Last weekend, over 125 decorators converged in Northern California for a first-of-it’s-kind event: WB/CAMP This water-based printing summit, powered by SGIA and hosted by Motion Textile, pulled together great minds from companies such as Green Galaxy, Matsui, Virus, Bella+Canvas, Douthitt, GSF, Ink Kitchen, M&R, MHM, Printavo, Ryonet, SAATI, SPSI, and SanMar, for two days of…
We printed this shirt at Mirror Image nearly 25 years ago. It had to be approved by Robert (pronounced RO BEAR) Doisneau in France. In order to print it we separated it and set it up and printed it almost 16 times to get it right, at a time when film was really expensive and…
Are you going to WB/CAMP, Sep 19-20 in Sacramento, CA? I’ve already talked about why we’re excited for this first of it’s kind event, but here’s just one of many good reasons to attend WB/CAMP: You will meet industry legend Beppe Quaglia, Founder of Virus Inks. Not only will Beppe talk about next-level water-based printing,…
Following last week’s post on using organic embroidery thread, we received a lot of questions about where to find organic embroidery thread. Here is a great supplier, Fiberactive Organics. For years, company CEO Julie Moore has offered genuine certified organic thread and in dozens of colors! It is all GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certified,…
Q: Is the ink dry on the shirt you printed? A: It doesn’t matter. Ink can be dry on a shirt and it will not last through a wash. Unless you are unethical and plan to leave the country after selling a shirt, you want the print to stay on the shirt beyond the first…
We spent a day in the MHM factory, in Erl, Austria, to see how the world’s best textile presses are made and to meet the people whom make them. Our friend, John Potter, gave us the full factory tour. We were not disappointed…
Ink Kitchen is stoked to announce the addition of our fourth partner, longtime IK contributor Brett Bowden. Brett is founder and owner of Printed Threads in Fort Worth, Texas, a SGIA board member and one of the masterminds behind the popular ThreadX conference. We admire his dedication to industry education and to helping other decorators…
WB/CAMP: Water-Based Printing Summit, September 20-21 Powered by SGIA and hosted by Motion Textile Presented by Bella+Canvas, Ryonet, SanMar, SPSI, and Ink Kitchen. Supported by Douthitt and SAATI. If you love/hate water-based printing this event is for you. Two days of talks and hands-on printing demonstrations from the best in the industry: Beppe Quaglia – Virus…
There’s a world of print (not to mention people and culture) beyond the borders of the USA. That’s why we travelled to Munich for the FESPA Global Print Expo ’19. Here’s the official IK highlight reel…
In May, we went to Bavaria to see where the world’s best textile presses are made, in the MHM factory (Erl, Austria), and to attend the FESPA 2019 Global Print Expo in Munich, Germany. In the coming weeks we’ll post a couple of videos to highlight MHM and FESPA respectively. Until then, here’s an overview…
