the making of the t-shirts

Eventhough I went through a lot of stress and hardworking long hours, I had fun making these t-shirts really. As I've said before, the process of preparing the equipments and dyes takes way longer than the actual printing.

Plain t-shirts no more.

After preparing the screens, preparing the worktable with the t-shirts properly aligned and the correct dyes with the emergency cleaning wipes about, we're finally ready to print.

Lining up the t-shirts.

Lining up the screen onto the t-shirts.

Lining up the dye onto the screen.

Then just swipe the dye.

Even the technician Jenny had to have a go to make sure the pressure was correct.

I realised that a lot of organisation and precision is required. At times, the dye was getting everywhere and got quite messy.

But we got there in the end with 24 t-shirts.

12 Grey ones and 12 White ones.

4 designs.

Small, Medium and Large for each design in both colors.

Just above, I've shown two of my designs.

In all honesty, I do not like them.

I am very strict with what I make and how I make them so I've decided to alter them.

They're too plain at the moment and I feel uncomfortable selling them in this state.

At the moment, I'm busy jazzing them up with collages (and glitter? maybe not.). It's going to be interesting to see what I can come up with! eek.

I shall update more info on what the designs are about very soon.