This American Life is a weekly public radio show which tells stories ranging from the ordinary to the extraordinary. Episode #561 is particularly captivating for a variety of reasons and no, nothing in the episode ties directly to decorated apparel. That said, their is so much to be learned from the story of New United Motor Manufacturing,…
Many of us have for many years utilized lasers to aid in accurate print positioning on press. I’ve seen many home-spun setups (including the cheap Radio Shack laser levels which were once mounted onto our presses) as well as some commercial systems. Most worked just “OK” and with serious limitations. Enter Lase-It, a truly legit laser positioning system. With a solid…
Last week I posted a new promo video that was shot at my shop. Minutes after I posted the video it was taken down by Vimeo’s super smart copyright infringement detecting algorithm. Well, it’s back up now. I win. Hope you enjoy this artsy view of textile screen-printing.
Pricing is an area where we as screen printers are typically ignorant, afraid, or just plain stupid. In no way would I say that I have all of the answers on screen print pricing but I can say that I have, and continue to, put a lot of thought into the subject, and make adjustments accordingly…
Some of you may have had a chance to see the video I posted today before it was taken down by Vimeo for copyright infringement. We’re working on the issue and I will repost as soon as the video is live again. Here’s an interesting read on the issue.
Just published this video to the Motion Textile site. Our man Ben Jones of TBJ Productions did it again, this time with a slightly more artistic view of textile screenprinting. Enjoy…
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is stirring debate in the apparel industry much as NAFTA did in the 90’s. This article from Southern California Public Radio talks about the potential impact on the apparel industry. And if you do not support TPP Zazzle’s got you covered.
It’s never fun matching another printer’s work, specifically with full color prints. You are kind of screwed in these situations because without provided seps and reliable engineering forms or without intimate knowledge of the other printer’s methods you are just making an educated guesses and if you say forget it and simply aim to improve…
If you didn’t already know, The Ink Kitchen is featured monthly in Wearables Magazine. Check us out on page 55 of the June 15 issue.
We recently installed press #5 at Motion Textile. I’ve affectionately nicknamed this 8-color MHM X-Type Plus “The Little Guy” (maybe I was thinking of that Portlandia sketch?). A few thoughts on going small with this new install: Sleeves The majority of sleeve prints that we run are very simple (2-4 spot color) prints with a flash or two. We…
