J. I. Biegeleisen - The Complete Book of Silk Screen Printing Production

THIS IS not an extensive bibliography. Very little has been written on the process prior to 1926, when Harry L. Hietts Manual on Stencil Screen Process Work, Formulas, Working Instructions, and General Up to Date Information came out, published by the author. The book not only had a long title, but had a long publishing life. It is out of print now. This was followed by Bert Zahns Silk Screen Methods of Reproduction, published in 1935.

Listed below are active books on the screen process.

Biegeleisen, J. I., Silk Screen Stencil Craft as a Hobby, New York, Harper and Brothers, 1935. Deals with the craft and hobby aspects of the process. It is now out of print but in circulation in some libraries.

Biegeleisen, J. I., and Cohn, M. A., Silk Screen Techniques, New York, Dover Publications, 1958. Deals with all the major processes and techniques of silk screen printing. Emphasis, however, is on the fine arts aspect of the process, known as serigraphy.

Carr, Frances, Guide to Screen Process Printing, New York, Pitman Publishing Corp., 1962. General treatment of the subject.

Darby, Sidney, Screen Process Printing, Scranton, Pa., International Correspondence Schools. A short (85-page) treatise on the fundamentals of the process.

Eisenberg and Kafka, Silk Screen Printing, Bloomington, Ill., McKnight & McKnight Publishing Co., 1957. A general treatment of the subject.

Fossett, Robert O., Techniques in Photography for the Silk Screen Printer, Cincinnati, Ohio, Signs of the Times Publishing Company, 1959. An excellent treatment of the various photographic procedures for preparing photographic stencils.

Harkins, Dorothy, Screening Fabric Techniques . One of the few books on this phase of the process.

Hiett, Harry L., Screen Process Production, Cincinnati, Ohio, Signs of the Times Publishing Co., 1936. A basic book, now out of print.

Kosloff, Albert, Ceramic Screen Printing, Cincinnati, Ohio, Signs of the Times Publishing Co., 1962. A good source of information on the subject.

Kosloff, Albert, Photographic Screen Process Printing, Cincinnati, Ohio, Signs of the Times Publishing Co. An excellent companion piece to Fossetts book on the same subject.

Kosloff, Albert, Screen Process Printing, Cincinnati, Ohio, Signs of the Times Publishing Co., 1950. A good, all-around book on the process.

Mytton-Davies, Peter, Screen Process Printing, Middlesex, England, Press and Process Publications, 1952. A survey of the process as it is practiced in Great Britain.

Shokler, Harry, Artists Manual for Silk Screen Print Making, New York, Tudor Publications, 1960. A good book on the process written by a fine art practitioner in the field.

Sternberg, Harry, Silk Screen Color Printing, New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1942. An excellent book limited primarily to the tusche method of stencil making.

Zahn, Bert, Silk Screen Methods of Reproduction, Wilmette, Illinois, Frederick J. Drake & Company, 1950. A basic, authoritative book written by one of the industrys pioneers in the process.

The authoritative trade journal for the process industry is Screen Process Magazine, published monthly by the Signs of the Times Publishing Company, 407 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. This periodical features articles by the experts in the various ramifications of the process. It is also an important vehicle for learning about suppliers and their products through their ads.

The companion magazine to Screen Process is the monthly journal, Signs of the Times. Though this deals primarily with sign craft, there are many overlapping areas in process work. It is published by the same publisher as Screen Process Magazine .

Display World, also a Signs of the Times periodical, treats the developments in the field of merchandising, displays and point-of-sale advertising.

In addition to the above, most graphic arts magazines carry occasional stories and features on the process. One of these magazines is Graphic Arts Monthly, published by the Graphic Arts Publication Company, 608 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago 5, Ill.

The S.P.P.A. Int. (Screen Process Printing Association International) published in 1954 a manual prepared by its Vocational Development Committee. This is a brief survey of the process, materials, techniques, etc.

The S.P.P.A. has also collated data of tremendous value to the processor. A virtual treasure-chest of information is published and distributed to members of the Association. Additional segments are mailed periodically to the interested in a loose-leaf binder made for the purpose. This is the Associations Manual for Screen Process Printers. The S.P.P.A.s address is 549 West Randolph Street, Chicago 6, Illinois.

A CATALOG OF SELECTED
DOVER BOOKS
IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST

CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL IN ART, Wassily Kandinsky. Pioneering work by father of abstract art. Thoughts on color theory, nature of art. Analysis of earlier masters. 12 illustrations. 80pp. of text. 5 x 8.

23411-8

ANIMALS: 1,419 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Mammals, Birds, Fish, Insects, etc., Jim Harter (ed.). Clear wood engravings present, in extremely lifelike poses, over 1,000 species of animals. One of the most extensive pictorial sourcebooks of its kind. Captions. Index. 284pp. 9 x 12.

23766-4

CELTIC ART: The Methods of Construction, George Bain. Simple geometric techniques for making Celtic interlacements, spirals, Kells-type initials, animals, humans, etc. Over 500 illustrations. 160pp. 9 x 12. (Available in U.S. only.)

22923-8

AN ATLAS OF ANATOMY FOR ARTISTS, Fritz Schider. Most thorough reference work on art anatomy in the world. Hundreds of illustrations, including selections from works by Vesalius, Leonardo, Goya, Ingres, Michelangelo, others. 593 illustrations. 192pp. 7 x 10. 20241-0

CELTIC HAND STROKE-BY-STROKE (Irish Half-Uncial from The Book of Kells): An Arthur Baker Calligraphy Manual, Arthur Baker. Complete guide to creating each letter of the alphabet in distinctive Celtic manner. Covers hand position, strokes, pens, inks, paper, more. Illustrated. 48pp. 8 x 11.

24336-2

EASY ORIGAMI, John Montroll. Charming collection of 32 projects (hat, cup, pelican, piano, swan, many more) specially designed for the novice origami hobbyist. Clearly illustrated easy-to-follow instructions insure that even beginning paper-crafters will achieve successful results. 48pp. 8 x 11.

27298-2

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BIRDHOUSE CONSTRUCTION FOR WOODWORKERS, Scott D. Campbell. Detailed instructions, illustrations, tables. Also data on bird habitat and instinct patterns. Bibliography. 3 tables. 63 illustrations in 15 figures. 48pp. 5 x 8.

24407-5

BLOOMINGDALES ILLUSTRATED 1886 CATALOG: Fashions, Dry Goods and Housewares, Bloomingdale Brothers. Famed merchants extremely rare catalog depicting about 1,700 products: clothing, housewares, firearms, dry goods, jewelry, more. Invaluable for dating, identifying vintage items. Also, copyright-free graphics for artists, designers. Co-published with Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village. 160pp. 8 x 11.

25780-0

HISTORIC COSTUME IN PICTURES, Braun & Schneider. Over 1,450 costumed figures in clearly detailed engravingsfrom dawn of civilization to end of 19th century. Captions. Many folk costumes. 256pp. 8