Otter surfboards are an innovative, responsible and exciting young business who have committed themselves to a totally sustainable product. Based in Chapel Porth Cornwall, Otter Surfboards Produce hand crafted wooden surfboards from sustainable timber sources in Cornwall and …

Design for screen printing is an art in itself. Textile design will always benefit from a different approach to that of paper, or web based design. Everything is possible in terms of what can be printed …

Not all requests for promotional T shirts are about improving a companies bottom line, some businesses have an ethical policy which not only covers the goods they produce and manufacture, but also extends to the …

As previously mentioned in this blog short runs of screen printed T shirts are best kept to one or two ink colours if cost is a consideration. Each design colour in screen printing requires its …

February into March is always spent making preparations for the busy season, and this year has been a good one in terms of getting things done. Machines have been fully overhauled replacement valves, o-rings and …

Slowly there is a growing awareness to  the advantages of  a water based screen print. Customers are also showing a certain amount of understanding regards its limitations, and prefer to be flexible in their requirements …

The arrival of our new 8 colour automatic is getting closer, but preparation for the machines delivery is nigh on impossible with our current workload.

The new machine will bring much needed added capacity, and make …

Designing a T shirt using text only requires more skill than many might think, if aesthetics are important to you then there are plenty of things you need to consider, one of the most important …

This is first thing we think about when separating your design for screen printing.

Butt or trap registration? What are they?

The recent purchase of some used Newman Roller Frames from MHM has forced us into adjusting our whole approach to screen making.

The Newman screens have been a massive investment in terms of time, but the …

For any design up to 14×16 inches most screen printers will have no problems or restrictions, however, all over T shirt designs and large T shirt designs can be problematic.

In the space of a couple of months we have printed two cheerleading T shirt designs, this is up on the previous 30 years, in which time we printed absolutely zero. We are interested to …