Any recommendations on where to get tshirts quickly made? Have a basic design (just text) and need 20 shirts asap. Hoping to pay $12/shirt or so.
I want to get in on that hot silkscreen action. Does anyone have any suggestions on classes I could take or workshops I could attend? I want to print up all the things!
I’ve started a clothing brand and have been hand silkscreening my designs. I’ve recently been really wanting to silkscreen skateboards and was wondering how I would go about doing this. Would I need a custom screen made?
Hey everyone, seeing as I have quite a bit of time now thanks to COVID-19, I've decided to look into some DIY side projects. I've always been interested in Machine Embroidery and Screen printing but have always been a bit intimidated by it. Is there anyone that'd be willing to maybe show me the basics or even let me sit in on while you work on a project/order?
Nothing too complicated pls
I've seen the tips.
>1) Cleanup Silkscreen. Move all text to ensure each sits in a reasonable location. If possible, nothing in silkscreen should sit over the top of any bare copper / holes / edge of PCB. Though PCB house will automatically crop these mistakes, you should cleanup as many of these types of issues because it looks unprofessional.
But there are a number of places where I find myself changing the traces so that tented vias won't sit under part outlines. I'm not sure that that is what was meant; they aren't exposed copper pads. What is the kosher thing to do here?
I'm not 100% sure if this is the right place to post this, so bare with me.
My girlfriend decided to invest all of her money into a run of 1 color silkscreened shirts for an upcoming convention. She started emailing back and forth with a few local printers, and decided on one of the printers due to their yelp reviews and what they'd promised during their initial emails.
The print company told her that the fine linework would show up on the shirts since it's an 18x18in print. They also told her it'd take them 12-14 working days.
She managed to sell enough in pre-orders from her friends and fans of her art, showing this digital representation of the shirt. The linked image is the digital proof that the company had sent us.
We just got the shirts 17 business days later (which pushes back her pre-order shipping date by 3 days). We'd called them every day, and they'd kept saying that the shirts would be ready for pickup the next day, and gave that excuse every day this week.
Annnd these are the final product. They're not anywhere as detailed, and she's now worried that the people that preordered are going to complain that the finished product does not look like the original. She's in serious need of advice.
So here's the questions we have: A) Should we request a reprint? B) Is there any liability on our end for the details not coming out? C) Is losing detail a standard thing in silkscreening? I've done some silkscreening before, and I feel like the linework should have shown up on a print this big. D) Is there any way on her end that she could paint, draw, or remove ink on the shirts to get some of the detail back? (There's 24 shirts, and she's willing to redraw some of the linework into each of them) E) Should she take down all of the digital copies of the shirt so people can't compare the final product side-by-side? F) Are we overreacting? If I hadn't seen the original digital copy, I'd think that the shirt was pretty nifty.
Any answers would help us out a lot. She's pretty down about the whole endeavor, and I'm afraid that if this situation gets worse, it's going to dissuade her from an artistic career completely.
Hey all, has anyone had any success or tried to silkscreen an UF t-shirt? I'm about to make a run of shirts for my business and was thinking about asking the printing company to screen a one off for me using an UF merino. Thought I would ask here before I gambled with a $100 shirt. Thanks!
I just typed /r/DIY on a whim here and look where it got me! This is my first post on here so I decided to make it something I'm passionate about.
Are there any people here who do silkscreening? What kind of setup do you have? I got a Speedball kit for my birthday and have a screen that I made a few shirts with now sitting in my closet. I managed to get a bigger frame and a nice squeegie from the graphics department of my high school (5 finger discount!) but I haven't gotten screen material to put in yet.
When I used the kit, my big issue was that I was trying to do light ink on a dark shirt. If you've ever done it, you know you need to layer and dry it before the ink actually stands out. So I ended up printing a layer, letting it dry, washing the screen out (so it was clean when I put it back down and didn't get ink where it wasn't wanted) and trying to match it up on top of what I already printed for layer 2. This is a mondo pain in the ass.
So I guess to direct this from a general screen printing thread to an actual question, have any of you DIYed some sort of hinge system so the screen lowers in the same place every time? I have no money for one of those full-armed systems like I used in graphics class. Let me see what you've come up with!
I've checked Michael's and JoAnn's and all they have are tie-dye kits and fabric paint. I'm looking for Speedball ink and photo emulsion. Thanks!
Here are some of our $5-10 classes that are coming up in January!
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Interactive Science Fiction -- Mondays, January 9,16,23 2017 at 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Hamish Crawford guides through the wonderful world of Science Fiction from works of proto-science fiction, scientific romance, hard SF, through cyberpunk and beyond!
We'll discuss key works of SF in literature and film (perhaps even with some screenings). We will pay special attention to issues like science fiction's satirical commentary on the present, its relationship to feminism, how its visions of futures and other world can prompt social change and restoration of the status quo, and more. The approach will be interactive and students can let their own interests and imaginations steer our journey together.
Hamish Crawford has published two books and several short stories, and holds an M.A. in Screenwriting from the University of Westminster, a B.A. (Hons.) in English Literature, and a diploma in Comic Book Production from the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts. His undergrad Honours project was on the links between 'Doctor Who' and literature, and he gave a lecture on 'Doctor Who' for the University of Hertfordshire in 2013.
Attendees please RSVP at yyc.informallearning@gmail.com with SUBJECT SCI-FI
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Basic Simple Silkscreening by Stacey Cann -- Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 5:30 PM - 8 PM
The event is only $5 to attend, so come and join us for a fun educational evening! And for an extra $5, build your own screen to take it home.
Taught by Stacey Cann. Stacey Cann has a BFA in Print Media from Alberta College of Art and Design. She has been teaching in the community in Edmonton and Calgary since 2008.
Learn how to silkscreen. Rather than using emulsion which involves a lot of equipment and toxic materials participants will create stencils with acetate to create their designs. This is a practical way to create silkscreen prints at home. You can use this technique to print simple designs on paper or fabric.
Please e-mail Calgary School of Informal Education at yyc.informallearning@gmail.com to RVSP with subject SILKSCREEN
SPACE IS LIMITED!
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Linux Basics -- Friday, January 27, 2017 at 6 PM - 9 PM
Learn to use UBUNTU through a a virtual machine. We will be teaching you how to install UBUNTU on a virtual machine, on your laptop.
If you plan on attending it, please bring your own labtop to the class. If you don't have a laptop feel free to e-mail us and we might have an extra one fo
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Does anyone know of a place in calgary where i can purchase blank, good quality t-shirts and long sleeves?
Thanks
YouTube tutorials are awful!
I inherited a family member's silkscreening company. Unfortunately, his current market niche is dead. I'm either going to liquidate it or put it back online catering to a new market. We have the labor, equipment and capital to move forward...but where?
I use PCBs as front panels, but the fabs I've been using (the usual PCBShopper suspects) have very inconsistent silkscreen quality and routing. Sometimes they're excellent, and sometimes they're unusable.
They don't have to be super high resolution, just consistent from batch to batch, including solder-mask and silk colour. The routing/drilling should be sharp and accurate.
Any recommendations?
Anybody knows a good workshop that can produce prints? Preferably someone who knows their shit and care about the quality of their work.
