DIY Screenprinting: How To Turn Your Home Into a T-Shirt Factory, Edition 2

John Isaacson

Nov 2014 · Microcosm Publishing

About this ebook

A fascinating graphic novel that details the art and science of screen printing. John Isaacson's clear line drawings demonstrate the whole process of creating and selling a silk screened t-shirt. His unique approach walks you through inception to printed t-shirts to working in a print shop to understanding line screens, to hawking your printed wares on the street! How to build a screen, burn an image, test how things are going, pull ink, wash out screens, know what screen mesh to use, and creative ideas. It's a true joy to see the exaggerated illustrations while learning such a useful and practical craft. How to turn your home into a t-shirt factory! Essential for people who don't know how to screen print or those a bit rusty.

Ratings and reviews

A lot of useful information presented in an easy to digest and understand form.

I really enjoyed reading this book as an amateur screenprinting myself

About the author

John Isaacson has been screenprinting on t-shirts, paper, and tree bark for over ten years. He is also a cartoonist and musician living in Berkeley, California. He has lived in Ireland, Peru, Chile and China, and is currently at work making comics, t-shirts, and teaching an afterschool cartooning class.