September 22, 2009

Game Attain Shirts

Four color print for Game Attain

Four color print for Game Attain

We recently printed these shirts for Game Attain. This particular print is a good example of halftoning used for gradient and fade effects in screen printing. This is an area that other printers often struggle with, but we’ve got it down. On this particular print, we used a 355 mesh screen that allows for very fine detail to be held. 65 Lines Per Inch means that even up close, the individual halftone dots can be hard to see.

September 10, 2009

Custom Foil Screen Printing on Shirts

Custom Foil Screen Printing on Shirts

Custom Foil Screen Printing on Shirts

Here is an example of our foil work. Foil is an interesting embellishment method that can be used to add a special effect to printed shirts. There are limitations to the process however, and most garments should be hand washed if possible. Foil comes in a wide variety of colors and can be used with other effects for  nearly limitless combinations. Contact us with your ideas for for a quote today.

August 25, 2009

East Oakland Boxing Association Shirts

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East Oakland Boxing Association

East Oakland Boxing Association

We printed these shirts for the East Oakland Boxing Association.  A simple clean white print on Black and Kelly Gildan 2000 shirts. The bottom text is reversed out and smaller than 10 point, and we held the detail just fine.

August 17, 2009

Custom Screen Printed Tote Bags

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Custom Printed Tote Bags

Custom Printed Tote Bags

We printed 1000 of  these reusable tote bags for the Inner Sunset Farmer’s Market.  A very simple one color print with a great design makes for an inexpensive promotional handout.

August 10, 2009

Custom Screenprinted Safety Vests

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Printed Safety Vests

Printed Safety Vests

We recently screen printed these safety vests for a company that does contract work for Comcast Cable out of the South Bay, near San Jose . They went with a 2 color logo on our  green Economy Safety Vests.

June 21, 2009

Remember When Cycles

Remember When Cycles Shirts

Remember When Cycles Shirts

Steve, the owner of Remember When Cycles, Port Costa California, contacted us to produce a design for his new business. We came up with the image pictured above, and Steve loved it. He had us print it on our Heavyweight shirts, as we all know how tough those bikers can be.

June 15, 2009

More Food Shirts!

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Miso Shirts

Miso Shirts

We love it when clients bring us food ideas to print. Especially when it’s a food we love.  And we really, really like it when they bring a sample of the food with them!

This  print was for the Japanese External Organization of San Francisco, promoting, you guessed it, Miso. They used our lighter weight shirts, as this was for marketing, and not workwear.  It’s a great example of a good looking single color screenprint, using design and typography to create interest as opposed to multiple colors.

June 9, 2009

Custom Screen Printed Boxes?

Printed Cardboard Boxes

Custom Printed Cardboard Boxes

Whoever thought a cardboard box could be interesting? Usually the only cardboard boxes you see decorated are for very large companies who buy thousands at a time.  Not no more. We’re trying to bring back the golden age of product packaging and marketing by offering custom screen printed cardboard boxes, with low minimums for small runs. Contact us with ideas for your next project and pricing information.

May 29, 2009

Maya Over Eyes . Sim-Process Print

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MAYA over eyes

Maya Over eyes

This here is an awesome 4 color print for the band Maya Over Eyes from San Jose. This was printed using the simulated process method, which uses the blending of specific base colors to create the effect of many more colors and shades. This is a popular screenprinting method with bands that want to print their often photographic type album covers on dark shirts. Of course the print would not be as great if it weren’t for the incredible artwork to begin with.

May 25, 2009

TechShop Duct Tape Shirts

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two color duct tape print

two color duct tape print

We’ve been printing shirts for TechShop, located in Menlo Park, CA, for a number of years now. Every year they exhibit at the annual Maker’s Faire and usually have some cool shirts to bring along. This year they went with a two color duct tape design on back as well as their logo on front. This was an interesting print to produce, trying to recreate the look of duct tape on a t-shirt.