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SGIA Expo Atlanta 2015 – Why Go to Shows?

Photo of Ray Miles and I. Ray has a shop in Jamaica. I have corresponded with him for many years and finally got to meet him. The best part of our industry trade shows is meeting up with other printers, meeting new ones, seeing ones you already know. Lord knows our friends, families and employees…

Dye Migration, the Screenprinter’s Nemesis. Part 1

Dye migration is one of the biggest issues in screenprinting these days. I get more calls to help with this problem than with any other. It can be really insidious, as you can sometimes print and it doesn’t show up for weeks. I”ll cover a few topics this week, starting with testing the fabric. We…

Web Wednesday: Wearables April/May Issue

Checkout Wearables Digital April/May 2015 Issue.  In addition to the regular Ink Kitchen column, this issue includes a nice piece called “Building a Better T-Shirt”, complete with some examples from Mirror Image and Motion Textile.

Reflections at the End of the Trade Show Season – Part III

Here is my third post, some final refections as the busy trade show season is mostly over. The biggest trends of the past ten years have been related to digital printing and to concerns about the effects of printing and garments on the environment. Developments in the environmental realm seem to have slowed down, but still…

Web Wednesday – Spectrum Works and a Novel Approach to Helping Others

While at the Atlantic City ISS show at the Ink Kitchen booth we met some folks from Spectrum Works. They are a decorating shop dedicated to helping folks with autism help themselves. They seemed like great folks doing some good work. You can find out more about them at their website http://spectrumworks.org/ In their own words:…

TBT: How I Got Into Screenprinting

It isn’t often that our first commercial screenprinting jobs are documented. Usually we get into this business in a sort sideways move. We help somebody out or make shirts for ourselves and never really think it will turn into a business. Somehow lo and behold eventually we end up finding ourselves in the business. I…

Snowed Under – Viruses and Snowfall

We’ve been figuratively and literally snowed in for the past week. Some jackasses hacked into our site and we have had a devil of a time getting back on track.  The problem is stemming from our web hosting provider, not something targeting us specifically. Hey, it’s nice that it isn’t personal, but frustrating because we can’t…

Long Beach ISS – Know-It-All Booth

We’ll have a full Ink Kitchen crew at the Long Beach ISS show next week. We’ll have our “Know-It-All” booth in full swing as we did last year. Ask us whatever you want about any form of decorating or any garment. If we don’t know the answer, we can ask one of a hundred experts we…

It’s a New Year!

Yes, we all brought in the New Year with our friends and family several days ago, but for most of us today is the real start of 2015. Though I know it is wise to plan for the coming year well in advance, I always seem to struggle with actually doing so.  For me, as with most printers,…

Web Wednesday – Censorship – Eff the MF Chinese Government

Ask most folks that aren’t a white dude and you’ll find that we are not exactly the perfect “Land of the Free” in the old  US of A. However, we can at least do just about any t-shirts we want. Not so in China. Read about this poor dude’s on-line shop that got closed down…

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