Collage

Collage became recognised as a serious art form in the early twentieth century. The term is derived from a nineteenth century craft called 'papiers colles' in which a variety of found objects including fabric, newspapers , comuter media and cardboard are adhered to a flat surface to create a work of art. Decoupage refers to the pasting of cutouts all-over a surface rather than the use of cutouts as individual shapes or patterns in a design.

Screenprinting / Serigraphy / Silkscreen Printing

Serigraphy is a twentieth century multicolour printmaking technique developed in America. The stencil process involves placing designs on a silk or nylon mesh screen that is attached to a wooden or metal frame about two inches deep, with the screen fabric at the bottom. Various film-forming materials, as well as hand-cut film stencils and photo-sensitive emulsions, are used as resists. Colour is poured into the frame which is placed in contact with the surface to be printed on. The colour is scraped over the stencil with a squeegee and deposited on the paper through the meshes of the uncoated areas of fabric.