Last night, I hit the ground running on the first layer of treatment to my shirts. I think overall it was successful. With each shirt, I learned a new method of what Sydney calls my ‘hand airbrushing’ (makes it sound so official!).
I’m putting a lot of effort into keeping it simple. I want my designs to project garishness in a manner that normal (hahahahahah) people can still accesses. My other important goal with these guys is to use materials that anyone would have access to. Accessibility is key.
So, I did the math and the shirts come up to 20.00 a piece. I’ll make the ones I don’t sell available to you after the show. Of course the people that come get first dibs.
Tonight, now that they’ve all been washed and dryed once, the shirts will be ready for the real fun. Paint! The first level of treatment took so well, I can only hope that I don’t ruin the things with additional layers.
My plan is to only treat the shirts I think need another level of quality before it’s something I, personally, would wear. The black shirts turned out incredibly well, so I won’t do much to them. The yellow and pink left me wanting a little more, so I will either throw a stencil up and little color.
Other things I’ve learned:
I will buy bigger shirts. I have a connect (heart!) who works at retailer at the mall and their sizes run small. She helped me out with the initial investment by buying them with her discount for me.
I need more pants hangers.
I need some rubber gloves and to wear pants and maybe a facemask when I do the initial treatment. Owie.
Stay with me for tomorrow’s update on how the actual painting goes. I’m so nervous and excited.
Here are a couple of examples of the first layer of treatment.
