Screen printing

(or silk screen printing) is an artisan printing technique used to reproduce images on any surface. It is one of the oldest printing techniques so much so that to find out its origins one must travel back to ancient China. In screen printing, the print is done through a cliché. The screen printing cliché consists of a frame on to which a special mesh fabric is stretched; one part of this material is then covered using photomechanical processes in order to leave the areas where the designs or text are to be printed, free. By way of a Racla (rubber sheet) you let the ink run, pressing on the cliché which only passes on the mesh left free, resting on the chosen support and thus the design is reproduced. It allows printing of items of all shapes and sizes, on any material, from fabric to paper.

Paw Chew Go

is the biggest self-produced, independent illustration event in Milan. There is also a lively market area featuring up to 100 professionals in visual art and extended to include a rich programme of meetings, workshops, exhibitions, book presentations and portfolio reviews.

Tante Mani

is an artisan screen printers and the public art workshop - Pigmenti’s – operational HQ. In addition to hosting interesting people to develop their screenprinting projects or to produce directly commissioned works, Tantemani is also an educational and craftwork centre for people with disabilities. The profits from the sale of the manufactured items – clothing, accessories, ceramics and screen prints – contribute to sustaining the project. www.tantemani.it

2017 – 2019 • Nivule + Pesci Rossi

MY HEAD BETWEEN THE NIVULE AND THE GOLDFISH

2017 – 2019 • Nivule + Pesci Rossi

MY HEAD BETWEEN THE NIVULE AND THE GOLDFISH

Illustrations for fabrics which then become clothes.

TECHNIQUE Screen printing¹ / Digitale

EXHIBITION Paw Chew Go² 2017 – BASE Milano

COLLABORATION Tante Mani³

Nivule + Pesci Rossi is an independent, artisanal tailors based in Piacenza. It produces clothing which is all meticulously designed, created and packaged by hand. They use high quality natural materials sourced following careful research and recycled from fabrics which have been discontinued or discarded by the Italian textile industry. They collaborate with Italian illustrators to create decorated fabrics with which they produce their original garments. In 2007 the capsule Collection – Ho la testa tre le Nivule e I Pesci Rossi – was launched, dedicated entirely to the explosive union and meeting of minds of Novella and Tania: Nivule + Pesci Rossi. The hand printed silkscreen garments combine graphics and tailoring in the spirit of creating original, hand crafted products.

In 2019 Jungla in città was launched, a fresh, delicate pattern featuring tigers and exotic flowers, dedicated to summer in the city, digitally printed on very light cotton.