answer:A silk screen is a piece of cloth stretched around a wooden frame to be used in silk screening. Silk screening is a method of printing wherein ink is passed through this stretched cloth onto a surface by way of a squeegee. The cloth is made so that it has millions of microscopic holes that the ink passes through. Silk screens are no longer made with silk. Using a variery of methods, certain parts of the silk screen are covered, so only the desired areas are printed. Here are some helpful links…all from the always helpful MAKE magazine: • MAKE’s podcast put together a great how-to video a while back on silk-screening: link • They also linked to a good PDF comic that walks through the process: link • And, finally, they linked to a more in-depth how-to: link