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teaching print in the Hague

Pete's off to the Hague for an intensive weekend teaching the fine art of screen printing to the owner of a new print studio there. Pete's got a lot to live up to though - apparently the Permaset European representative is now referring to him as the Master. No pressure then!

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Posted in by Hannah on Thursday 21 February 2013

 

Hard Times

We love this simple black on white print we printed this week. Great design . . .

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Posted in Screen Printing by Beth on Wednesday 9 May 2012

Hard Times
 

Join our club

Our £5 poster club and £10 Tshirt clubs are about ready to go live. Join our newsletter now for a chance to subscribe on pre-sale this week and you'll get...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 15 March 2012

Join our club
 

Soil association approval for inks

After some pretty mega paperwork, Colormaker Industries have received organic certification from the Soil Assocation for their Permatone range of inks (the ones we use for textile printing). It's great news...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Sunday 4 March 2012

Soil association approval for inks
 

White Rabbit tea house totes

We Printed these lovely Totes for a great tea room in Nottingham, Beautifully illustrated, and we are very pleased with the print job too. If you are in Nottingham you should...

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Posted in Screen Printing by Beth on Wednesday 14 December 2011

White Rabbit tea house totes
 

A Greener Festival

We printed on this tent material which was salvaged from left over tents from Glastonbury Festival, they were then transformed into some lovely little flags to give away at an awards...

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Posted in Screen Printing by Beth on Wednesday 16 November 2011

A Greener Festival
 

Merri Making

We printed these great Tees for a lovely company called Merrimaking who make amazing animal hoods, take a peek at merrimaking.co.uk

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Posted in Screen Printing by Beth on Wednesday 9 November 2011

Merri Making
 

Local bags for local people!

We printed these lovely local bags for a great little shop up the road in Frome called O W L on St Catherine's hill. It's the first time we have printed...

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Posted in Screen Printing by Beth on Thursday 20 October 2011

Local bags for local people!
 

Lovely Business Cards

We printed these business cards for Buddy Creative last week and loved the idea of the colour showing on the edges of the cards, take a peek. . . .

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Beth on Tuesday 20 September 2011

Lovely Business Cards
 

We've just been printing...

...these lovely 7" record sleeves for Blunted Astronaut. They look amazing.

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Wednesday 31 August 2011

We've just been printing...
 

Fitch

This week we printed some 4 colour T-shirts for Fitch. The colours look really nice together, I especially like the effect of the overlapping prints.

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Posted in Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Beth on Friday 8 July 2011

Fitch
 

Littletooth

We recently printed some tees from a range of childrens clothing by Littletooth.

Its nice to see individual clothes for children which are also 100% organic too!

Check out...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 9 December 2010

Littletooth
 

Sound of Siam tees

We printed some t shirts for the Sound of Siam at Soundway Records. We thought the design was really ace so we did a little video of them being printed....

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 25 November 2010

 

Be a Polar Bear

Louise Naunton Morgan, of our Graph Paper Tote fame, has designed a new t shirt for us.

There are two versions - a

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 11 November 2010

Be a Polar Bear
 

Pay Up and F Off

On December 2nd between 4 & 8pm we will be having our Pay Up & F**k Off party at the studio.

As I Dress Myself will be relocating to...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by on Thursday 4 November 2010

Pay Up and F Off
 

Hopkinson Gallery

We exhibited some of our stuff at the launch of the Hopkinson Gallery earlier this month.

The place looks great and its just up the road from us. The...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 28 October 2010

Hopkinson Gallery
 

Saving time and water

This isn’t just any plastic box - THIS is a plastic box that enables us to save water and time.  If only it could do that for everyone.  It’s a tank...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Monday 18 October 2010

Saving time and water
 

Rihanna died of perfection

We are not normally ones to name drop but hey, theres a first time for everything.

It seems the t shirts we printed for She Died...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 7 October 2010

Rihanna died of perfection
 

Permaset Pete

Pete received the best t shirt ever the other day.

