Tuesday, March 9, 2010

t-shirts!

Ok, I'm not quite ready to go into business or anything, but I do like printing t-shirts.  I really like finding the shirts at thrift stores.  I just don't feel like there need to be a lot of new t-shirts in the world.   Here's the three I've printed so far:









The bird shirt is my favorite,  but I have some ideas about ways to make the circle shirt a lot cooler--its color combo is the best, but looks washed out in the picture, red-violet on brown.  I like the Screamin' Jay Hawkins shirt, too, but I just can't seem to take a decent picture of it.  

In the interest of practicing my new skill before I forget how to do it, yesterday I bought some screen paints and a stack of paper for printmaking at Jerry's.  I just need to practice with great frequency and abandon until I feel comfortable with it.  I really like the process and it's something I've always wanted to do.  Think I will look around for some more used t-shirts and get one container of fabric paint and print up a few more shirts this week.    

7 comments:

  1. DUDEEEEEEE, they are soooo beautiful!!! I LOVE them all, especially the birdie one. oooo maybe you could make a bower bird shirt with a TOtally decorated pad. dreamy.

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  2. These are awesome! And I love your idea for the Screaming Jay Hawkins shirt -- that is one of my favorite movie lines of all time.

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  3. They all look great! Look forward to more.

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  4. Madame beer, that's one of my favorite movie lines, too, so I was happy to celebrate it in cotton! Thank you, Iris and Michele. I have more designs that I haven't printed so I just need to come up with a large supply of shirts!

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  5. Love all of them!! Cooooool!!!

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  6. These make me so happy. Now I want to learn! Learning! Yeah!

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  7. Joolie, I highly recommend Kat McTee's awesome "Adventures in Screen printing" at the fabulous Stitch Lab. It's such a great class and you learn how to do several different processes. (Plus, you get to hang out with super nice and smart people.) There's always a pot of coffee on, too.

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