| Since the human has been aware of Screen Printing | | | | printing different colorful patterns over textiles which |
| as a printing technique and understood its techniques | | | | were used for the purpose of decoration. |
| and tools, different application for such a technique | | | | During the First World War, this technique was used |
| has been evolving continuously. The first application, | | | | massively for the production of banners and flags |
| according to historians, is accredited to the cave man | | | | which were requested in large numbers. And then |
| who used his hands as stencils to paint different | | | | Screen Printing was used for the production of |
| shapes using the available tools at his environment. | | | | expensive wall papers. But different artists noticed |
| No one for sure knows the reason for these | | | | the different capabilities this technique has such as its |
| paintings as some presume they are for mere | | | | repeatability and its capability of reproducing their |
| decorations while others suggest they are for some | | | | designs. And they started to employ it in their |
| religious ceremonies. | | | | expressive visual works. |
| A variant of this technique was used in ancient china | | | | And with the flourishing of the commercial advertising |
| for book printing. It used wooden blocks that have | | | | and the awareness of its importance, different |
| the letters shape and some decorative patterns. Such | | | | advertising companies resorted to this technique for |
| technique of printing facilitated the process of | | | | the production of advertisements. Their choice was |
| producing books in great numbers, as it was much | | | | as a result of the easiness of employing this |
| faster and easier than the common used way of | | | | technique for mass produced or repeated |
| copying the books by hand, which consumed a lot of | | | | advertisements and its low cost. It was first used by |
| effort and time. | | | | chain shops to produce their banners and wall |
| Another variant, where stencils of different materials | | | | advertisements. And then, it was employed for the |
| and shapes were employed, was used for religious | | | | printing of different ads over buses, labels and CD |
| purposes. Religious images were printed in large | | | | covers. And by the continuous development, it was |
| numbers to be distributed over those who believe in | | | | found that this technique can be used to print a |
| that religion. Another application for the same variant | | | | multitude of materials no matter what size or shape |
| was for decorating walls or other materials where | | | | they have. This encouraged different industries to |
| different patterns were used repetitively to produce | | | | make use of it such as textile, clothing, packaging |
| the required design. | | | | and electronic industries. |
| And with the continuous development of Screen | | | | And with a quick look around, many products that |
| Printing, which was known first as silk screen, and its | | | | employ this technique can be found. Ads, wall papers, |
| existence in a form that is close to its current form, | | | | t-shirts, bags, caps and other different decorative |
| new application started to evolve. This technique was | | | | items include prints that are screen printed. |
| used for printing textiles. It was mainly used for | | | | |