December 4 Reception at Artist in Residence

Kelee: Cow Skeletons and Aliens in The Cave of Legends; Or Screen Printing T-Shirts

We've been meaning to make some The Flying Disc t-shirts ever since we opened our Record and Coffee Shop back in 2004. After a six year blur of latte making, record alphabetizing, guitar string ordering, baby birthing, relocating, and coffee drinking, we ordered a DIY t-shirt printing kit all of a sudden a month or so ago. We ordered it from this company online (screenprintingsupplies.com) because it's owned by a person, because the kits come with everything you need to get started (except shirts) and because the kits come with instructional dvds.
The process started here at the computer where Ben spent many creative hours getting the design exactly right. Mostly by emailing my old friend Greg from EIO Design and getting him to do the design work. I'd highly recommend Greg's design skills except I don't want him to be too busy doing your design work that he doesn't have time to work on our next idea.

Ben emails.

Then Ben set up the sweatshop/workshop in the laundry corner/garment corner of the basement/The Cave of Legends Recording Studio and Screenprinting Workshop.

He poured out some pink gunk from one container into another.

He smeared it onto a screen.
Ben centered the shirt on the centered-shirt holder.
With a swiftness unable to be captured with even the best cameras available,
he printed the shirts.
Curing.
Cleaning the screen.
First designs made!
The Flying Disc family cutes up the shirts.
For sale!
Hanging next to records.
Second Design.
Cow bones.