1. print out the stencil on a printer 2. tape the print-out to a transparancy. cut out the areas to be inked using an exacto knife. (if you are fancy and have transparancies you can print on directly, you can combine those steps) 3. buy some acrylic paint in the desired color, and some "textile binder" or "fabric medium" (i forget exactly what it's called--it was near the acrylic paint in the craft store). mix this 50/50 with the acrylic paint. 4. buy a wide putty knife.. as wide as the stencil if possible. this is just a flat blade, i.e. a piece of metal with a handle. we found ours at Target. 5. to make a t-shirt! put a piece of cardboard inside the t-shirt behind where the stencil will go. put the stencil on the t-shirt. using some means (we used a knife, worked very well), dab the paint-binder mix in a row above the stencil. then, using the putty knife, sweep the paint down over the stencil. repeat in the opposite direction if there are gaps to be filled. 6. repeat step 5 with new shirts, ad nauseum!
hopefully jon will post the movie real soon. it's neato... he is http://industrialsomething.org/ so it will probably appear there.
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making t-shirts
1. print out the stencil on a printer
2. tape the print-out to a transparancy. cut out the areas to be inked using an exacto knife.
(if you are fancy and have transparancies you can print on directly, you can combine those steps)
3. buy some acrylic paint in the desired color, and some "textile binder" or "fabric medium" (i forget exactly what it's called--it was near the acrylic paint in the craft store). mix this 50/50 with the acrylic paint.
4. buy a wide putty knife.. as wide as the stencil if possible. this is just a flat blade, i.e. a piece of metal with a handle. we found ours at Target.
5. to make a t-shirt! put a piece of cardboard inside the t-shirt behind where the stencil will go. put the stencil on the t-shirt. using some means (we used a knife, worked very well), dab the paint-binder mix in a row above the stencil. then, using the putty knife, sweep the paint down over the stencil. repeat in the opposite direction if there are gaps to be filled.
6. repeat step 5 with new shirts, ad nauseum!
hopefully jon will post the movie real soon. it's neato... he is http://industrialsomething.org/ so it will probably appear there.