We are sponsored by Colormaker Industries and use their Permaset Aqua water based inks for...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 7 October 2010

Permaset Pete
 

Big tee prints

We now do really big prints on the mens Earth Positive range of tees.

The one shown here measures 34 x 50 cm.

The bigger the better! (but, erm,...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 23 September 2010

Big tee prints
 

House of Rawkus

This week we printed some t shirts by House of Rawkus using a colour blend.

Excellent.

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 23 September 2010

House of Rawkus
 

Win a Pop tote bag

Al Heighton designed us a cracking new tote bag. We thought we would go a bit zany and print it on a bright yellow bag.

We are running a...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 23 September 2010

Win a Pop tote bag
 

Surprise book

Pete received a parcel the other day just as he was about to get on a train. A book - perfect. Images 34; Best of British Illustration 2010. Something good...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Tuesday 14 September 2010

Surprise book
 

She died of beauty

We printed a series of monochromatic T-shirts and tote bags for She Died Of Beauty, a new brand launched this month by super model Erin O'Connor and stylist Kate Halfpenny. Here...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Friday 10 September 2010

She died of beauty
 

Dandy Collective

We screen printed some lovely map posters for local creative agency Dandy Collective.

Its a great image and we are really pleased with...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 9 September 2010

Dandy Collective
 

Vintage Workshop Video

Check out out our You Tube channel for a brand new video of our screen printing workshop at the Victoria and Albert Museum:

youtube.com/1dressmyself ...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by on Thursday 2 September 2010

Vintage Workshop Video
 

Warrior Woman print now available

This great art print by Nicholas Saunders is now available to buy in our shop.

We think its ace....

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 2 September 2010

Warrior Woman print now available
 

Friday Late

Our Friday Late workshop at the V&A was great fun. Totally hectic but we loved it. We managed to print scarves with 120 people in 3 hours - a supreme...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Saturday 28 August 2010

Friday Late
 

The Great Outdoors

We have been printing some totes for a band called The Great Outdoors. The design is by illustrator Emily warren and we think its lovely.

More lovely things by Emily...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 26 August 2010

The Great Outdoors
 

Our ironing

What else would we get our work experience student to do? Here's a photo of Sean testing out what happens if you iron directly onto a print on the highest...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Hannah on Thursday 26 August 2010

Our ironing
 

Goodwood was good

The screen printing workshops at Vintage at Goodwood went really well.

We were positively inundated with questions from interested people - which is always a good thing!

The second round...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Monday 16 August 2010

 

New dates for screen printing workshops

Back by popular demand!

We have two new dates for screen printing workshops at the studio.

On Saturday 18th September we will be running a graphic printing workshop, where...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Monday 16 August 2010

New dates for screen printing workshops
 

Preview of our new logo

We have been working on a new logo for I Dress Myself for a while now, and we are really pleased with the final design.

So much so that...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Monday 16 August 2010

Preview of our new logo
 

We will be at Vintage at Goodwood

We are really excited, as Pete will be at the Vintage at Goodwood Festival on Friday 13th August!

He will be running some screen printing workshops with the Victoria and...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 29 July 2010

We will be at Vintage at Goodwood
 

Oh cotton paper we love you

We just starting using this cotton paper - a special type of Somerset Satin for screen printing - and it is amazing. Beautiful.

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Posted in Screen Printing, Thoughts by on Monday 26 July 2010

Oh cotton paper we love you
 

I want to be...

We printed these totes for Jodie Fowler - a volunteer teacher at Adjiringanor Primary School in Ghana, where she teaches the children Art and English. Having been very frustrated with the...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Monday 26 July 2010

I want to be...
 

Warrior Woman available soon

This Warrior Woman print by Nicholas Saunders is a triumph and will be available to order on pre-sale soon. Sign up for our mailing list for the pre-sale link and...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Friday 23 July 2010

Warrior Woman available soon
 

Harriet Russell

Today we have been printing some fantastic t shirts for illustrator Harriet Russell.

