Churchill, Che-style

One of my latest screen printing projects is a custom order I undertook via Etsy’s Alchemy, a facility through which buyers can post requests for custom handmade items, and then sellers bid on the opportunity to make the goods. The request was for a T-shirt printed in the style of the infamous Che Guevara image, but featuring Winston Churchill!

First I converted the above photograph of Churchill to a monochrome image, which you can see on the right above. Then I transferred this image to a reusable printing screen, using a technique similar to the one described in this tutorial. Both the screen & the resulting image are shown below.

I printed the image onto a red organic cotton T-shirt using black non-toxic fabric ink. The end result was the striking T-shirt shown below, which not only was the customer very pleased with, but my partner has demanded I create a duplicate of for him!

I always welcome custom orders! If you have a photographic image of your own which you would like me to convert & screen print onto an item for you I’ll be happy to take a look. As you can see, photographs need not only be of greyhounds or even dogs! Please enquire via my online shop, The Dog House, or drop me an email at thedoghouse.etsy@googlemail.com.