Screen-printing is a stencil technique based on blocking out areas of a mesh screen with either paper or stencil film or with liquids that fill the mesh. Paper and film stencils produce clean-cut hardedge images while liquid stencils or screen fillers create a more painterly edge. For this print, crayons are being used as a stencil material; the crayon wax clogs the fabric preventing ink from passing through and produces an interesting irregular edge.

Fabric is stretched over a wooden frame that is hinged to a base. The borders of the screen are blocked out with screen filler to keep the ink within the designated printing area. The image is taped in place on the base and covered with a sheet of acetate to protect it during printing. Registration guides are also attached to the base to ensure accurate alignment for each color.

Open areas allow ink to be transferred onto the paper below to create the image. A squeegee, a wooden handle fitted with a firm rubber strip, is dragged across the screen forcing ink through the open areas of the fabric. Each color is successively printed on top of the previous one. More crayon is added before each new color is printed to block out  areas until the screen is eventually filled in.

Water-based inks were used for this print to keep things non-toxic and make clean up easy.