t-shirts

[labrujah]

Unfortunately (Fortunately?) all the women's shirts sold instantly. I do still have the screens and could do another run if there was demand.



These look so hot on the little women's t-shirts and camisoles. But they look good on guys too. One guy bought both kinds at the show, he is my hero.

My friend Jason put together this design. It's all birds and wings with astonishing detail.



I have left:
1 Med and 1 Lg Skeleton Men's shirt
1 XL and 1 L Men's shirt with birds on the back
3 Med Men's with birds on the front
and one off-center slightly fucked up skeleton shirt on a women's large. That one would work for someone who wanted to cut it up and DIY it into a halter or something. I would take $5 including shipping for it.

All shirts are Fruit of the Loom, 100% medium-weight cotton, made in America. The mediums run a bit large, esp. for guys used to vintage sizing. But they will all shrink with washing. There are a few tiny ink smudges on some of the shirts which will probably come out with washing too as they weren't heat-set.

All shirts $15 including shipping. Order now because whatever's left is going on Ebay on Friday...and if enough ladies want a skeleton shirt, leave me the specifics (size, color, style) and I will see what I can do.

Comments

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[enn.livejournal.com]

1 med mens w. birds on front, please?

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[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Yay!
you can send the $15 and your address through paypal to alitaforever@yahoo.com. Thanks lady!

[enn.livejournal.com]

i am just setting up an account now to do that,, so it seems it will take a couple of days,, but hold on to that shirt, ok?

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Ok...or you could leave $15 in an envelope tied to a tree in a preordained place on a misty night and I could retrieve it...

Seriously, my boyfriend lives in Ft. Greene ish so I could probably drop it off sometime.

[enn.livejournal.com]

i am sure that we could arrange something like that.
i am usually around the area most evenings.
let me know what works best for you!

[lau.livejournal.com]

these are bad ass. i have yet to even attempt photo emulsion silk screening. it scares me!@%)

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

It's totally not hard. Just messy. And fun. So satisfying! Like printing photos in a darkroom, but then you can wear it.

[lau.livejournal.com]

thats awesome. i guess i should just try it out. ever used a gocco? seems awesome, but small scale. i am thinking of getting one so i can take it with me to australia! :D

i have all the stuff (screen/scarey gooey liquidy things) ... so i should just try it out. dont you have to have a special kind of light?

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Nope. You can totally use a regular light. We use a very bright studio/shop light on the floor, and rig a piece of glass or clear plastic on top of two buckets. You have to experiment with exposure time just like printing photos too. A regular bulb will just take longer. Ours is usually like 5-8 minutes.

The hardest part for me is putting the emulsion on the screen in the dark. I tend to make it too thick or uneven.

It might be worth your while to find a place that will make you the screen. In NY it ranges from $15-$40 depending on quality. It depends on if you want to do it super-thrifty and have time, or want to lay out a little money for a screen you'll keep forever.

We use Plastisol ink which comes out looking great, but which is very hard to clean up. Water-based is supposed to be a lot less forgiving of mistakes...

[lau.livejournal.com]

thats awesome, dood, ill have to try to set up a rig when i get to auz... i dont think itd be to logical to do all that when i am about to move across the planet. ;p thats why i wanted a gocco, but yeah, they can only do small prints... i think like 3x5"... seems easy + clean though, would be good for small graphics, though because of how its laid out, i think it would have to be on the side of things, shirts, etc. hmmmm.

i have a silkscreen, a professional done one (its not too big, maybe 10X20" ?) but i know i wont be able to take it to australia so i think i might sell it. :< like i said, i have all the stuff, so i dunno. its upsetting! i have read about doing the contact paper method as well, i like how stencils look, so i might try that out a bit.

was wondering, have you ever silkscreened on nylon? i know it says not to (in the book i have) but i am wondering what happens, or why not. maybe it just doesnt take the ink? i dye and mess with old vintage slips alot, and i think it would be awesome to add little dealies onto them.. but most of them are nylon....

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

I had a shirt someone screened onto thick polyester which was fine. I guess nylon is so thin, it would seep right through and the design might run. But you could test it out easily. Maybe with some cardboard underneath to absorb the excess? The other thing is that to dry it, you have to put it under a very hot heater (it actually starts smoking!) so I bet nylon wouldn't withstand that. You could try drying it w/hair dryer or heat gun carefully, and then in a clothes dryer on high...

Also, I bet you could find a college or someplace with a silkscreening studio nearby, and then you wouldn't have to invest in all the equipment. Just inks and screens. They tend to have really nice sinks and hoses to wash out screens, heaters/dryers etc.

[lau.livejournal.com]

ah, that makes sense, ill probably try it out tho. :D and i will look into local printing places! smart you. ;> i never would have thought. :>~ i love the bird design shirt, btw. i would totally get it if it wasnt black. i realized how many black tshirts i had the other day, so i am trying to inject some color into my tshirt assortment. ;D hehehe.

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. I had the opposite realization at burning man this year -- that the people wearing all black looked really tough, and maybe I should rock that look more, since most of my current clothes are um, circusy.

[lau.livejournal.com]

hehehe. WHERES THE BALANCE?!_@#)%!_#^) ;>

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Oh and I never used a Gocco printer even though I have like half of one from a garage sale. I'm not sure what all you can make with it...scarves? headbands?

Last night my graphic design teacher showed us that you can print sort of crudely just using a blank screen, by cutting a design into a piece of paper (like a stencil) and screening ink over it. It came out really well onto paper and even the wall...

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Great minds think alike...
There is a fabric spray paint which is supposed to work well with stencils and actually stay. My friends used it for tour shirts. Art supply technology is so awesome.

[cheesetoast.livejournal.com]

i want the large men's skeleton if you still have it. do i get a $1 off if i pick up, or are you shipping for free (work perks)?

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

You can totally pick it up for $1 off. Then you can even try it on if you want. I'll email you.

[cheesetoast.livejournal.com]

you have my email? it's gromitsabra at yahoo.

[never-the-less.livejournal.com]

these are super nice!

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm excited to make a new design and get back in there, but it might be a while.