Serigraphs

(Silk Screen Prints)

Charley Harper limited edition serigraph prints are numbered and signed by the artist. The few exceptions are stamped with the studio seal and come with a certificate of authenticity signed by Brett Harper, studio manager and Charley's son.

Screenprinting, silkscreening, or serigraphy is a printmaking technique that creates a sharp-edged image using a stencil. A screenprint or serigraph is an image created using this technique.

A screen is made of a piece of porous, finely woven fabric stretched over a frame of aluminum or wood. Areas of the screen are blocked off with a non-permeable material to form a stencil, which is a negative of the image to be printed; that is, the open spaces are where the ink will appear.

The screen is placed atop a substrate such as papyrus or fabric. Ink is placed on top of the screen, and a fill bar is used to fill the mesh openings with ink. The operator begins with the fill bar at the rear of the screen and behind a reservoir of ink. The operator lifts the screen to prevent contact with the substrate and then using a slight amount of downward force pulls the fill bar to the front of the screen. This effectively fills the mesh openings with ink and moves the ink reservoir to the front of the screen. The operator then uses a rubber blade to move the mesh down to the substrate and pushes the squeegee to the rear of the screen. The ink that is in the mesh opening is transferred by capillary action to the substrate in a controlled and prescribed amount, i.e. the wet ink deposit is equal to the thickness of the stencil. As the rubber blade moves toward the rear of the screen the tension of the mesh pulls the mesh up away from the substrate leaving the ink upon the substrate surface.

source: wikipedia.com

 

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Limited Edition Serigraphs

	Price: $175
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Racc an' Ruin 1500 S/N Paper Size 16" x20" Image Size 12" x 16"	Price: $95
Racksnack 1000 S/N Paper Size 12" x 30" Image Size 8" x 26"	Price: $525
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Scary Scenario Edition Size: 500 Stamped/Numbered 50 Artist's Proofs Paper Size: 26" x 28-5/8" Image Size: 22" x 24-5/8"	Estate Stamped Price: $300   50 Artist's Proofs: $350
Shadow Dancers 500 S/N US $300 50 Artists Proofs $350 Paper Size 26-1/8" x 34" Image Size 22-1/8" x 30"	Estate Stamped Price: $300   Artists Proof Price: $350
Skimmerscape 2000 S/N Paper Size: 18" x 25" Image Size: 15" x 21"	Price: $250
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Upside Downy 1000 S/N Paper Size: 19" x 30" Image Size: 15" x 26"	SOLD OUT Check our Vintage Harper Page
Watermelon Moon 1500 S/N Paper Size: 15" x 20" Image Size: 12" x 17"	Price: $900
Wedding Feast 1500 S/N Paper Size: 17" x 18" Image Size: 14" x 14"	Price: $325
Whitecoat 2000 S/N Paper Size: 13" x 13" Image Size: 10" x 10"	Price: $250
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