{"id":72,"date":"2011-07-25T16:01:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T16:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microcosmpublishing.dev\/blog\/2011\/07\/interview-with-diy-screenprinting-author-john-isaacson\/"},"modified":"2011-07-25T16:01:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T16:01:38","slug":"interview-with-diy-screenprinting-author-john-isaacson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/interview-with-diy-screenprinting-author-john-isaacson\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with DIY Screenprinting author John Isaacson!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re running a Kickstarter campaign right now to help fund one of thee most awesome DIY guides of all time: John Isaacson’s epic, wonderful, hilarious, helpful graphic-novel-as-silk-screening-manual Do-It-Yourself Screenprinting<\/i>! Right now there are only a few days left until the Kickstartin’ is Kickstopped and it’s not lookin’ too hot. We could hella use your support on this one! If you’ve got a coin or two lying around, here’s the Kickstarter link<\/a>. Now, without further adieu, meet John Isaacson. He’s a really amazing dude… <\/p>\n

Q: Tell us how the book originally came about; where were you in your life?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I was discovering mini-comics for the first time in the early 2000s. I was a street vendor selling t-shirts I screenprinted. A lot of people bought shirts from me, but even more wanted to know how to print on their own shirts. They were like, \u201cHow do you do this?\u201d So I would explain, and I tend to be a little long-winded, so their eyes would glaze over after a certain point. Then I realized, \u201cHey, I should just make a little mini-comic about how to silk screen and then more people will get what I am talking about. Then they won\u2019t have to remember what I said; they could just look at it in a little book.\u201d<\/p>\n

Q: Do you remember your first screenprinting project?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I think it was a stencil of the Operation Ivy skanking punk. Either that or Kokopelli designs. Dancing people for the \u201cDance Weekend\u201d event at my high school.<\/p>\n

Q: What kinds of things are you screenprinting these days?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Mostly the odd poster here and there. A few comic book covers.<\/p>\n

Q: What’s the first bit of advice you’d give a would-be screenprinter?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Be patient, be willing to start over from scratch, remain calm, think critically, and learn from your mistakes. Reuse materials to keep it cheap. Also, buy my book<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Q: Is there anything you wish someone would’ve told you when you were first getting started!<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: That you don\u2019t need to wash out the emulsion with hot water after exposure. Also, that the spray from a spray bottle is not strong enough to remove emulsion.<\/p>\n\"Alt\n

Q: What kind of town is Portland for screenprinters?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Totally amazing. There are so many studios for printing in and great printers like Daria Tessler, Zack Soto, Kinoko, Keegan Meegan, Corinne Teed, Roger Peet, and E*Rock. I wish I saw more screenprinted posters on the street…<\/p>\n

Q: What would you say you’ve learned most from screenprinting?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I\u2019ve learned to solve problems creatively. I\u2019ve learned to constantly trouble-shoot and always look for solutions, to never expect \u201cperfection\u201d, to experiment and try new things, and to be loose and not uptight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re running a Kickstarter campaign right now to help fund one of thee most awesome DIY guides of all time: John Isaacson’s epic, wonderful, hilarious, helpful graphic-novel-as-silk-screening-manual Do-It-Yourself Screenprinting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto"],"my_excerpt":"

We're running a Kickstarter campaign right now to help fund one of thee most awesome DIY guides of all time: John Isaacson's epic, wonderful, hilarious, helpful graphic-novel-as-silk-screening-manual Do-It-Yourself Screenprinting<\/i>! Right now there are only a few days left until the Kickstartin' is Kickstopped and it's not lookin' too hot. We could hella use your support on this one! If you've got a coin or two lying around, here's the Kickstarter link<\/a>. Now, without further adieu, meet John Isaacson. He's a really amazing dude... <\/p>

Q: Tell us how the book originally came about; where were you in your life?<\/strong>

A: I was discovering mini-comics for the first time in the early 2000s. I was a street vendor selling t-shirts I screenprinted. A lot of people bought shirts from me, but even more wanted to know how to print on their own shirts. They were like, \u201cHow do you do this?\u201d So I would explain, and I tend to be a little long-winded, so their eyes would glaze over after a certain point. Then I realized, \u201cHey, I should just make a little mini-comic about how to silk screen and then more people will get what I am talking about. Then they won\u2019t have to remember what I said; they could just look at it in a little book.\u201d

Q: Do you remember your first screenprinting project?<\/strong>

A: I think it was a stencil of the Operation Ivy skanking punk. Either that or Kokopelli designs. Dancing people for the \u201cDance Weekend\u201d event at my high school.

