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.
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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!

Emmanuel Youth 2016 Adelaide Convention Tee shirts printed by bronzen temple {AKA rhett kilner}

Hand cut stencils are the way this entire Job rolled out.

            The client's brief was 40 white T shirts to be printed with two colours on the front
            {gold and mid blue} This is the stencil with only the mid blue section cut out.

A reverse of the hand cut stencil. I used a 250 gsm paper to cut out all of the three designs.

Ahh the joy of hand cutting letters out!!

On reflection, I did not realise at the time I would be also cutting out the insides of the letters.

A great reason to include this job on my blog for the next time I decide to hand cut letters out. The main reason is that the client run out of time to get the screens exposed and I had no choice but to do everything by hand. Yes challenging but not impossible.

Cutting out the gold Halo section.

The colour swatches given to I could match them by eye.

Back of the tee shirts, Centered.

Mid blue first colour printed on the front, centered.

Gold Halo second colour, registered and printed on front.

The client was very happy with the overall job and also with the fast turn around time. It took me about four days to complete the job and delivered the T shirts in time for the guys to drive down to Adelaide. There is something raw and painterly about hand cut stencils, I do like the imperfect line and I think it adds to the overall drawn feel of the artwork. Im also glad that my hands are still steady enough to use a scalpel for as long as I have had to for this job.
A very good cause  "The Emmanuel Youth" I was happy to be approached to produce the work.

Ants are running all over my studio {again} 2016

Customised Tee shirt 1 of 1 for Calvin.

This extra large white Tee shirt was designed and printed with the brief from the client "do whatever you like mate" {my type of guy} So I started with printing in a running line{on the inside of the white Tee shirt- small black ants, thats why they appear grey from the photo} Next -three fluro pink ants communicating in a triangle formation. This is the back of the Tee shirt!

Front of customised Tee shirt.

 Printing both burnt orange and mid blue ants, an abstract circle print and a light blue rolling cube on the front. All in all a very original piece which I loved making. When worn the subtle of the reverse printed black ants will add another dimension to the original garment. The beauty of originality will be admired by everyone who see's it. Cheers Calvin. Rhett :}

Custom Ants printed for a birthday present.

 I usualy print this configuration of three ants communicating on a black tee shirt with white ants.     This colour pallet was requested to be as bright as possible, still retaining the triangulation and offset  nature on the front of the Tee shirt.

Olive Tee Shirt customised for Christmas Pressy {Back}

 Red and Black ants walking over an abstact circle design printed in aqua on an olive T shirt for my brother.

Custom front.

Multi coloured ants walking over the white cube, centered on the Olive Tee shirt. My brother requested a replacement "Ants+cube" Tee shirt for christmas. This design proved that less is more, using one side for the ants to scurry down, with the central icon being the linea cube. Original and one of a kind, just like Jordan my Bro!!

St Clares and ST Catherins Parish schools Screen Printing short coarse #5 2016

Who's this Fella?

The latest cool installment for St Clares and St Catherins Public Schools Art {screen printing Tee shirts course. Artist and Designer Rhett Kilner at the Helm. This double class saw the likes of 75 pupils, all of which were instructed and produced a design on their own T shirts with the guidance from Rhett @ www.aboxapart.com.

One of the designs the Student produced entitled "Eagle Love"

Printed using black ink by the owner of this custom TEE.

My studio for the day is also a section of the kids art class..

 Decorating with some of Mr Dean's own Tee shirts he has been collecting on black T shirts.

Same process used for all of the 75 students, we had a ton of fun!!

                                         Yes my back was slightly sore at the end of the day!!

The collective.

The three designs selected for the short course were judged by all the students. The winners were:

          1- the small flame with wings{most kids printed this small design on the sleeve}
          2- 2015 - By far the most popular design!!
          3- "Eagle Love "  Some good symetry and also a favorite.

The Majic Hands of experience.

2015 in all its glory.

Thanks guys and gals, it was a pleasure and I know you all had a brilliant and interactive experience
with the short screen printing course. Wear the shirts with pride!!

Printing new albumn T Shirts for Melbourne Band "Sunday chairs"

Love starting the process with colour matching!

The band wanted to explore their audience's needs by offering up some vibrant colours, showcased on quality cotton T shirts. It took me some time to replicate the colours, well worth the effort infact.

Matching from original pantone by eye{the only true way}

Great when my other half isnt around. Only 12 sizes, what chinese laundry??

Original artwork produced in watercolour of a deep purple nature. Very beautiful and fluid. Property of the "sunday chairs". Given to me for readying for screen print design.

The first black print produced.

The light grey/silver print.

"black"

Warhol in style.

"burgundy"

Every colour produced.

A great colourfull process and job, clients were so happy they offered more ongoing work to me.
Always a good sign. All inks used are eco friendly and waterbased to provide a soft finish and asthetic to the 100% cotton garments.
A fine screen mesh was used to illuminate and identify the high detail as the original brief stated and also to adhere to the original artwork produced in watercolour.
Looking forward to working with you again in the near future.
All rights reserved by "Sunday Chairs"

Artist "Sarah Carnegie" promotional T shirts for second albumn launch

This beautiful illustration was handed to me by my friend and musician Sarah Carnegie. Her second albumn as a singer /songwriter and musician. Well worth a listen ,trust me, she has an amazing voice and is pretty much able to pick up instruments on the fly= what tha!!

Original file Produced by Jessica Singh

Produced on 100% cotton ,womens Mali T shirts.

Sorry guys, probably not the best Pic's {taken on my phone} Printed in pink first and then encaptulated in the black ink. They are selling fast, like her amazing albumn.
You can purchase everything she does and find other cool links from her website.
Please go to www.sarahcarnegie.com

Printing on quality cotton makes such a difference.

Thanks to Sarah's skills as a muso I am now printing the third batch of shirts for her clients.
Keep rocking, hope you sell plenty more albumns also.
Rhett @aboxapart