{"id":2181,"date":"2012-09-21T07:27:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T11:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/?p=2181"},"modified":"2024-06-03T20:58:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T00:58:18","slug":"my-adventures-in-silksceening-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/my-adventures-in-silksceening-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"My adventures in Silksceening – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Motivation<\/h2>\n

It’s nice to have a souvenir when I come back from vacation: a shot glass, a knick-knack, a T-shirt; a little reminder helps the trip last longer in my mind.<\/p>\n

On my last vacation, I realized how much buying souvenirs grates on my diy sensibilites. I wanted a T-Shirt, but I didn’t want what they were selling. I wanted something simple. I wanted the design I had unconsciously completed in my head. <\/p>\n

Something clicked. I decided that instead spending $20 on a $5 cookie-cutter T-shirt, I would make my own shirt as soon as I got home.
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Attempt #1<\/h2>\n

Unfortunately, I was travelling for business the next week. Still, I would not be denied! I had found an Instructable<\/a> that seemed doable. I ran out to a craft store and pick up my supplies. <\/p>\n

Because I was traveling, however, I cut a few corners. I didn’t want to spend $8 on modge-podge, just to have to throw it out (>3oz.) So instead, I used watered down glue on a cut-up stocking. What could go wrong?!<\/p>\n

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Answer? Everything. While I thought the stocking’s stretchiness would be an asset, Tt allowed the entire pattern to move around. The watered-down glue also failed. Capillary action made it want to fill each opening, leading to a pixellated effect.<\/p>\n

Attempt #2<\/h2>\n

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\nWhen I got home from my trip, I experimented a little more. Instead of a stocking, I used an old sheer window curtain. To keep the letters nice and crisp, I tried JB Weld as a masking agent. And, just to see if it was the water that was messing me up, I used undiluted glue to mask the perimeter.<\/p>\n

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I actually had enough confidence to ink this screen. It didn’t look too bad, but this method had some clear drawbacks:<\/p>\n