Harriet has done some amazing illustration and design work for lots of magazines and newspapers, things...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 22 July 2010

Harriet Russell
 

The human printer tote bag now here!

This week we printed our new tote bag by The Human Printer Louise Naunton Morgan

The bag has a brilliant hand drawn graph paper design on both sides. We like...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 24 June 2010

The human printer tote bag now here!
 

New Jon Burgerman print

A brand new limited edition art print by Jon Burgerman is now available on our website.

Named Vomit Comet it really is something to behold!

There are 60...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 24 June 2010

New Jon Burgerman print
 

The human printer tote bag coming soon..

We have collaborated with Louise Naunton Morgan on a new tote bag design.

As well as other amazing things she is a a human printer.

We will leave...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 17 June 2010

The human printer tote bag coming soon..
 

prices going down

Well some of them. We really like printing onto white tees and we want to do more printing onto white tees. It takes less time, uses less ink, less electricity and...

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Posted in Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 10 June 2010

prices going down
 

New Print and New Tee For Sale

Just added to the website, an amazing new limited edition art print by the wonderful Julia Pott.

Julia is an illustrator and animator. When we came across her...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 10 June 2010

New Print and New Tee For Sale
 

Thanks everyone!

Thank you to everyone who came to our Spring Fling Studio Sale yesterday

We had a lovely day of screen printing with Norm from Waste and Nick Saunders. Jon Burgerman came by...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Sunday 23 May 2010

Thanks everyone!
 

Studio Sale Sat 22 May

Not long now until our Spring Fling Studio Sale

We are getting quite excited - hope you can make it!

32-40 Carrington Street, Nottingham, NG1 7FG

Between 12 & 4 pm

Tees...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 13 May 2010

Studio Sale Sat 22 May
 

Jon Burgerman live doodleprint

Jon will be joining us at the studio for the Spring fling sale for a live doodle-print collaboration. You might be able to get him to sign your Burgerman goodies. If...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Friday 30 April 2010

Jon Burgerman live doodleprint
 

Screen printing action

Pete is going to screen print some art prints at the Spring Fling sale so you can see the printing process yourself. The prints will be available to people on the...

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Posted in Screen Printing by Hannah on Friday 30 April 2010

 

Spring Fling Studio Sale

In exactly one month from now on Saturday May 22nd we will be having a Studio Sale. Aptly titled Spring Fling - we will opening our studio and selling lots of...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 22 April 2010

Spring Fling Studio Sale
 

So many prints!

Pete has just finished printing a massive amount of what will eventually be CD covers for Spaceships Are Cool (after being die cut at a print finishers).

We need to go...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 25 February 2010

So many prints!
 

Tiger Print now on sale

This amazing art print, limited to 40 editions is now on sale on our website.

Printed in seven colours, it is truly an amazing thing to behold!

We reckon it will be...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Louise on Thursday 11 February 2010

Tiger Print now on sale
 

New Stuff Added to Website

Today has been a very productive day!

There are three new products for sale on the website: Badges by Beth Buss - Lobster Badge Set

...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 4 February 2010

New Stuff Added to Website
 

Ink Shelves

We had an amazing shelving unit for our inks custom built for the studio.

It means that we can store all the inks we mix up for different print jobs and...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Louise on Thursday 14 January 2010

Ink Shelves
 

Mouth Trumpet Greetings Cards

We love this range of greetings cards by Belfast based designers Mouth Trumpet. Absolute genius!

I think this one is my favourite. Just circle the appropriate words to personalise!...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Louise on Monday 7 December 2009

Mouth Trumpet Greetings Cards
 

Handwash studios

We love this calendar that Yann Brien from Handwash Studios sent us earlier this year and are hoping to collaborate with him on some limited edition prints in the...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Hannah on Friday 11 September 2009

Handwash studios
 

New fancy printing table

The New Technology Initiative helped us to buy a new fancy flat bed printing table and it is wonderful.

It has a front-register locking device that improves registration and print quality so...

