Tag: screen printing

  • New T-Shirts

    New T-Shirts

    Since like many, I have a little more time on my hands, I’ve been trying to improve my screen-printing set-up. That includes some new larger screens which make the printing easier. I’ve also moved on from a 250W photo-flood bulb to a 1000W halogen bulb. UV is where it’s really at, but after some experimentation,…

  • Vitti and Antonioni

    Vitti and Antonioni

    Over the last week or so, I’ve been watching or rewatching the loose trilogy of black and white films that Michelangelo Antonioni made with the actress Monica Vitti released between 1960 and 1962. Each was made in black and white, and each took a profoundly moderning – and sometimes disparing look at the new world.…

  • Screen Printing on Fabric

    Here are a few recent screen printing pieces that I’ve been making.  His Girl Friday is one of my favourite films of all time, and I’ve been meaning to make a t-shirt or two out of this for some time. I’m not sure… I’m certain that these photos don’t do the print justice. For starters,…

  • Giro D’Italia – T-Shirt

    It has been a while since I screen-printed anything, so with Simon Yates in the Maglia Rosa at the moment, winning today’s stage at the Gran Sasso d’Italia, I made the t-shirt above. I’m reasonably happy with it, and that’s a treated image of Fausto Coppi on the right, the five times winner of the…

  • Pavé

    This weekend sees the Tour of Flanders, and next weekend is Paris – Roubaix. Since it’s been a while since I last did some screen printing, I thought I’d try to make a print based on the cobbled classics. I’m quite pleased with the results, but I thought I’d run through my process. I actually…