the process.

"The Fine Art printer and the Commercial screen printer have much to learn from each other," says MacDougall, "and I hope by publishing this course online, we can start tearing down the philosophical barriers that stand in the way of exchanging knowledge and mastering the screen printing process. It's all about doing the best you can with what you have. Anybody I've ever met that pulled a squeegee wants it to work properly. This info is concerned with helping them achieve that goal."