Interesting t shirt work

[cumbriakevin]

I thought this was an interesting example of sublimation that stands out. Mods - I thought this was right place on the forum to post this but please move if I'm wrong.
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[pisquee]

Looks like a cut and sew job

[neilb]

That's actually just a mockup, I'd think they'd be pressed onto ready made shirts and the actual finished product will have 'voids' under sleeves etc.

[cumbriakevin]

For 'cut and sew job', is that when the material is sublimated and then the material is turned into a T shirt? I wondered how they got the print to the edges so cleanly. Neil, what's a void under the sleeve mean? Is that when you can't print so close to the seams.

[cumbriakevin]

I thought this stood out too. But can see that the shirt would be made after the material has been printed. The link for this shirt and some other designs is https://www.threadless.com/product/5580 ... yle,design I like to look at this stuff for ideas especially where art and production rub up against each other.

[pisquee]

Yes, cut and sew, is where the fabric is printed up first, and then cut and sewn into the final garment, rather than printing a ready made blank garment. When pressing ready made blanks, it is hard/impossible to print the product properly without voids where there is creasing - under the arms is usual for some white unprinted patches to remain. On the first image there are no voids, which lead me to think it was cut and sew. The image in post 5, has a crease void on the top left shoulder. Sometimes the fact that there will be voids and imperfections is used as part of the look/design. There are t-shirts printed using both methods on the high street.
With cut and sew work you have far more control of the printing, but also the cut-design of the actual garment,so you can have something with a more stylish shape, rather than a generic blank.

[cumbriakevin]

Thanks for that Pisquee. Very informative.

[neilb]

Neil, what's a void under the sleeve mean? Is that when you can't print so close to the seams.

As Pisquee says above, voids would be gaps in the design which occur where the material creases or folds. (just done a quick search which found a kickstarter page for the shirts and they are using Vapor blanks.)