Post #242844 by little lost tiki on Thu, Jul 13, 2006 10:01 PM

Funny you should say that! I worked at Rusty surfboards and did tees and prints for tops and bottoms from 1989-1995/same also for Hawaiian Island Creations 1996-late 2003.I'll take some digital photos of some of the shirts and post them after the smoke clears from this show.I have a friend,Jacques,who I used to send prints and he would do all the footwork and I'd get the occassional check so those prints ended up on clothing/upholstery fabric/curtains/you name it! We even did a cockfighting shirt! Mostly lots of Bali/Indo/and Oceanic influences on the woven shirts and trunks-Very fun,but getting it in repeat-especially ol'school hand-rendering can get old! I'd love to do a total crazy tiki floral on cotton or barkcloth and print it wet on wet so it gets that nice soft fade!
Speaking of prints,Mambo,down near your neck of the woods,puts out some insane prints,always pushing the right buttons!If you ever hear of them needing an artist-give them all my info! Cheers!