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Cornwall film festival
Friday, 7 Nov, 2008 – 13:57 | No Comment
Cornwall film festival

Yesterday saw the start of the Cornwall film Festival (I intended to write this post before the event) running from the 6th to the 9th of November and showcases Cornwalls talented film makers, as well …

Need a logo designer? Or just advice?
Wednesday, 8 Oct, 2008 – 21:00 | 8 Comments
Need a logo designer? Or just advice?

When you walk down the street it is easy to spot and recognize a good logo

Some favourite art and design sites
Saturday, 20 Sep, 2008 – 9:56 | One Comment
Some favourite art and design sites

We`re all looking for inspiration. This is a small collection of some of our frequented haunts when things have run a little dry.
Design by Humans.
Slaterock

This is set up as a T shirt market place. …

Design and typography for screen printing
Wednesday, 10 Sep, 2008 – 9:50 | One Comment
Design and typography for screen printing

For the use of screen printing, it’s a general rule that - design wise - boldness and simplicity work. You’re usually trying to convey a message quickly and clearly on your T shirt.
The same goes …

Moving wordpress to a new server
Tuesday, 9 Sep, 2008 – 20:28 | One Comment
Moving wordpress to a new server

Amazingly enough and with virtually no hiccups I somehow managed to move the blog to a new server and upgrade to wordpress 2.6. The wordpress helpfiles at http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress covered the PHP admin, database advice etc. …

Index Separation Method for Screen Printing
Monday, 25 Aug, 2008 – 20:02 | 6 Comments
Index Separation Method for Screen Printing

There are several ways of achieving this, including transfer printing and direct to garment (DTG) printing. The most commonly used techniques for screen printing however, are index and simulated process. The following is an insight into index separations.

We have taken this photo of a handsome rooster and opened it in Adobe Photoshop.

DTG printers
Saturday, 9 Aug, 2008 – 12:23 | One Comment
DTG printers

DTG printers are very good at what they do, this design from studio radio is a perfect example of what has never been achievable by transfer processes

DTG or Direct to Garment Printing
Monday, 4 Aug, 2008 – 21:06 | 2 Comments
DTG or Direct to Garment Printing

Direct to garment printing or DTG as it is sometimes known, is ever so slowly emerging as a viable alternative to screen printing

Rain
Thursday, 31 Jul, 2008 – 22:00 | No Comment
Rain

The only way to travel when the ground is wet. More chicks have hatched! The Advertees hen house is going to be full in no time.

Silk Screen Stencils
Sunday, 27 Jul, 2008 – 21:27 | 2 Comments
Silk Screen Stencils

Good stencils are key to screen printing, getting all the variables correct for each T shirt printing job is essential. With plastisol inks it has always been about finer mesh counts, T shirt printing using …