Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

shablon

English translation:

screen

Added to glossary by Wendy Gosselin
Nov 26, 2014 16:17
9 yrs ago
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Spanish term

shablon

Spanish to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
the term is related to printmaking. the text, written in Argentina, reads:

La serie de posters explora sobre el fondo y la figura, desplegando la técnica del shablon sobre alfombras recortadas de 60x40 cm, combinando colores de tita con fondos de alfombra de catálogos antiguos de una marca de alfombras

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screen

In Argentina, shablón (malla) refers to a screen (comprising a fine mesh fixed to a frame, usually of wood) used in serigraphy (screen printing - AKA 'silk-screen printing, because originally the mesh was made of silk).


Compare:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_printing
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serigrafía

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-11-26 18:55:10 GMT)
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A couple of relevant links from Argentina:
http://www.portonartesano.com.ar/foros-postp-40227-limpieza-...
http://www.educ.ar/sitios/educar/recursos/ver?id=100139
Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Davis
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agree David Hollywood : right you are
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An alternative. It seems to be a sort of decorative matrix that is used to reproduce a design in printmaking and the visual arts.
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