Couture: Plastics

(June 27, 2014)

I’m still still still waiting for the right squeegee (the squeegee shop owners apparently went to France for the summer) for doing screen printing, but I got a shipment of t-shirt blanks.  So I had to make something. I bought a different make of iron-on transfers — this time for black shirts. Sigel Foil T-Shirt … Continue reading Couture: Plastics

I Am Consumer

(June 25, 2014)

Look at how nice the latest album from Peter Christopherson (from Coil) is.  (Although he died a few years ago.) It’s called Time Machines II, and it comes on a wooden USB stick inside a pewter box wrapped in a leather bag. And the music is high-class, too.  AIFF with lots of bits and stuff. … Continue reading I Am Consumer

My New Horticulture Blog

(June 22, 2014)

The seeds I planted a couple of weeks ago are growing pretty well. Probably because I’ve almost never forgotten to water them. It’s an achievement! But it’s very windy on my balcony, so I thought it might make sense to shield the plants a bit from the incessant wind. I bought some plexiglas (i.e. plastic) … Continue reading My New Horticulture Blog

Couture: Transparent

(June 12, 2014)

While waiting for the screen printing equipment to arrive, I’ve been experimenting a bit more with Inkodye.  Because of reasons. Here’s an extreme close-up of a shirt exposed with a “normal” over-head projector (OHP) transparency: The white area with pebbled red spots is supposed to be totally white, but because the OHP transparency is so … Continue reading Couture: Transparent

My New Horticultural Blog

(June 10, 2014)

I decided that I should grow my own food, so I planted some radishes and peas and carrots and stuff. I need to start thinning out in a couple of days… In other horticultural news, everything’s coming up roses: After the previous post, a kind reader identified the bugs as aphids, and I went out … Continue reading My New Horticultural Blog

Couture: Inkodye Too

(June 8, 2014)

I couldn’t make sense of my problems with screen printing the shirts.  Either too much ink or way too little ink.  So I watched a couple of youtube howtos. I’ve been using the wrong type of squeegee! There’s one with hard-ish edges for printing onto paper, and there’s one with rounded edges for printing onto … Continue reading Couture: Inkodye Too

Couture: Ink Twice

(June 7, 2014)

For my second attempt, I tried using less ink, but that made it necessary to squeegee over the silk several times before I pressed it onto the fabric to give it a last squeeg. And that obviously pushed too much ink through the screen, so things filled in too much. So:  More ink, and just … Continue reading Couture: Ink Twice

The Sony NWZ-W273 Walkman Isn’t Very Well Made

(June 7, 2014)

I bought a new Walkman the other week.  I was quite impressed, and I remained impressed until I started to use them. After wearing them for half an hour, the volume in the right speaker dropped down to almost nothing.  It kinda varies, but it’s very very low. I binged, and apparently this happens a … Continue reading The Sony NWZ-W273 Walkman Isn’t Very Well Made

Couture: Dye Once

(June 7, 2014)

Even though the screen wasn’t exposed well, I thought I could make an attempt to print something, just to see how that goes. I put a backing board into the shirt to have firm to print onto.  And then I put the shirt onto a frame to raise it from the floor, because I’m printing … Continue reading Couture: Dye Once

Couture: Exposure

(June 7, 2014)

Despite not having the proper light, I’m attempting to do some screen printing.  I have to practice, right? So dissolve the sensitiser and pour it into the emulsion.  It turns green! Squeegee the emulsion onto the staple side of the screen in a dark-ish room, and let it dry for three hours in a very … Continue reading Couture: Exposure

Couture: Ironing

(June 6, 2014)

While waiting for the screen to dry, I remembered that I had bought some iron-on transfers when I bought the printer, so I printed out a Gary Panter image on one of them. I had bought transfers for white fabric (instead of black fabric) by accident, so I got out an old white t-shirt. Peeel. … Continue reading Couture: Ironing

Couture: Supplies

(June 6, 2014)

I went to an art supplies store and got screen printing supplies.  Very nice shop. The thing I’m missing now is 1) better transparencies and or a better printer and 2) a light source to do the exposure of the photo emulsion. I’ve ordered some “digital negative” transparencies from the interwebs, so I’ll have to … Continue reading Couture: Supplies

Couture: Walt

(June 6, 2014)

TO BE CONTINUED

Couture: 7110

(June 5, 2014)

I’ve been meaning to get started with screen printing t-shirts.  Because of reasons. I have done some experiments with Inkodye, but that didn’t seem all that exciting.  But in any case, you need a printer to print out transparent negatives (for Inkodye) or positives (for screen printing).  So I got an HP Officejet 7110, because … Continue reading Couture: 7110

My New Horticultural Blog

(June 2, 2014)

No horrors today.  I bought some poison to spray over the rose bushes, which should take care of the critters living on them.  Or it’ll give them resistance and they’ll kill me in my sleep. But I bought a Sansevieria Victoria.  There are a lot of weird sansevierias, and this is one of them. It’s … Continue reading My New Horticultural Blog

Snowman

(June 2, 2014)

I bought a “snowman” mains cable. Can you tell which one is the correct one? No, they aren’t interchangeable.