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Posted in Screen Printing by Hannah on Friday 11 September 2009

New fancy printing table
 

Fingers and Thumbs sold out

The Fingers & Thumbs prints by Jon Burgerman have sold out. If you missed out here is a sneak preview of its sister print Crashdown, which will be available in a...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Sunday 7 June 2009

Fingers and Thumbs sold out
 

Only two left

Only two Fingers & Thumbs prints by Jon Burgerman left in the edition so get in there quick.

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Saturday 6 June 2009

Only two left
 

New film maker

We have just bought this amazing new film making system. The Canon LP24 CAD printer has much lower ink consumption compared to other large format printers and it can achieve...

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Posted in Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 4 June 2009

New film maker
 

Sustainable print book

We are featured in the new and beautiful Print and Production Finished for Sustainable Design (phew) book written by Edward Denison and published by Rotovision. We would definitely recommend the book...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Wednesday 27 May 2009

Sustainable print book
 

Collect London preview

We printed some of the designs for the Collect London launch - a collection of T-shirt designs from more than 20 artists. Here is a sneak preview of one of them....

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Tuesday 19 May 2009

Collect London preview
 

Decorating the studio

We decided to clean up the studio and came across lots of lovely prints that we have pulled over the past year or two. We put up some of our...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Hannah on Monday 18 May 2009

Decorating the studio
 

I am doing it my way

I was looking back through some old photos today and came across this which we saw at the BBK-Berlins print workshop in Berlin. A bit random but I really like...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 14 May 2009

I am doing it my way
 

Last chance to vote

Last chance to vote for your favourite birds T-shirt design. Voting ends at midnight tonight.

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 30 April 2009

 

Ink posters

Ink Posters is a collaboration between Nottingham-based designers Joff & Ollie and Oslo-based design company Zoot to design limited edition posters that are available on their website inkposters.co.uk.

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 23 April 2009

Ink posters
 

Voting well underway

Voting has commenced to find the winner of our T-shirt design competition. Thank you to everyone who has voted so far. Voting will be open for the month of...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Tuesday 7 April 2009

 

Competition ended

We have chosen our favourite three designs and will be putting them up on the website tonight for you to start voting. We had a great response and really enjoyed looking...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 2 April 2009

Competition ended
 

Match box printing

We've been printing old match boxes for our badge sets. They look lovely. Take a look.

Oh, if you have any old match boxes (or postcards, greeting cards, etc) that you...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 2 April 2009

Match box printing
 

Last day for comp entries

Our Birds T-shirt design competition deadline is tomorrow at midnight so get your entries in soon. Thanks to everyone who's sent an entry in so far. It's been great to have such...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Tuesday 31 March 2009

 

dickhead responses

Jon's had an overwhelming response on facebook to the dickhead tee colour question. It looks like we're going to go with number 3. Thanks to everyone who responded -...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 19 March 2009

dickhead responses
 

dickhead tee question

We're working with Jon Burgerman to print these new tees and can't decide what colours to go for. We'll do two colour schemes - what do you think? Versions...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 19 March 2009

dickhead tee question
 

Postcard thank you

Thanks to everyone who's been sending us postcards to print up as our compliment slips. We've had some really nice ones so far and it's great to be able to re-use...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Hannah on Wednesday 18 March 2009

Postcard thank you
 

Floodit

Floodit is an evening of live music and screen printing held at the Art Organisation in Nottingham. The first one is 28th March 2008 and is organised by Waste and...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Hannah on Friday 6 March 2009

Floodit
 

The Fuckface Book now for free

We have decided remove the Fuckface Book from sale and give it away for free. The reason for this is that it was a bit of an experimental project and I...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Pete on Friday 27 February 2009

The Fuckface Book now for free
 

Birds comp posters

Last week we got an email from two lads asking if they could do some work for us. As part of their final year at Lincoln School of Art & Design...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Wednesday 25 February 2009

Birds comp posters
 

Birds T-shirt Design Competition

We would like to announce a T-shirt design competition. With Spring being (almost) around the corner we have decided on birds as a theme.

