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THE SCREEN
there's two ways.
the first ans easiest is to cut out a paper stencil and place it underneath the screen, securing it with masking tape. you then mask off the rest of the screen with paper (again underneatht he screen, so the only part of the screen that is visible is the cut out areas of your stencil.
the other way is to use photo sensitive emulsion.
convert your graphic to a halftone dot patern that will work with your screen and print it out.
(if you can print it on acetate, great, orhterwise you'll need to photocopy it onto acetate)smear your screen with the emulsion and place the acetate witht he image on it over top. leave it out is the sun, or under a florecent light (or if you've got access to a developer bed,use that) for a while(if the sun, probably a couple hours, if the lightbulb, maybe a day)
you then take your screen to the sink and with a soft bristle brush, scrub it to remove the undeveloped emulsion (the emulsion that ws under the black areas of your design)
do a test screen on some scrap paper to make sure there's no tiny holesin the emulsion... if there is, tape the off.
you've now go a screen ready to print with.