Tuesday 16 August 2016

Hand printing the "Quokka Kids" T shirt range for a Melbourne client.



 The brief for the quakka kid Tee shirt range was to firstly highlight and retain the hand drawn nature of the designs. The Tee shirt colours are all very bright colours to showcase the beautiful imagery.
                    Originally drawn by the clients daughter, using crayons on paper. 
I worked with the clients graphic designer to keep the texture and painterly quality for the hand pulled screen prints. Producing some terrific results and bringing further attention in respect to the print colors and the alignment of the multi colored designs.



Printed back label.


Bright T shirts, this pile doesn't look like 200!!

Fire engine red, used for the dark Purple Zing {snail design}





Reference of print colors and order for me to refer to.
{from top left to right- Wilma, Bongo, Munchy, Zing and Henny}



Film layout at home 1



Film 2, cutting out at home.
                             

Floating mask on Henny screen frame, underside.
                           



Blocking small pin holes on the emulsion, underside of screen.

All these amazing designs are available to purchase from
www.quokkakids.com.au
                                     


Bongo, two colors printed.
Pink face and red ears.
                                        



Bongo
                                        




Lastly black face detail for Bongo.





Setting the scene for placement of Bongo, using template



Zing- Light blue t shirt, printed with grey and black inks



Zing printed on hot pink T. A hand cut float to mask the face details as the second {body} ink colour is printed.



Zing- two color dynamic printed on bright Orange T.



Zing- Printed on hot pink Tee.



Zing- Printed three colour on deep purple TEE.


Zing- First colour printed prior to black detail.









Quokka kids








Henny- Printed on hot pink Tee. Registering second colour {purple dress} to print.



Henny- Black line print to come, encapsulating and completing the design on hot pink.


Henny- Printed four colour on white Tee, SUPER CUTE!!


Henny- Complete, ready for sale:}


Quokka kids  = Super cute!Click on this photo to go to website



Munchy- Printed with bright white and black on deep purple TEE
2- Printed Mauve and black on white TEE


Munchy - Printed bright white and black on Orange TEE.


Munchy- Printed with bright white and black on deep purple TEE







This range from Quokka kids was such fun to work on, the finished product speaks for itself.
Keep kids bright, keep them seen, keep them happy and dressed in quality breathable cotton.
Printed ethically and with eco friendly waterbed inks right here in Melbourne!


Rhett Kilner is founder of aboxapart and showcases his own wares on ETSY.
 click here to view Rhett Kilner's ETSY page












Monday 15 August 2016

Printing the Capuchins Australia 2016 Europe Pilgrimage


  
Laying out the stencil for the back of the T -shirt 



Hand cutting of stencil for right pocket of T shirt.
Just to make it extra fiddly, the insides of the letters are an operation in themselves!







A stich in time= saves nine!

Paper stencil from the back of the screen after applying chocolate ink

Front pocket stencil for Capuchins Pilgrimage.


Front pocket tester print. White on chocolate T shirt.

Front of girls Tee, chocolate ink on Camel shirt.


                 
Back of Capuchins range.



A nice project, which had  continuous elements of challenges along the way. "Hand cut in earnest, the ol fashion way"
My client was super pleased with the 100 shirts and had a great Pilgrimage in Europe, standing out in the crowds with
their original designed Tee shirts, printed with love:}
A beautiful cause, charged with spirituality!