In my quest to build a sex toy or piece of BDSM equipment using every workshop at Artisan’s Asylum, a while back I took a screenprinting class. My t-shirt isn’t exactly a toy, but…whatever. ;)
I designed and printed this shirt at Artisan’s Asylum in Somerville. It reads, “Some women have penises. Some men have vaginas. Get over it.”
I had never screen printed anything before, and the process was really interesting! Here are a few snapshots of my design from start to finished shirt.
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- After coating my screen with emulsion, I put my design on top and expose the screen to UV light.
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- After rinsing away the emulsion that didn’t harden — the areas that I want the ink to go through — the screen dries.
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- My screen is mounted in the press, ready for printing.
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- Here’s the shirt that I printed, hot off the press (but before it was cured in the dryer).
If you’d like to make your own shirt, you are welcome to download the design (PDF or SVG). This design is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Want to buy one? I’ve set up a shop on Spreadshirt. I make $5 from each item purchased, and I’ll be putting that money towards my nonprofit, the Effing Foundation for Sex-Positivity. You can take my design and put it on whatever product you like, or you can start with a product I’ve made. Sadly, despite my naming my shirts as “boxy” and “curvy”, Spreadshirt keeps referring to them as “Men’s” and “Women’s”. ^^;
Put my design on a custom tee!
For trans folks and allies, this shirt reminds everyone that genitals don’t determine gender.