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Thursday, February 27, 2014
Simple One Color T-Shirt Screen Printing
As seen on Sloane's personal screen printing blog: http://sloanesdiy.blogspot.com/2014/02/simple-one-color-t-shirt-screen-printing.html
The big guys at EZScreenPrint let their lovely employees use their materials for personal projects and art. Which is great for the crafty and artistic people and really great for those people who get asked by their friends to make t-shirts *cough cough* like me. A friend of mine has a team in an upcoming dodge-ball tournament and of course I was his go-to gal to get some custom shirts made. I was asked to screen #TWERKTEAM in white on the front of blue t-shirts. Strange dodge-ball team name if you ask me, but I'm here to screen print and not offer team name alternatives :) Here are some photos of my process:
The big guys at EZScreenPrint let their lovely employees use their materials for personal projects and art. Which is great for the crafty and artistic people and really great for those people who get asked by their friends to make t-shirts *cough cough* like me. A friend of mine has a team in an upcoming dodge-ball tournament and of course I was his go-to gal to get some custom shirts made. I was asked to screen #TWERKTEAM in white on the front of blue t-shirts. Strange dodge-ball team name if you ask me, but I'm here to screen print and not offer team name alternatives :) Here are some photos of my process:
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Screen Printing on Paper for Framed Wall Art
I love the look of wall decor to cover up bare and boring white walls. I searched online for items to purchase but it was either too expensive, or not exactly what I wanted. Randomly I came across these beautiful birdcage and chandelier designs and thought, why not make my OWN wall decor? I typically use EZScreenPrint stencils for t-shirts, but I decided to I was going to expand my medium.
Step 1 - I purchased two pieces of water color paper (regular printer paper gets too wrinkly with screen printing ink) and made my stencils with the EZScreenPrint starter kit. You can view the How-To video here: How-To Make a Screen Printing Stencil
Step 2 - I picked out my two colors, Speedball black fabric ink and Speedball opaque gold fabric ink. I screen printed the black ink first, and allowed it to fully dry. View the How-To video here: How-To Screen Print a T-Shirt. You can also speed up the process by using a blow dryer. Once the first color was dry, I repositioned the stencil on the paper, bringing it down slightly, and screen printed the opaque gold ink.
Step 3 - Once both colors were dry, I embellished them with rhinestones. I purchased two 5"x7" frames and now have these beautiful pieces hanging on my wall. Not only were they easy to make, but much cheaper than anything I could find in stores or online, plus I have a sense of gratification for making them myself!
Step 2 - I picked out my two colors, Speedball black fabric ink and Speedball opaque gold fabric ink. I screen printed the black ink first, and allowed it to fully dry. View the How-To video here: How-To Screen Print a T-Shirt. You can also speed up the process by using a blow dryer. Once the first color was dry, I repositioned the stencil on the paper, bringing it down slightly, and screen printed the opaque gold ink.
Step 3 - Once both colors were dry, I embellished them with rhinestones. I purchased two 5"x7" frames and now have these beautiful pieces hanging on my wall. Not only were they easy to make, but much cheaper than anything I could find in stores or online, plus I have a sense of gratification for making them myself!
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Monday, January 6, 2014
Joan's Valentines Day Creations
Valentines Day creations by Joan Martin Fee using EZScreenPrint stencils. View her blog here: http://expressyourcreativity.blogspot.com/
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How-To Screen Print with Two Color Application
Recently, a few of the members of the SLObaru car group asked me to make t-shirts with their logo for a Subaru event in southern California. I used a two color application process that’s actually much easier to do than it sounds, and whether you are in a car group yourself or just have a design with multiple colors, this process can work for you.
First, I started with their artwork (pictured above) and printed it off on my ink jet printer onto ink jet transparency. It is important that the design be as opaque as possible, as it will result in a high quality stencil. Using the EZScreenPrint basic starter kit materials, I exposed my silk screen stencil for one minute in direct sunlight using my artwork. After letting it soak and rinse out following the instructions found in the kit or video found at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU8V_ePdXtk I was ready to start screen printing my t-shirts.
When following a two color application process, the first step is to block off a portion of the stencil that will be the secondary color. I found using blue painters tape is the easiest solution for this step. For my design, I put painters tape over the portion of the stencil that reads “baru.” I found a Speedball screen printing ink that closely matched the STi “Cherry Blossom Red” which is called, Florescent Magenta. I placed the stencil over my white t-shirt, and using the squeegee provided in the screen print kit, I pressed the ink over the stencil. I lifted the stencil and brought it down over the next t-shirt, and repeated the process until all my t-shirts had the pink “SLO” screen printed on the front.
Once I allowed enough time for the ink to dry, I removed the tape from the “baru” and placed new tape over the letters “SLO” on my stencil. I repeated the same process as before except I used the black Speedball screen printing ink. After all my shirts had the secondary color, I allowed it to air dry then heat set each shirt with an iron.
My friends were thrilled to see the finished results and were extremely impressed with how professional the t-shirts looked without having to pay professional prices.
Created by Sloane, creative director at EZScreenPrint
Sunday, November 4, 2012
How to screen print a tshirt - Part 1
What are EZScreenPrint Stencils?
NEW, EZScreenPrint Stencils are a user-friendly product for creating custom
silk-screen stencils to use on fabric, metal, wood, paper, glass,
ceramic... the list is endless. EZScreenPrint is a unique material made
from fine silkscreen mesh coated with light sensitive water-soluble
polymer. It uses black and white images on plain white paper, sunlight
and tap water to develop.
Take your basic silk screen, remove the metal or wooden frame, do away with all those nasty chemicals and what do you end up with? EZScreenPrint, a simple yet innovative product for creating custom screen printing stencils without cutting. And because it's based on the old tried and true method of screen printing and photography, it's much more versatile than plastic stencils.
However,
unlike conventional screen-printing that relies on complicated
chemicals and block-out paint, our product is coated with a
light-sensitive plastic that only requires sunlight and plain tap water
to develop. This allows you to create custom screenprinting stencils
with unheard of details that are virtually impossible with traditional stencils. Plus, no expensive equipment or toxic chemicals are required. EZScreenPrint comes in flexible sheets and can be used on a number of surfaces, with a large variety of paints, even glass etching creams.
EZScreenPrint stencils
are reusable. Clean with plain water, latex paint remover, paint
thinner or oil based paint remover, let dry and re-use. Glass etching
creams won't harm the stencils. Etch glass with the same stencil over
and over again. When etching glass, be sure to use a light coating of
stencil adhesive spray, or tape. EZScreenPrint becomes tacky when slightly damp and will adhere to glass surfaces, and other hard surfaces.
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Anyone can use EZScreenPrint Stencils
You don't need to be a skilled artist to use EZScreenPrint Screen
Printing Stencils. Anyone can screen print with professional results.
Use it on fabric to create your own custom t shirts – just like the
t-shirt printing shops. Design funny t-shirts for friends. Amaze your
family members with family reunion t-shirts. Screen print custom polo
shirts for club members, personalized t-shirts for your Internet
business, or for school fund raising and other types of charity
organizations.
EZScreenPrint is not limited to t-shirt screen printing; try our screen printing kit to start your own screen printing business. EZScreenPrint is
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