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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | You Can Learn to Screen PrintPrint Liberation will teach you how to screen print with readily available materials and easy instruction. Even if you're starting out in a scary basement or in the tiny bathroom in your cramped apartment with a $40 budget, Print Liberation will show you everything you need to know to get started. And if you're already in a rented studio with a few bucks to spend, this book can help you turn screen printing into your personal art or business. Seriously, this is a completely comprehensive how-to guide. You'll start by learning the history of the craft accompanied by graphic illustrations. Then, step-by-step photographs walk you through the ins and outs of all the main screen-printing techniques, including printing on dimensional surfaces, such as walls and goats (although the latter is not recommended). You'll even find advice about how to turn screen printing into a money-making venture, either by selling your work through galleries or by offering your services locally to make posters, T-shirts and anything else people might need. You can do it. Your imagination is your only limitation. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Nick Paparone | | Paperback: | 144 pages | | Publisher: | North Light Books | | Publication Date: | June 24, 2008 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1600610722 | | Product Length: | 9.98 inches | | Product Width: | 8.12 inches | | Product Height: | 0.49 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.26 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.9 inches | | Package Width: | 7.8 inches | | Package Height: | 0.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 14 reviews |
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27 of 32 found the following review helpful:
 Disappointingly basic, lacks insight. Aug 21, 2009
By A. Tubesing
This book was a true disappointment. I was excited about the extra sections on the historical and societal context of screen pringing, and that's why I chose this book over the others because I thought I'd get help with the process along with some interesting history. That supplemental stuff is interesting enough, but as an instructional guide this book is severely lacking.
With very little more information than the basic Speedball instruction booklet (and in some cases much less), this book adds very little to my extremely limited knowledge of screen printing. What I wanted was a book that expanded upon the basic instruction booklet info. I need more information where the Speedball manual leaves off in depth, and this book fails to deliver that. This is especially disappointing for a book that claims to be "a comprehensive DIY guide to screen printing." It comes nowhere close to fulfilling that claim.
For example, one of the trickier parts of screen printing for me is getting the exposure time right for photo emulsion. This is where the insight of an experienced screen printer would be very helpful. The Speedball booklet gives a chart of exposure times for two kinds of light bulbs and it suggests sunlight as an option without offering any advice about it. That's just enough information to get started guessing, but not enough to understand the variables or do much besides trial and error. This Print Liberation book doesn't even give that much info. It merely says the following about exposing the photoemulsion: "Burn the screen for the predetermined amount of time. This might be something like 20 to 25 minutes for a 500-watt light, depending on what kind of bulb it is." Completely useless.
And the rest of the book is not much better. A screen printer with any insight or experience at all should know that much more information than this is required for successful results, unless you want to waste a lot of time and (expensive) emulsion on trial and error--which I can do on my own without buying a book.
This book is only good for someone who wants to read the extra stuff and doesn't mind doing a lot of process experimentation on their own. My purpose for buying a book like this was to take advantage of the author's experience to save me the hassle of reinventing the wheel. Either these authors lack the experience or just didn't bother to communicate it--regardless, the result is a book that's useless as a how-to guide.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Great to get started Aug 22, 2009
By Conny
This is an excellent introduction to screen printing. The book covers the use of photographic emulsion stencils only - the use of paper stencils or drawing fluid and screen filler is not covered.
The book explains how to make your own screen, how to burn a screen, how to reclaim a screen, how to make a multi-colour print, registration, etc.
This is so far the best introduction I have seen to screen printing and I can recommend this book to anyone interested in how to get started.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Informative & Interesting - The Perfect Source for DIY Screen Printing Jul 31, 2008
By sarahstranded
This book includes all the information you need to try some basic screen printing. The instructions are detailed enough to lead a complete novice through the screen printing process without being redundant or uninteresting. The book also has some great graphics and covers some valuable information on screen printing history and important figures in its development.
Definitely the perfect source if you are just getting started with screen printing - this book has it all!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Love it! Jun 24, 2009
By D. Torres
"D Towers"
I love this book.. better than the other screen print books. Visual aid really helps me. I didn't regret buying this.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
I've Been Liberated! Jul 06, 2008
By D. Edwards
"Owner/Manager, Doug E. Shirts"
This book is a great primer on screen printing! It is kind of like "T-shirts for Fun & Profit"-lite. This book is particularly useful for the weekend warrior or part-time entrepreneur. The step-by-step examples are terrific and clearly explained. As soon as I paged through it I came up with some ideas.
That said, if you are looking for more detailed information, you should also pick-up How to Print T-Shirts for Fun and Profit. But get this one, too!
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