The design can be up to 4...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 19 February 2009

Birds T-shirt Design Competition
 

Your unwanted postcards or photos

If you've got a collection of old post cards or photos or just happen to have some hanging around that you don't want anymore send them to us! We're screen printing...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Thursday 19 February 2009

Your unwanted postcards or photos
 

Know your phthalic acids

If you're considering using a plastisol ink that's phthalate-free, look into it a bit more. Some manufacturers get around this by changing the position of the phthalic acid carbon group....

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Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Tuesday 10 February 2009

Know your phthalic acids
 

The Black Book

This book was created by 45 different screen printers and took 3 years to create. Every page is a work of art. It is absolutely amazing, hence the 300€ price tag....

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Pete on Wednesday 4 February 2009

The Black Book
 

Print your own money

Today we visited Centrifuga, a screen printing workshop on Mariannenplatz in Berlin. It’s connected to "Unter Druck", a club for the homeless as well as for the socially marginalized who...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Hannah on Wednesday 4 February 2009

Print your own money
 

Handy bedtime list

We have two new pillowcase designs on the website. Did you is a handy reminder list of things you should have done before going to bed. The Inspiration pillowcase...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 27 November 2008

Handy bedtime list
 

Garage sale

Don't know much about this one but we like the posters. I don't know if it refers to a garage sale last June or next June but apparently they're Christmas presents...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 27 November 2008

Garage sale
 

You need hands

Hands are important at I Dress Myself. We've resisted the change to automatic printers because we appreciate the craft involved in the screen printing process. It means we are in control...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment, Thoughts by Hannah on Wednesday 19 November 2008

You need hands
 

Brightly coloured totes

We've just received a sample pack of the new EarthPositive tote bags from Continental and are amazed by the colours. You can get them in black, red, khaki, green, purple, blue...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Thursday 13 November 2008

Brightly coloured totes
 

Our very first newsletter

We finally sent out our first e-newsletter yesterday and got a really positive response to it. A big thanks to Alun from Multiple Design for making it look nice...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Hannah on Wednesday 22 October 2008

 

Permaprint ink tests

We collaborate with Colormaker Industries and recently got a tester pack of their new water based printing inks for paper and have decided to use these Permaprint inks for all...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Tuesday 14 October 2008

Permaprint ink tests
 

It's Nice That exhibition

Our 'Ode to Modbury Town' tote bag by Conway and Young is currently in the Original Format exhibition in Plymouth. It's the first in a series of exhibitions featuring a...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Monday 6 October 2008

It's Nice That exhibition
 

Young Card Players at Origin

We love Laura McCafferty's contemporary textile artworks created using traditional techniques including hand-stitched applique and screen printing.

We worked in collaboration with Laura to produce limited edition screen prints for her exhibition...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Sunday 5 October 2008

Young Card Players at Origin
 

Daniel Eatock 'T' tees launched

This series of 'T' designs by Daniel Eatock are limited to only 50 tees of each design. But are you a courier, helvetica or akzidenz grotesk fan? Decisions, decisions.

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Wednesday 1 October 2008

Daniel Eatock 'T' tees launched
 

Tubular tees

We like the way Fitch have had their tees packaged up. They've all been tagged with screen printed swing tags, rolled up and put into poster tubes. With the labels on...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Hannah on Saturday 30 August 2008

Tubular tees
 

and fertilize the plants

Disposal instructions for Permaset inks suggest that waste water can be poured onto the garden - apparently the nutrients help fertilize the plants (although not every day). Obviously you have to...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Friday 29 August 2008

and fertilize the plants
 

Positive Change

We're in the midst of a large print run for Fitch. Ten of their young designers have designed a T-shirt and they're printing a limited edition run of each...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Saturday 16 August 2008

Positive Change
 

The Future of Ink on Paper

The Royal College of Art initiated a 3 year research project called RCA/Print Digital, which investigates the future of print and culminated in a limited edition, digitally-printed book called Control Print.

