Heat Press Success!

I completed the first heat press layout and sent it off to ArtBrands, a company in Ohio. Carla, our regional rep, has been super helpful. She recommended a product called "true color" which works on dark backgrounds. We ordered 11- 8.75" x 11.4" sheets (to meet the initial order minimum) as a well as a small craft heat press to apply the images to the clothing. In an effort to maximize the amount printed, there's a lot of cutting to do, but well worth it.

All images Copyright BioArtography. World of Fat -Brian Cha, Graduate Student, Molecular and Integrative Physiology; Inner Squares-Christophe Merceron, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Schipani Laboratory), Orthopedic Research Laboratory, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School; How to Make a Fly- Anne Pusparanee Hakim, Graduate Student Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology (Buttitta Laboratory), University of Michigan; Glimmer in Mom's Eye- Ken Taniguchi, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Gumucio Laboratory) Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School

A few weeks ago, we went thrift shopping and purchased 90+ unique articles of clothing to decorate with all the various motifs we're printing.

Today, I fired up the press, and tried it out. An unsolicited passerby looking at the fat cells pressed to the black skirt, asked, "Oh, is that Jupiter?"- Proving last week's post that all these shapes and images are repeated everywhere.

Before and After- Grey knit top with added motifs to sleeves and center back neck line

Before and After- Black skirt with top stitch detail with added motifs to hip and (unseen) hem