Q: What kinds of things are you screenprinting these days?<\/strong>

A: Mostly the odd poster here and there. A few comic book covers.

Q: What's the first bit of advice you'd give a would-be screenprinter?<\/strong>

A: Be patient, be willing to start over from scratch, remain calm, think critically, and learn from your mistakes. Reuse materials to keep it cheap. Also, buy my book<\/a>!

Q: Is there anything you wish someone would've told you when you were first getting started!<\/strong>

A: That you don\u2019t need to wash out the emulsion with hot water after exposure. Also, that the spray from a spray bottle is not strong enough to remove emulsion.<\/p>

\"Alt<\/p>


Q: What kind of town is Portland for screenprinters?<\/strong>

A: Totally amazing. There are so many studios for printing in and great printers like Daria Tessler, Zack Soto, Kinoko, Keegan Meegan, Corinne Teed, Roger Peet, and E*Rock. I wish I saw more screenprinted posters on the street...

Q: What would you say you've learned most from screenprinting?<\/strong>

A: I\u2019ve learned to solve problems creatively. I\u2019ve learned to constantly trouble-shoot and always look for solutions, to never expect \u201cperfection\u201d, to experiment and try new things, and to be loose and not uptight.<\/p>","my_excerpt_rendered":"

We’re running a Kickstarter campaign right now to help fund one of thee most awesome DIY guides of all time: John Isaacson’s epic, wonderful, hilarious, helpful graphic-novel-as-silk-screening-manual Do-It-Yourself Screenprinting<\/i>! Right now there are only a few days left until the Kickstartin’ is Kickstopped and it’s not lookin’ too hot. We could hella use your support on this one! If you’ve got a coin or two lying around, here’s the Kickstarter link<\/a>. Now, without further adieu, meet John Isaacson. He’s a really amazing dude… <\/p>\n

Q: Tell us how the book originally came about; where were you in your life?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I was discovering mini-comics for the first time in the early 2000s. I was a street vendor selling t-shirts I screenprinted. A lot of people bought shirts from me, but even more wanted to know how to print on their own shirts. They were like, \u201cHow do you do this?\u201d So I would explain, and I tend to be a little long-winded, so their eyes would glaze over after a certain point. Then I realized, \u201cHey, I should just make a little mini-comic about how to silk screen and then more people will get what I am talking about. Then they won\u2019t have to remember what I said; they could just look at it in a little book.\u201d<\/p>\n

Q: Do you remember your first screenprinting project?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I think it was a stencil of the Operation Ivy skanking punk. Either that or Kokopelli designs. Dancing people for the \u201cDance Weekend\u201d event at my high school.<\/p>\n

Q: What kinds of things are you screenprinting these days?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Mostly the odd poster here and there. A few comic book covers.<\/p>\n

Q: What’s the first bit of advice you’d give a would-be screenprinter?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Be patient, be willing to start over from scratch, remain calm, think critically, and learn from your mistakes. Reuse materials to keep it cheap. Also, buy my book<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Q: Is there anything you wish someone would’ve told you when you were first getting started!<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: That you don\u2019t need to wash out the emulsion with hot water after exposure. Also, that the spray from a spray bottle is not strong enough to remove emulsion.<\/p>\n\"Alt\n

Q: What kind of town is Portland for screenprinters?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Totally amazing. There are so many studios for printing in and great printers like Daria Tessler, Zack Soto, Kinoko, Keegan Meegan, Corinne Teed, Roger Peet, and E*Rock. I wish I saw more screenprinted posters on the street…<\/p>\n

Q: What would you say you’ve learned most from screenprinting?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I\u2019ve learned to solve problems creatively. I\u2019ve learned to constantly trouble-shoot and always look for solutions, to never expect \u201cperfection\u201d, to experiment and try new things, and to be loose and not uptight.<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}