From March 2020, Water-based ink scares a lot of shop owners, and not without reason. Plastisol forgives mistakes; water-based does not. So at Impressions Expo Long Beach 2020, we sat down with Tony Palmer of MHM, a UK printer who started in 1987 when water-based was the only ink in the room, for a no-theory,…
In the city of silk, and appropriately enough also the city of silkscreens, Lyon, France, we ran into a street fair with screen prints for sale. She had a wide range of items, posters, cards, shirts, and all screened. When Machin told us the leader of her screen printing cooperative was an anarchist known for…
Today’s post is by our friend Beppe Quaglia. It is a beautiful tribute to his friend Michel Caza. You can read his newsletter written in Italian in English by using Google Translate at www.bqelearning.com Ciao, Michel Yesterday, in a hospital room, Michel Caza left us. He was ninety years old and, true to…
Michel Caza has passed. He is one of the true giants in the world of screen printing, arguably the greatest figure in the history of screen printing.. He helped to start FESPA and was the president for many years, including when I had the distinct pleasure to meet him in the late 90’s. The legacy…
Our press operators log every job on a tablet, order number, screens, setup time, run time, delays. That data flows into the weekly report the shop owner reads every Monday morning. The tablet form has been live about three weeks. The operators came back with a list and The Bug That Was Faking Our Numbers.…
Sales in the front, printing both in the back on the same floor and up on a second floor. Quite a beautiful inspiring setting to create art. No wonder she was a delightfully welcoming and happy, right! Cards, prints, framed prints and tote bags all made in the back. Pretty delightful stuff to find on…
From February 2019, Want to know what $8 piece causes 85% of the problems that happen with your $25,000 embroidery machine? At ISS Long Beach 2019, we sat down with Bill Garvin of BG Tech, a Tampa-based embroidery technician who services 80 to 100 shops a month on the East Coast, for a no-nonsense ShopTalk…
Wow. Many of us didn’t see this coming. Bella+Canvas announced today they are being purchased by SanMar. Bella+Canvas co-founders Danny Harris and Marco DeGeorge announced the confirmed sale today. It looks like they will not be involved as things move forward under SanMar ownership You can read the full press release here. In good news…
Back in 2015 Rick got a scam email from “Ken” wanting to ship shirts to the Solomon Islands. No address, no phone number, broken English, and a credit card as the payment method. Rick’s advice was simple: if it’s too good to be true, it is. Delete it and move on. Phony orders scam screen…
Rick was the inaugural guest on Raising the Stakes a new podcast hosted by Jed Seifert, co-founder of Stakes MFG, about the rise-and-give-back stories of people who use their businesses for something bigger. The conversation goes from printing his first shirts to save a building at Colgate, going $400K in debt and paying everyone back…
