SLMS T-shirts and Teatowels

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#1

Hey everyone,

I’m excited to be screen printing some tea towels and t-shirts soon, featuring the lovely illustration of our space made by Tim Hunkin.

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This is just an initial post to gauge interest and see who would like to get their hands on something. The profits will all go towards covering screen printing consumables and equipment, so it’s all for a good cause. Plus, the items should look really neat!

I have 20 high-quality t-shirt blanks in size large (here’s the exact model and color), but I can order other sizes as needed.

The tea towels will have a larger print of the illustration and perfect for framing, using in the kitchen, or as a thank you to loved ones for putting up with the hours we spend at the workshop.

I’ll post some updates once I start printing, but feel free to pop something here or message me directly if you’re interested.

  • T-shirts will be £25 each
  • Tea towels will be £12 each

Looking forward to hearing from you!

All the best,
Pete

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#2

Fantastic! I wanna tea towel. Will help with manufacturing if you need it.

@CeramicsTechs how about some mugs with that illustration?

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#3

im in for a t shirt.

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#4

I’d buy a shirt too.

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#5

I’d buy either!

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#6

Towel please!

I was thinking about this recently a printed poster run might be a good way to drive investment into a new space fund?

Do we need to get Tim’s approval?

I have a scan of it from the time, might be better than what we have, not sure if anyone has the orignal print we could scan at higher resolution.

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#7

I would buy a tea towel and a shirt.

This illustration is incredible.

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#8

I’d be up for tea towel/tshirt!

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#9

Sounds awesome, interested in both!

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#10

Hello dear sir,:smiley: A T-shirt (or maybe two ) please dear sir. Keep up the great work . Brian D=

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#11

For once I’m two steps ahead on this!

I’ve got a mega high res scan and have been talking to Tim and he’s given me his blessing to use it to raise funds for the space. I’m going to gift him one of each item we use the illustration for as he’s been very gracious and friendly about it.

I was thinking posters as well, the positives I’m getting printed are about 30×60cm and should work nicely on a standard 50×70cm sheet of printmaking paper but can sort out bigger if we want. I’m inclined to go big here.

He’s a really sound fella and have been binge watching his 80s TV show “The Secret Life of Machines”. Highly recommend for those, who like myself, don’t have much understanding about the day to day stuff we use works!

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#12

Thanks for the responses! Glad to see the interest is there, I’m heading to Dalston to pick up the positives later this week.

Me and @Nicky_mmnn are converting the underneath of the prep table into a drying box suitable for the larger screen size we need for this project, then we’re rolling!

I’ll stay in touch with updates, very excited about this!

Cheers,
Pete

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#13

Tim is lovely, he did a talk for us at Elephant and Castle Maker Faire in 2013 at no cost.

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#14

Love it! He seems like a flat out prolific maker, I spotted a donation box he made for St Thomas’ when I was there last for a checkup on the ol’ broken arm.

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#15

Looks amazing, I would for sure be up for a t-shirt :slight_smile:

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#16

Put me down for a towel for sure :slight_smile:

Ages ago (was it before we even had a space?) we made some red Tshirts with the big white M logo. Mine is utterly knackered and I’d love a new one…

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#17

Wait, Tim Hunkin’s been here?

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Please put me down for a t-shirt. Thanks

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#18

I’m absolutely in for a shirt! and a tea towel depending on what material it is. I can also help with some additional designs (lettering or something to go on the other side of the shirt) for this or any other maker space prints!

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#19

I’ve got the plans all made for this shirt and tea towel, but no reason why we couldn’t have a couple going!

The tea towels and t-shirts are all 100% cotton. I’ve printed with the tea towels before and you can see examples of my prints on them here to gauge how the ink looks on the textile.

I also tested printing on the t-shirts the other week and this was the result, nice coverage and smooth colour!

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#20

Those designs are lovely. I’m not one for a graphic tee these days otherwise I’d love one.

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