Serigraphy is another term for which printing technique?

• A. Screen printing
• B. Woodcut
• C. Etching
• D. Lithography

Answer: (A)

Serigraphy is screen printing. This method uses a woven mesh screen with a stencil that blocks ink in certain areas; ink is forced through the open parts of the screen onto the chosen surface, creating the image. Because ink passes directly through the screen, serigraphy delivers bold, solid areas of color and can be used on paper, fabric, and other substrates. The term silk-screen printing comes from the original screens being made of silk, though modern screens are usually synthetic. This approach is different from woodcut, which is a relief process carved on a block; from etching, which prints from incised lines on a metal plate; and from lithography, which relies on the oil-and-water principle on a flat surface.