Silk Screen Printing Silk screening is a printing technique utilizing an ink-blocking or paint-blocking stencil. A roller or squeegee moves across the stencil and forces ink or paint through the open areas onto the packages surface. Single color or multi-color silk screenings are both available options. Hot branding – Using a high wattage electrical source, a brass die is heated. The hot die is then pressed into the wood. The logo, illustration, or text tooled onto the die is thus branded into the wood’s surface.