The Aussie Screen printing Club

Ever thought of doing some live screen printing? Take some tips from the mistakes we made and go for it! Sam reflects on the Ministry of Shirts recent excursion into live screen printing at a music festival! Some helpful tips and traps in this pod on what to do and what not to do!

The Aussie Screen Printer's Club: Jordan Gannaway. Project Print Co. & Onshore Threads Jordan tells all on how he got started from a technical business plan for a clothing brand to his custom print shop in WA. Less than a few days away from getting in his first auto and having a shop with built in redundancy on presses and conveyor ovens. He has come up through the hard learning route that most of...

Danny from the Flippin Sweet print Co in Bridlington, UK bares-all with us on his journey in the screen printed printed apparel world. A printer with a strong brand who has perfected the art of the soft-hand print with plastisol; on the verge (or precipice) of migrating to an automated press.    https://flippinsweet.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/flippinsweetuk/   Danny also co-hosts the Chippy...

What business structure should you opt for with your screen print business? Sole Trader, Partnership, or Company? Sam gives his opinion on what's great about the Company Structure.   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aussie-screen-printing-club/id1616441195

Jordan Boon is the owner / manager of the T-Shirt Man apparel printing company. Hit hard by Covid he has managed a compacting / downsizing operation to bring his overheads down and actually (over time) increase his market share and printing capacity. Its a case of going smaller and growing market at the same time. Now at the stage of expanding his staff requirements he has taken a novel approach t...

Dan Simmons Owner / Manager of Born and Thread in Ringwood Victoria celebrates 10 business years and talks about his journey into screen printing, and into running his own successful print shop. Listen to Dan talk about business processes, bottlenecks in the process, working towards making yourself redundant in the business and more in this frank and business orientated pod. Listen out for a few h...

The problem of expansion for a one person screen print operation. Who to hire next to make sure that productivity is maintained or increased. Should you get someone to do the artwork, wash the screens, create quotes and mockups, or work with you on press. How to you balance efficiencies with effectiveness and not slow the throughput of print garments down!

If you are starting your screen-print business as a side hustle, then Josh is worth a listen. Currently balancing two jobs it wont be long before he has to make a choice between the agricultural and horticultural business and the screen print and embroidery empire!  Listen in and learn how he made the move to go commercial, how he learnt the craft and where he jumped in with equipment. https://www...

Is it worth having a dip tank in your screen print shop? At what time should you get one? Will they save you money. Find out why we use one in this short Tips and Traps podcast the the Aussie Screen Printing Club. Australian Screen Printers - printing Tees Hoodies Polos Tanks & Tote Bags AS Colour, American Apparel, Comfort Colours, Gildan https://www.ministryofshirts.com.au/ https://www.instagram...

This week on the Aussie Screen Printer's Club we have some 'old school'  perfection and practice in the screen print world. Listen to Pete Cooper of Hardcore Logo share his screen printing journey woven into the brands and bands that he was inspired by from the 80's to now! You can check our his screen print shop here: https://www.hardcorelogo.com.au/ https://www.instagram.com/hard_core_logo/ And...

Have a listen to Mitchell Rawlins an ex-pro surfer with a street brand to match his street cred and Adrian Newman a screen printer born with a silver-print-shop in his mouth! They are two of the team in Ripple Print House on the Gold Coast, sunshine state about to jump from the Manual print shop to the fully-automated press! Big Anatol and Vastex fans for sure! Check em out online at rippleprintho...

A quick update on the definitive guide to exposing screens with a couple of bonus items that should help as well as some actual timings with our experiences of exposing screens.

Getting started in screen printing can be a tough thing! So many variables to consider! Listen to this short podcast on how to expose screens and what are the variables to consider to get it dialed in and working every time!

Antace Screen Printing is the one and only dedicated Waterbased Screen Printing companies in WA. It was founded by husband and wife team, Antoni & Lezzan Fouche, through the passion of starting a clothing brand that has the softest print possible with a focus on sustainability by using eco-friendly inks on ethically sourced garments. Listen & learn how they jumped right into Screen Printing 'boot...

Are you just getting started in screen printing and wondering how to make good film positives to burn to your screens? Have a listen to this short podcast on the journey we went through to get the right printers in place!

Tyler Fort from the Tee Shack shares some of his 23 years of experience as a screen printer and screen-print-shop owner. Thrown into the deep end as a youngster on an auto in the late 90's to a quiet countryside pile amongst the kangaroos and the squeegees in the 2020's. Screen Print heaven!

G'day screen printers! Welcome to the all original Aussie Screen printing Club. The podcast that's all about screen printing in Australia hosted by Sam Austrin-Miner from the Ministry of Shirts. It's and occasional podcast where we interview a special guest from the industry and indulge in a screen printing talk fest to consider how to run a screen printing business, how to screen print more effic...