Silk-screen

The screen is placced on top of a piece of dry paper or fabric. Ink is placed on top of the screen, and a squeegee (rubber blade) is used to spread the ink evenly across the screen. The ink passes through the open spaces in the screen onto the paper or fabric below; then the screen is lifted away. The screen can be re-used after cleaning. If more than one color is being printed on the same surface, the ink is allowed to dry and then the process is repeated with another screen and different color of ink.

Stencil

A printing process in which an image is cut out of mylar plastic and then placed over printing paper; ink is then stippled through the open parts of the 'mask' to produce images in soft, modulated colours.

Snow Goggles

These were traditionally made to prevent snow blindness.

Snow Knives

Knives made of bone that are used to cut blocks of ice and snow for making igloos.

Soapstone

Is a mineral that has both historic and present-day significance for the Inuit. Known for its heat retaining properties it was carved into lamps used by Inuit. It has a soapy and oily surface hence the name soapstone. Compared to other stones it is relatively soft and easy to carve.

Stone rubbing versus Stonecut

With a stonecut the negative image of the design is traced onto the stone so that when the stone is inked and the print is pulled, it is right-reading and appears exactly as the drawing. In a stone rubbing, the print is obtained not by inking the stone but by rubbing the paper which has been laid on the stone block with ink or pencil, or another medium. The image, therefore, appears on the topside of the paper rather than on the side touching the stone block and will be reversed (or wrong-reading) just as it is on the stone.

Styrofoam or Linocut print

Styrofoam or linoleum is used as a block out of which an image is carved with a chisel. The surface is then inked and paper is pressed onto the inked surface.

Syllabics

Is a writing system that was developed in the 1850s by James Evans (and others) for the Inuit who had an oral culture and, therefore, did not have a writing system.