The Ink Kitchen

New IKEA catalog has two pages that recommend decorating something or other with old t-shirts. Yeah, go IKEA, use up those old t-shirts so folks will order new ones.

Alternative Apparel recently conducted a t-shirt contest to highlight their printed fabric products.  “Prints on prints”, it’s a good concept.  But, when you consider what you typically see in the established t-shirt competitions (mostly bad designs and mostly mediocre printing), the concept of showcasing clever and tasteful design, decent printing, and great blanks for a t-shirt contest is actually brilliant.…

Another throwback Thursday and a couple more pieces by Andy Anderson from Nashville, TN. The dude can print some serious process prints, traditional process being his way usually.  I asked him about these two prints, Andy:  “The only thing I can remember is the Kenny job was done in 1983— it was our first entry…

We featured Bill Mooney’s websites two weeks ago. Here are a few good photos from him and some good history in his own words. I started screenprinting with a Speedball kit as well, so this story is dear to me. Bill in is own words: “Yes, Tannis Root is our tour merchandising and screenprinting company…

As a contract decorator taking responsibility of your customer’s product can be nerve-racking, especially when the numbers are big or the per piece price is high.  And of course high-end products always have a high-end difficulty factor.  We recently ran a print on some very pricey jackets by Lululemon.  Aside from taking our time to…

Tulowitzki not Tulowizki. I feel for the artist, printer, loader, unloader, folder, boxer… and especially the owner of the shop that printed 15,000 shirts incorrectly for the Colorado Rockies jersey giveaway. The baseball team isn’t doing well, and the promotion didn’t do well either. I do not know a printer that has not printed some…

Torcido un diseño, fuera del centro, demasiado bajo correcto, demasiado alto o rotada o izquierda? Si usted está preguntando por ella, probablemente se trata de un rechazo. Si dejas que algo va a través y el cliente obtiene una regla, ya está resuelto para. Camisas son hechas por seres humanos reales en directo y la…

Bob “Smitty” Smith has an “enterprise” he calls Minimum Wage Art. A few examples follow: – a great shirt design of his that we print is a map of North America titled “Indian Territory.” Search around the web and you can see Willie Nelson, Johnny Depp and a few other characters wearing it. – a…

Sometimes I like to check out other Kitchens online. One of my favorites is Thug Kitchen. It’s my go-to source for vegan recipes full of attitude. Depending on your workplace it may be NSFW (Not Safe For Work) due to what some may consider improper language, in large fonts. It’s totally safe and appropriate for…

Andy Anderson is a screenprinter in located in Nashville, TN. His process prints are as good as they get, and they have been great for a long, long time. My shop mostly does simulated process. We originally did that because we found it so difficult to do traditional CMYK printing. Andy does it the old…