Some people are struck upon visiting my shop at our employment of literally hundreds of these utility carts. We have enough of them that when we receive garments we are able to immediately stack them onto a cart, thus making counting and stacking a single task. We use them for everything. They’re durable, reasonably priced, and easy to…
I haven’t worked much with photochromic inks. That is to say, I should be doing more with these inks. This technology has been readily available for many years and the effect, while a bit gimmicky, is actually pretty cool. Photochromic inks react when exposed to concentrated UV light. In the photos below two photochromic inks were used (red-shade blue…
Like so many screen-printers, I had a dream of creating my own t-shirt line. TommyPop was my t-shirt line which was created around ’03 and and died around ’05. The thing is, it’s really hard to have a successful screen-printing operation and a successful t-shirt line as both require full-time effort, dedication, passion. Though TommyPop…
Wearables, a traditional print publication by ASI, is also available in digital format. Good stuff for PPD’s and decorators alike. They recently featured one of our prints in a piece highlighting v-necks…
Accurate print positioning is as critical as perfect halftone execution (maybe more so) when it comes to achieving desired results. This order was returned a couple of years ago due to incorrect (off-center) positioning. It may not seem like a big deal, but to a designer, this is highly critical. It was a simple slip…
I love custom packaging projects for a few reasons: It’s a source of revenue that does not require huge capital investment Each project is a unique challenge I love to see the creativity inspired within our team when handling such challenges Today we did a packaging project on a self promo piece which is part…
Pienso que la impresión de estilo desgastado no se puede considerar una moda. Cuando algo se mantiene el tiempo suficiente se convierte en un standard. Al pensar en esto traté de recordar la primera vez que ví algo impreso en ese estilo. Recuerdo que Gap y Old Navy lo hacían a mediados y finales de…
When our buddy Mark Bailey of Sanmar first mentioned that they would be releasing a new performance fabric known as Posicharge which would eliminate the need for low-bleed inks, I was dubious. A couple of weeks ago we had a chance to work with this product in production. IT WORKS! Sanmar produced a nice little video…
I think that “distressed” printing can no longer be considered a fad. When something sticks long enough it becomes a standard. Upon thinking about this I tried to remember the first time I came across a distressed print. I remember Gap and Old Navy doing a lot in the mid to late ’90’s, but I’m…
Counselor Magazine, an ASI publication, publishes an annual list of the “25 Hottest Movers And Shakers In The Industry”. Somehow I ended up as unlucky number 13! They included a few words about The Ink Kitchen. Thanks Counselor! Read Counselor’s Hot 25 here