"If...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Hannah on Friday 25 July 2008

 

British Birds for sale

New limited edition prints by the Bonsai Projects are now available in our shop.

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Pete on Friday 25 July 2008

British Birds for sale
 

Blisters on my fingers

35 Illustrators. 35 Edition and hand signed prints. 35 Pounds each. We went down to London at the weekend to go to the Blisters on my Fingers screen print exhibition organised...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Tuesday 15 July 2008

Blisters on my fingers
 

A big welcome to Emma

We're happy to welcome Emma Godfrey to the I Dress Myself team this week. Emma has an impressive ten years screen printing experience and will work closely with Helen to run...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Hannah on Thursday 3 July 2008

A big welcome to Emma
 

Kate Moross prints at Pure Groove

This is one of a series of limited edition Kate Moross screen prints that we printed for an exhibition at Pure Groove in London. They've recently moved premises down the road...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Thursday 12 June 2008

Kate Moross prints at Pure Groove
 

Lots and lots of badges

We don't like flyers. They're a waste of paper and just end up in the bin. In fact we hate all things disposable. We like to create more permanent things -...

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Posted in Screen Printing by Hannah on Wednesday 14 May 2008

Lots and lots of badges
 

Sneak preview Nick Saunders tee

Here's a sneak preview of the Nick Saunders tee 'cosmo'. Nick did work experience with us in Spring 2007 before he went off to get famous. Here he is sporting his...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Tuesday 13 May 2008

Sneak preview Nick Saunders tee
 

New website

Our new website is up and running and we love it. Have a look at our new products and be a part of the website by adding your comments to...

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Posted in Screen Printing by Hannah on Monday 31 March 2008

New website
 

Computer Arts Projects

We're featured in December's Computer Arts Projects' special issue on fashion. We worked with Nottingham design studio Multiple to produce a special tutorial on designing and screen printing a...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Tuesday 22 January 2008

Computer Arts Projects
 

Green Innovation Winners

We are joint winners of the BEST Experian Green Innovation Award for East Midlands along with Sherwood Press, also based in Nottingham. We won £2,500 AND Pete got to have...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Hannah on Wednesday 12 December 2007

Green Innovation Winners
 

On the BBC England homepage

At least for a day.
Have a look at Pete printing some T-shirts in the feature Making an ethical t-shirt in its usual home on the BBC Nottingham website.

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Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Friday 23 November 2007

On the BBC England homepage
 

Organic Cotton forever

The World Health Organisation estimates that 20,000 people in the developing world die every year because of pesticide poisoning, much of which is used on cotton crops. Pesticide poisoning is also...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Thursday 1 November 2007

Organic Cotton forever
 

An ode to Modbury Town

Our new limited edition of 150 Ode to Modbury tote bags are now available.

1.2 trillion plastic carrier bags are used every year, which equates to 300 carrier bags...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Wednesday 10 October 2007

An ode to Modbury Town
 

Art Prints at Designers Block 2007

We collaborated with design consultancy Casciani Evans Wood to produce a series of posters for their new Ink Posters brand that will be sold at design stores and via...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Wednesday 19 September 2007

Art Prints at Designers Block 2007
 

Shrigley tee in Malmo exhibition

Our David Shrigley T-shirt 'The End' is being exhibited at the Malmo Konstall in Sweden as part of David Shrigley's exhibition there. Some of the limited edition of...

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Posted in Design, Screen Printing by Hannah on Saturday 15 September 2007

Shrigley tee in Malmo exhibition
 

Now only using eco-friendly water based inks

We're happy to announce that we’re using only eco-friendly water based inks now. We've been testing Permaset textile inks by Colormaker for the last few months and they've surpassed our...

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Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Tuesday 1 May 2007

Now only using eco-friendly water based inks
 

Sandman feature

Sandman magazine (a music magazine for the North of England) have written a lovely feature about us in their March edition. You can read all their kind words here....

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Posted in Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Hannah on Saturday 10 March 2007