[Noisebridge-discuss] decorating oddly-shaped spandex?

Wed Apr 21 21:33:05 UTC 2010

We have no machine that does this sort of thing at Noisebridge, and alas,
they are alarmingly expensive.  Our machines are pretty much one-trick
ponies.  The embroidery would prevent the fabric from stretching.  There's
no good outcome there.

Probably the closest you could get is the screen print.  You can at least
/generate/ the pattern for the screen with a computer.

Your best bet is convincing one of your artist friends to do one up nice for
you.  Trista comes to mind...

Christie
_______
"We also briefly discussed having officers replaced by very small shell
scripts." -- Noisebridge meeting notes 2008-06-17

The outer bounds is only the beginning.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Mikolaj Habryn <dichro at rcpt.to> wrote:

> Interesting, but I think perhaps too limited for my grandiose,
> over-reaching, world-dominating aims. How about embroidery? Could one use a
> stretchy thread to machine embroider a spandex garment? Do we have a sewing
> machine pre-programmed for sigils to summon eldritch horrors, or are they
> all pretty much restricted to button-holes? I'm visualizing a pattern of
> runes around my face which I'll claim are mystical, healing, and/or
> protective but are really selected purely to look cool and mysterious.
>
> Some crude measurements suggest that the spandex section wrapping around my
> face stretches by around 15-18% when donned; the wrapper around my neck by
> 10-12%. Is that embroidable without having the stitched runes tear holes
> under tension? The spandex is pretty thin, but I can't offhand think of a
> way of measuring it - it's way thicker than even the heaviest denier tights,
> but not as thick as normal cotton clothing.
>
> And yes, these things are reasonably inexpensive, so I can destroy them
> without added heartburn.
>
> m.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com>wrote:
>
>> Fortuitously this was just on the front page of Instructables:
>>
>> http://www.instructables.com/id/Screenprinting-Easy-Detailed-Inexpensive/
>>
>> This is the simplest of all the silk-screen processes I've ever read
>> about.  I haven't done any myself though so can't personally guarantee
>> results.  I'd totally be up for messing around with screen printing at
>> NB over the course of a couple days, though; I've been meaning to try
>> this for ages.
>>
>> I can expand a bit on the notion Sean touched on about stretchiness.
>> There is a range of material available to decorate fabrics.  At one end
>> are inks or dyes which will sink into the fiber and dye it, and be
>> completely stretchy with the fabric.  At the other end are paints, or
>> colored glues, that sit on top of the fabric and won't stretch
>> significantly, but will be visible on dark or black fabric even if they
>> are much lighter.  The former seems better for your purposes but you may
>> want to consider starting with a white garment and dying the background
>> black around whatever design you end up with.
>>
>> Rachel
>>
>> Mikolaj Habryn wrote:
>> > The stretching pattern is largely predictable, though -
>> > http://www.makemeheal.com/mmh/product.do?id=10064 is an example of the
>> kind
>> > of thing I have in mind. My foremost random idea involves printing a
>> > subcutaneous musculature design that would sit in about the right place.
>> >
>> > Also, what happened to all those kawaii flu masks that were everywhere a
>> few
>> > years ago? Combining a nicely printed one of those with the above would
>> be
>> > great, although at that point a ninja theme might be less disturbing
>> than
>> > pure anatomy.
>> >
>> > m.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Sean Cusack <sean.p.cusack at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> I think a print is could hose you bad...just trying to plan for the
>> >> stretching and pulling will be a nightmare...even before the washing.
>> Think
>> >> tattoo on some 90 year old boobs.
>> >>
>> >> Why not try something that sits on top of the fabric but has its own
>> >> backing - stickers/patches (maybe?) To do pinstripes, maybe consider
>> that
>> >> weird puffy paint shit (i.e.
>> >>
>> http://www.ssww.com/item/color-splash-puffy-paint-PT3378/?cm_mmc=Data%20Feeds-_-Froogle-_-CMB-_-PT3378&cid=900&aid=FRG
>> ).
>> >> You'll be able to apply it like makeup after your face thingy is
>> already
>> >> stretched out to avoid all the problems with trying to make your
>> pinstripes
>> >> straight when the garmet is in non-spandex mode. Is the spandex thingy
>> >> expendable? Like, could you buy another if one got toasted? This is the
>> big
>> >> problem you could hit with stitching...after several tense to relax
>> >> movements (*snicker*), the garment could get shredded.
>> >>
>> >> Sean
>> >>
>> >> ...whose underwear is always in non-spandex mode
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Mikolaj Habryn <dichro at rcpt.to>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I'm keen on a some kind of digital print process that will survive
>> washing
>> >>> and on a stretch fabric. Does such a thing exist?
>> >>>
>> >>> m.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Well, silkscreen seems the most obvious thing.  Of course, it's not
>> great
>> >>>> for a one-off.  (Why doesn't Noisebridge have a logo silkscreen yet?)
>>  You
>> >>>> could probably do something interesting and artistic with fabric
>> paints like
>> >>>> these:
>> >>>> http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/2518921-AA.shtml
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Christie
>> >>>> _______
>> >>>> "We also briefly discussed having officers replaced by very small
>> shell
>> >>>> scripts." -- Noisebridge meeting notes 2008-06-17
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The outer bounds is only the beginning.
>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Mikolaj Habryn <dichro at rcpt.to>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> I'm going to be wearing a "facial garment" that looks somewhat like
>> this
>> >>>>> -
>> >>>>>
>> https://id217.chi.us.securedata.net/fstubbs.com/merchantmanager/index.php?cPath=11_12-
>> >>>>> for a number of months. While they do apparently come in black, I
>> can't help
>> >>>>> but feel that being able to print onto them would be brilliant. Are
>> there
>> >>>>> processes that work onto such things?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I'm imagining everything from basic pin-stripe patterns through to
>> >>>>> anatomically accurate windows into musculature layout, or shapelock
>> horns
>> >>>>> attached, mohawks, pinhead rigs, you name it. What are the easy
>> places to
>> >>>>> start, given that I know thing (I say, *nothing*) about crafty
>> things?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> m.
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