Electron Deception T Shirts Coming Soon!

Today we finally got a silk-screening screen to turn out the way we wanted.  It has taken us a lot of money and many photo emulsion sheets, but this one looks like its going to work.  The trick now will be getting the right amount of ink on the screen to show up on the shirts, but not lose detail or any such thing.  Also, I say that "we" have done these things.  I should probably say that Laura has done them.  I have helped, but she has really done the lion's share of the work.  I'll post some photos soon, but for now, keep an eye out; the shirts will be here soon.  

Silk Screening (Electron Deception T Shirts)

The pic above is Laura making a screen. Lately she and I have been trying to silk-screen t shirts, mainly for our band Electron Deception. We thought that after a few tries we could figure out how to do this, but its been proving more difficult than we expected. So far, we've managed to destroy a number of screens and photo emulsion sheets. On Saturday we got a fairly decent screen, but all the detail in the face was lost. Tomorrow we'll start again, I suppose. The image below is what we're trying to get onto the screen (and then the shirts). (Sorry for the low res image.) If you notice, the lettering is kind of thin, so we were worried about that part, plus the little wisps of hair. What turned out to be a problem was the eye area.

Regardless of how successful we are, we like the image we came up with. Its not the most original idea (if you've seen a Che t-shirt, or pretty much any shirt with an historical figure's face on it, it might seem pretty standard), but it seemed do-able for first time silk screeners. Also, we felt like the art deco-influenced font combined with the image of Laura's face (which I think of as more Blondie than Che), at least lets it not completely be a blatant rip off. Anyway, feedback is welcome. If we ever get it on a shirt, orders will be welcome too.