Shirt Process

It's been too long since my last post. I've been going through a lot of things right now in my life, and I've been forced to learn to not let it interfere with my work. It's hard, but I'm doing my best.

Anyways, as promised, here are some process shots of the shirts and a little explanation:



So here's the final product of what we were going for. This is one of the 2 designs that we printed.


First, we needed transparencies of our characters so that we could set the light-sensitive emulsion on the screen.


Next, Tait and I turned my bathroom into our own darkroom, were we coated the screen in emulsion, and then set up high-watt lamps to expose the emulsion with the designs on it. The result being basically a stencil of our art.


Next, we made our own ghetto-shirt machine with a piece of wood from home depot and some hinges. Once everything was in place, we took turns screening each shirt. We had a few messups....


And lastly....cleanup. ha. Or suicide, due to the amount of frustration screen printing seems to evoke...



And the finished product. 30 shirts total. Each made with tender love and care.