T-shirts!

Aloha. It’s nice to be back after some time away.

So what’s been going on in my little creative world? If you might recall I’ve been taking screenprinting classes (which is almost over unfortunately), and one of my friends gave me a chance to put some of the things I’ve used to work to make some t-shirts for his new little upstart landscaping business. They turned out alright:

Of course, cutting everything out by hand – yes, all of those tiny letters were hand cut – was by far the most time consuming part of the printing. The registration of the green over the black letters was the hardest part, and didn’t work out as well as I’d thought. Part of that is due to the fact that the green ink was obviously weaker over the t-shirt than the black ink. If i had printed that area with white before hand then printed the black and green it would have come out more even. But, since this was done entirely by hand with hand-cut stencils, the registration would have just about been impossible. Anyway, a couple of lessons learned and a couple of ideas developed. I’m happy to have gotten the chance to make them so I’ve got a better idea of the types of prints I can make in the future, and I’m mostly pleased with the results.

At this point it’s full steam ahead for the craft show coming up on the 26th of April! Can’t wait to fill you in as I work along =)