Waqas Mazhar

F2020316009
Section T
Textile Printing
Assignment #4
Question.
History of block, eco, screen and stencil printing. Difference
between block and screen printing.
Block printing Stencil printing Screen Eco
printing printing
History. History. History. History.
 Block printing  Stencils  Screen printing  Also known as
is believed to were already kno originated in Botanical
have originated i wn in China as China (around printing, it can
n China over early as the AD 221) as a be traced back
4,000 8th century. The way of to middle ages.
years ago before s Eskimos of Baffin transferring  Discorides, an
preading to Asia Island made prints designs onto ancient Greek
and the rest of from stencils fabrics. pharmacologist,
the world. cut into seal  Following this first described
 However, skins before the Japanese the techniques
the earliest record contact with began using and, as interest
of woodblock Western simple in scientific
printing is civilization. stenciling study and
not on cloth, but i  In the techniques as a herbalism grew,
n a 20th century, sten way to create they were used
book called the cils have imagery. At to
Diamond Sutra, been used for as this time record/illustrate
printed 300 years many purposes as stencils were books. 
before Gutenber making reproduct cut out of
g's Bible. ions and detailed  paper and the
paintings. mesh was
woven from
human hair.

Artists. Artists. Artists. Artists.

 Henri Matisse,  Tinku is a  Andy Warhol  India Flint, who
Pablo Picasso, Guatemalan stencil and Peter developed
and Roy artist based in Blake created process of eco
Lichtenstein Buenos Aires and contemporary printing which
made linoleum Mexico City. He art with this we use today.
cuts and thus started making technique.  Other renowned
made block stencils in 2012. artists are
printing famous.  Banksy is a stencil Debbie Lyddon
artist from the UK, and Alice Fox.
and is perhaps the
best known
stencil/street artist
worldwide.
Difference between Screen and Block Printing:
 Screen Printing Block Printing
 Entails pushing dye over screen to  uses wooden blocks to apply paint
print on fabric. on fabric.

 less effort required to make screen  more effort required to make one
as compared to one block. block as compared to screen.

 prints are clean and cheap.  Prints are simple, artistic and
regular.

Block printing Screen printing

Stencil printing Eco printing