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$48 Dozen!* 1st Quality! ~ Youth or Adult. ONE COLOR - TWO SIDED PRINTING!
*Price on white T-shirt. Sizes S-XL. One dozen minimum. $20 artwork & screen setup not included.
All of our Screen Printing is done in house with professional equipment using micro-registration for flawless quality. Do you have your own business? Would you like to advertise to thousands of potential customers? Click here to learn about T-Shirt Advertising. What is Screen Printing???A Brief History - SILK SCREEN PRINTING has its origins in Japanese stenciling and although using materials other than silk for screen printing has a long history that began with the ancient art of stenciling used by the Egyptians and Greeks as early as 2500 B.C., the screen printing process that we know today probably stems from the patents taken out by Samuel Simon of Manchester in 1907. He used silk stretched on frames to support hand painted stencils. In 1914 John Pilsworth of San Francisco also took out a patent for multicolor printing, using the screen process . Screen printing is often referred to as Serigraphy. The term "Serigraphy", comes from the Latin word "Seri" (silk) and the Greek word "graphein" (to write or draw).During the First World War in America screen printing took off as an industrial printing process; it was mainly used at first for flags and banners but also for 'point of sale' advertising in the chain stores in America, which were appearing around that time. Around this time the invention of the photographic stencil revolutionized the process; in the following years, obviously improvements were made in the presses, inks and chemicals used, but apart from the introduction of computer technology in the 1980's - in the pre-press side of screen printing - very little else has changed since. Walk down any street and you will see examples of SCREEN PRINTING everywhere: in shops you will see displays and posters advertising their products; you will see buses with ads on their sides; on computers and stereos you will notice badges and control panels; all these have been screen printed. In the home you will find that many textiles and items of clothing, sports bags and T shirts have been screen printed, as well as the stickers that you have on the rear window of your car. Artists have also used SILK SCREEN PRINTING, especially since the days of POP ART in the sixties - Andy Warhol, Rauschenberg and Hamilton are a few notorious examples. These artists opened up a whole new vista in the use of the screen process. If you have a few minutes, we highly advise you go to the Warhol site and "Make your own silk screen". This is really neat visual display of the entire process from artwork to printing.
History
of the American T-Shirt THE ALL AMERICAN FASHION Until a few decades ago, the shirt off your back was nothing like it is
today. Not only did they not resemble today's T-shirts, T-shirts of yesteryear
were clearly considered something to be worn underneath clothing, the second
generation of union suits. But, most importantly, T-shirts hadn't become a
vehicle for advertising, nor were they a stand-alone industry.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the T-Shirt quickly became an
American favorite. Now, a century later, at the beginning of the twenty-first
century, the T-Shirt remains as popular as ever. The beginning of the American T-shirt is credited to the navy. During
WWI, American troops noticed European soldiers wearing a comfortable and
lightweight cotton undershirt during the hot and humid European summer days.
Compared to the wool uniforms that the American soldiers wore, these undershirts
were cooler and more comfortable and they quickly caught on with the Americans.
No one really knows when the first T-shirt was produced, but the U.S. Navy
adopted a crew-necked, short-sleeved, white cotton undershirt as issue to be
worn under a jumper as early as 1913. The purpose: to cover sailors' chest
hairs. It wasn't until the late 1930s that companies including Hanes, Sears
& Roebuck, and Fruit of the Loom earnestly started to market the T-shirt.
The American T-Shirt Due to their simple design, these shirts became known in
the USA as "T" shirts or, as we know them now, "T-Shirts". By the 1920's, "T-Shirt" had become an official word in the American English language with it's inclusion in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary. By W.W. II, both the Navy and the Army had included the T-Shirt as standard issue underwear. Sailors got the credit again in 1938 when Sears introduced a T-shirt called a "gob" shirt (after sailors) costing 24 cents apiece. For the first time, the T-shirt was pronounced appropriate to wear as an undergarment or as an outer one. The marines followed suit with a white issue that soon was re-issued on sage green for camouflage purposes. And in 1944, the army conducted its own survey on T-shirts to which enlisted men reported they preferred sleeves over sleeveless because of absorption under the arms and a better appearance, among other things. Initially pegged as an
undergarment, the T-Shirt soon came in to it's own on the big screen. This
was an undergarment meant not to be seen. It was Clark Gable who set the
T-shirt (and most certainly, his leading lady) back several paces in 1934 when
he stripped off his dress shirt in the movie "It Happened One Night,"
to reveal no T-shirt at all. Women swooned at the bare-chested Gable. Men were
quick to follow suit. Nonetheless, T-shirts remained an item to be worn
underneath a proper dress shirt, or under a work shirt, for that matter. And
while Clark Gable may have set the T-shirt back, other movie stars such as
Marlon Brando (A Streetcar Named Desire), James Dean (Rebel Without a Cause) and
a young Elvis Presley made the T-shirt-as-outerwear sexy. John
Wayne and James Dean all shocked Americans by wearing their underwear on
national TV. In 1951, Marlon Brando shocked Americans in his film "A
Streetcar Named Desire" when his T-Shirt was ripped off of his body
revealing his naked chest. WWII brought about international upheaval and the first printed T-shirts. The
Smithsonian Institute displays the oldest printed shirt on record, emblazoned
with the phrase "Dew-It with Dewey" from New York Governor Thomas E.
Dewey's 1948 presidential campaign. T-shirts were changed forever. By
1955, the T-Shirt was tolerated worn without another shirt covering it. Then
James Dean made the T-Shirt real cool in "Rebel Without A Cause".
James Dean made the T-Shirt a contemporary symbol of rebellious youth. Nonetheless, T-shirts were still meant for men. That
is, until marketing gurus including Walt Disney began to "flock"
letters and simple (often peelable) designs onto T-shirts to be sold as
souvenirs. Then came the '60s, when hippies abandoned traditional dress for
tie-dye. T-shirts became one of the easiest, and cheapest, forms of clothing to
buy and dye. Plastisol, a stretchable ink invented in 1959, was the first
revolution in T-shirt design. Then came the iron-on transfer. And finally the
litho transfer. An industry was born. (And it has grown up. More than one
billion T-shirts were sold in 1995.) In the 60's people began
to tie dye and screenprint the basic cotton T-Shirt making it an even bigger
commercial success. Advances in printing and dying allowed more variety and the
Tank Top, Muscle Shirt, Scoop Neck, V-Neck, and many other variations of the
T-Shirt came in to fashion. During the 80's and 90's
the production of T-Shirts and the mechanics of printing on them increased the
volume and availability. Soon the American T-Shirt was being called a commodity
item in the apparel industry. The T-Shirt was inexpensive, in style, and could
make any statement you cared to print. The American T-Shirt came into it's own
during the late sixties and seventies. Rock and Roll bands began to realize that
they could make significant amounts of money selling their T-Shirts.
Professional Sports caught on and soon the officially licensed T-Shirt became
hot merchandise. At the beginning of a new millennium, the t-shirt has entered cyberspace and is now about to become even bigger. The American T-Shirt is well built and it is made to be worn. The artwork symbolizes the cultural and social climate of our times. The printing is state of the art created by true craftspeople. The T-Shirt is a great product. Comfortable, Casual, and Always in Style.
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