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2016: A Whole New Year

Now that the dust has settled from the holiday madness I’d like to say, on behalf of The Ink Kitchen, “Happy New Year” to all of our industry friends. You likely noticed that I was mostly silent during the latter half of 2015.  Between overseeing our busiest year ever at Motion Textile and welcoming a new…

SGIA Expo Atlanta 2015 – Saati Pro Coat

I’ve shared my thoughts about screen coating on The Ink Kitchen.  Saati seems to have incorporated both precision and ruggedness into their Pro Coat automatic screen-coater. I am re-evaluating my position.  

SGIA Expo Atlanta 2015 – Legends & Know-It-Alls

One legend is on the left in that photo.  Artem Nadirashvili has done some of the most outlandishly innovative screenprints on t-shirts that I have ever seen.  His shop midigroup is in Moscow in Russian. He is also a jazz fan and all around totally interesting dude. Next to him is French screenprinter Michel Caza who…

SGIA Expo Atlanta 2015 – Bird’s Eye View

Just wrapped up a very busy day-1 of the show.  Rick’s going to be sharing a few points of interest shortly, but here’s a nice look at the show floor from above…

SGIA Expo 2015 Atlanta

SGIA Expo 2015 is here and The Know-It-All’s have landed in ATL. If you couldn’t make it, no worries, we’ll be doing posts from the show all week and will be sure to show you the latest and greatest.  If you are here, be sure to visit our sponsors, we’ll be hanging at their booth spaces…

Web Wednesday: Congratulations Social Imprints!

Congratulations to our good friend Kevin McCracken and his crew at Social Imprints for winning the 2015 Fast Company & Mercedes Benz “Drive Your Business Forward” Contest    

Web Wednesday: Daft Punk Official Merch Site

The Daft Punk Official Merchandise site created these bitchin’ vintage-esque posters for each item in the store…

Mis-Print Monday: Chickens Coming Home to Roost

When you are printing millions of shirts annually it doesn’t matter how tight QC is, some mis-prints will slip through the cracks.  Typically we are shipping to a distribution center where additional QC inspections are performed and any mis-prints are be caught, and yet, some mis-prints will still slip through.  Surely we’ve all noticed this browsing printed…

Web Wednesday: Start Screenprinting Now

Start Screenprinting Now is site for textile decorators.  Some good stuff, especially for those new to the industry.

Printed Threads – A collaboration of skilled ink smiths

Our friend Brett Bowden, owner of Printed Threads in TX, is not only smart and talented but has a relentless sense of humor which he is sure to incorporate into his company’s ethos.  Hope you enjoy this promo video as much as I did.

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