This shirt from the Screenflex collection was commissioned for the 1995 SGIA show by Stretch Devices of Philadelphia, manufacturers of the world famous Newman roller frame. 

Screenflex still regards the artist, Bob Parr, as one of the finest textile screen printing artists that we have ever encountered. This was actually the second show shirt that Bob designed for Stretch Devices. The . . . → Read More: The history of a show shirt.

After 16 years of having Cassie at Screenflex every day, we took some time to adjust to her death in March. Her failing heart was the main problem but she also had other issues related to injuries incurred in her trial days. If Jack Russells are allowed to do what they do best and go at life . . . → Read More: Screenflex loses Cassie

“Just push a button and watch this machine make money.” I promise you, that was the bold statement right there underneath a video presentation on the web site of a Canadian distributor promoting a brand of digital tee-shirt printers.

The video of a black tee-shirt being printed on the inkjet printer was presumably designed to convince everyone that it is finally possible to produce reasonable digital prints on . . . → Read More: Digital tee-shirts! Okay, but can you make money?

As we mentioned in an earlier article, Promotional Products Plus of Calgary, are doing great things with Wilflex Oasis discharge inks. Here Kathleen is showing two of their designs. Besides being on the edge graphically, the prints have a really soft hand, something that the current apparel market is demanding.  

The ”Rib Cage” design that she is wearing has . . . → Read More: Creative discharge printing.

This week we are showing three of the Rock ‘n Roll shirts from the Screenflex collection.

Kathleen is wearing a Dire Straits shirt featuring Mark Knopfler from their 1992 “On Every Street” European tour. According to the tour itenerary printed on the back, they performed in 43 cities. That was their last tour befor disbanding in 1995.  

To her right . . . → Read More: Rock ‘n Roll history on tees

If you are a textile screen printer and you have customers asking about “environmentally friendly”, “organic” or “green” garments and inks, you may just be interested in a presentation that a PolyOne executive of their Wilflex ink division recently gave.

He made the point that while people asked for “green” they could seldom explain what that meant. For instance, did they mean “organic”, “non-phthalate”, . . . → Read More: Customers demanding “green”?

Last Saturday morning I was ”greenmailed” at my favourite health food store. The whole operation had Greenfarce’s prints all over it. 

The enthusiastic young eco-warrior at the cash register announced triumphantly that the store’s bagging had gone “green”. She gave me the choice of either paying 5 cents each for the previously free disposable plastic grocery bags or 99 cents for their new re-usable, recyclable,  environmentally-friendly bag. “And better . . . → Read More: GREENFARCE?

We were chatting today with a printer who was ordering a 5 gallon pail of emulsion. The question of freezing came up because at that time outside our warehouse in Calgary the temperature was about -33 Celsius (approx -28 Fahrenheit). The local radio stations were warning . . . → Read More: Keep the brass monkey indoors…

This is the story about a naked bucket label.

We are in an artistic, creative industry. You would never know it though from the labels on supplies like ink, emulsions and . . . → Read More: The naked bucket label.