4 posts tagged “shirt”
This shirt started as a 100% Organic Cotton Edun-Live t-shirt, grown and sewn in Africa.
I garment dyed it twice to get the shirt a rich and beautiful green. The stitching stayed a natural white color which makes a nice counterpoint to the green.
The clothing pin design was applied using a sea sponge and a hand cut freezer paper stencil. There is a small BEEDOCS logo Gocco printed on the right sleeve in red.
Available for purchase from beedocs.etsy.com
Shirt Recipe:
1) Start with high quality Edun Live shirt (black)
2) Use a sea sponge to cover rubber stamp in color remover
3) Stamp design to remove the black die from shirt
4) Garment dye pink to color the areas affected by the color remover
The result are one of a kind, distressed looking prints that are incredibly soft because they are colored with dyes instead of a traditional printing process.
Available for purchase at beedocs.etsy.com
The upcoming Apple WWDC Conference inspired me to create a Bee Docs' Shirt. Last year, the conference was mostly a sea of humanity wearing black shirts and jeans.
However, the Apple employees had brightly colored shirts that they wore every day. Aaron Hillegass wore his hat most days so he was easy to spot in a crowd, Allan Obgaard wore his Textmate shirt most days, and the Delicious Monster crew were easy to spot in their brown shirts they wore each day.
Other than that, there were like 3,000 people wearing black shirts. I remember the guys I listed above because they were different. This time, I want to be easy to identify and remember too, so I designed the orange shirt with my bee logo you see above.
In the old days, I used to make band shirts by creating a custom silk screen and printing the shirts in my parents' basement. These days, you can just design and order a t-shirt from Zazzle and have it in a few days. It is more expensive for large quantities, but it is great when you want something quick and you only want a few.
