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Osho's
uniquely beautiful art work, painted in the inside covers of books
in his treasured
library, inspired Osho Art Unity in Japan to make reproductions
using the silkscreen method (in German: Seidendruck; in French:
Serigraphy). The project was started in 1987 in Poona and Japan,
and was carried out with permission of, and guidance by, Osho.
Silkscreen printing is a method of reproducing art work using
a stencil, silk (or nylon) and paint. Traditionally, silk is stretched
on a wooden frame and paint is forced onto the silk through the
mesh of the silkscreen stencil with a squeegee. There have been
some recent innovations in the process using photographic plates
and special positive film.
In the Osho Silkscreen Art Collection, silkscreen prints are made
from Osho's original paintings and
faithfully reproduce all details except size. Up to 50 different
stencils may have to be used in order to create one finished product.
The printer of the Osho Silkscreen Art Collection is Mr. Ryoichi
Ishida, who is currently one of the foremost silkscreen printers
in Japan.
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