Silkscreen vs. Serigraph — What's the Difference?

A stencil method of printmaking in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. Also called screenprinting, silk-screen process.

A printed design produced by means of a silk screen.

A print made by this method.

A print made by the silk-screen process.

A sheet of material (originally silk but now synthetic) with areas that are porous to ink and others that are non-porous to allow printing of images, such as on T-shirts.

A silkscreen print made by serigraphy

To use a silkscreen to apply an image.

An autographic device to test the strength of raw silk

A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil

An autographic device to test the strength of raw silk.

Print by silkscreen

A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil