One of my all time favorite Serigraphs of Steve Hardy's. Beautiful scenery for the changing fall season! Look at all the wonderful colors used in this print. Looks similar to the scenic view right before heading to Charlottesville on I-64!

This print is from Hardy's Vistas and Mountain Scenes Gallery.

Serigraph Screen Printing Process:

1. Plate Work-Most important element in the screen printing process. For each color that is printed in a serigraph, a plate must be made. There are different techniques used to achieve the results wanted with each color.

2. Screen Preparation- Time to expose the plate on to the screen. Coat the screen with a light sensible emulsion. Then exposed to a highly intensive light to help to harden the emulsion, creating the stencil for the screen.

3. Printing- Lengthy process. Generally only two colors are printed a day. You start with one color at a time and have to print that for however many prints you are making.. You must do this before you start the next color. This process can take up to six weeks to complete.

4. Ink Mixing- Done during the process of printing. Decisions involving color are extremely important in order to achieve a print containing appealing colors. Usually the color is printed before the plate is ready so the printer can plan how to order his/her color ordering.

5. Post Production- Where the printer pays attention to detail. Once printing is finished every print is examined very carefully to clean up any small imperfections. This completes the end-to-end process of completing a serigraph print.