DIY:T-shirts

EVER WANTED A SHIRT WITH AN IMAGE YOU FOUND BUT THEY DIDNT PRODUCE THEM? WELL NOW YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF!

 

How to make a stencil for your T-Shirt

By Divyan Govender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Tools:

 

1.    Spray Paint

2.    Masking tape

3.    Pencil

4.    Eraser

5.    Sponge

6.    Paint

7.    Stanley knife

8.    Paper

9.    Acetate

10. Shirt

11. Permanent marker

 

 

Step 1:

Take the picture that you have drawn or taken from the internet and place the acetate over the page. Make sure it is placed directly over the page and stick them together using the masking tape.

Step 2:

Go over the design on the acetate permanent marker then cut the pieces where the permanent marker is (Make sure not cut the whole line or the object will fall out). Cut out the objects on the paper that you want to be a different colour.

Step 3:

Do a test to see if the picture is cut out properly. Test of a piece of paper or cloth.

Step 4:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the practice run is looking good and you are ready to print on shirts then get your shirt ready to be printed on. Make sure your shirt is ironed and there are no creases on the space that you are going to be working on. Place an A3 book and board inside the shirt and wrap the shirt so that the place you will be working on has no wrinkles.

 Step 5:

Place the stencil on the shirt where you want the template to be designed on. Clip in onto the shirt making sure there are no creases. Take the pain that you and sponge and dab the paint onto the t shirt making sure you stick to the lines you have made.

Step 6: Final step

Last but not least remove the template and paper clips and see the magnificent masterpiece you have created and enjoy.

 

Fake it till you make it!

Mark Twain

James Polchin

SIX THINKING HATS

Its so hard to get time and space to think creatively. Many people think that you need creativity only when you are having brainstorming sessions and others think it is not for them and is only for the creative people such as designers, artists and inventors. ALL OF THAT IS SO WRONG! Peoples mind and thinking shouldn't be so limited. Thinking creatively benefits us in many ways.

In order to make creative thinking seem like ordinary thinking the six thinking hat system was created. These are metaphorical hats that a thinker can put on and take off. One of these hats indicate the thinking that is being used.

THE 6(SIX) THINKING HATS

WHITE HAT

• looking at all the information such as facts and figures and asking questions.
• Basically drops all the arguments and looks at the actual thing.

RED HAT

• All intuition, Feelings and emotions
• Allows the thinker to put forward an intuition without any need to justify it

BLACK HAT

• All the negative things about this thing.
• The hat of judgement and caution
• Most valuable hat and the one we should use the most
• it is not inferior or a negative hat
• Used to point out why a  suggestion does not fit the facts. the available experience, the system in use or the policy that is being followed

YELLOW HAT

•  Logical and positive thinking
• why it will work and why it offers benefits

GREEN HAT

• The hat of creativity, alternatives, proposals, what is interesting, provocations and changes.

BLUE HAT

• The overview or process control hat.
• Looks at not the subject itself but the thinking about the subject.