Allieviation

• July 9th, 2006 • • how-to, screen printing •

While combatting the mystery injury, I’ve been working on new t-shirt stencils and experimenting with screen printing some more. I found a delightfully lame piece of clip art with some 80s guy proclaiming “Paint it!” While I typically strive to create my own t-shirt art, a copyright free image that just screams to be put on a t-shirt must be obeyed. After making some modifications, I cut the stencil out on some good ol’ freezer paper and rather than use a sponge (so passé!) I liquified some brown and orange fabric paints and airbrushed the mixture onto a royal blue shirt was procured down at Wally World for $3.00 . (This worked horribly well as compared to a sponge.) After everything was dried and heat-set, I stuffed the shirt into a bleach solution and let it soak. End result? A soft, worn, thrift-store-worthy shirt with an ultra-lame design. Huzzah!

In other news, I found a delightful solvent for the screen fillers I’ve been using. Rubbing alcohol! The trauma of scrubbing and scrubbing to clean screens: gone! This method worked beautifully as an “eraser” for a screen I was working on. Just pick up a Microbrush, dip it in alcohol, gently rub both sides of the screen and poof! Mistakes can be fixed. (Though probably not so well for incredibly fine line work.) Another t-shirt surfaced while I was experimenting with alcohol and screen filler, though I do not have a picture of it yet.

Speaking of pictures, thanks to the generosity of a relative, I am now able to upgrade to a digital SLR. Kick ass!

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