Colour Lock, Black Series: Serigraphs by Barbara Caruso

Seripress was intended solely for the publication of concrete and visual poetry. Most of the titles were silkscreened throughout, which enabled the artist to use colour if required. When colours were used, Caruso mixed them herself. She also cut letters by hand. The hand-cut images and letters were placed on profilm sheets (a lacquer gel on plastic) to make a stencil, which would then be fixed to the silk screen of the press. The pages were hand-printed; Caruso didn't use photo-silkscreen methods. After each title was printed, the profilm stencil was dissolved from the screen, ensuring the title couldn't be printed again using that plate. Even the folders were handmade by the artist.