Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Tshirt design














So I thought I'd be a bit "Adbuster-ish" and make some t-shirts at a screenprinting workshop I signed up for. No, I didn't use bamboo or organic cotton, I used some blank grey marle cotton t-shirts I had left over from a print job about 5 years ago. Recycling YAY!

Basically I learned not to try and do a difficult register on my second ever t-shirt print. THis is the best of the bunch, and I will wear them around happily. I was glad to learn how to do it properly though, and kept this screen in case I want to try again.

I think my next one will be mostly white with just some scrabbly bits of secondary colour that overprint. I want to do some with a really cutting but simple message on it. I want everyone to wear one when we overthrow our corporate overlords.

Friday, May 16, 2008

Can mushrooms save the world?

Make a cuppa, get comfortable and watch Paul Stamets give a 17 minute talk on his research on fungi. Really amazing stuff. There may be hope for us yet.




Thursday, May 15, 2008

A real turn-off

It's the little things that count.. especially if millions of people do it.