Shirts

Hi everyone and welcome on my small design-den called “REYKJAVIK” in Germany. I’m creating all my designs and stencils here to paint shirts with tiny paws.  Each shirt is an original due to its brushstrokes and also due to its colorpatters and the usage of special colors like metallic, colorshifts, neon and also some that glows in the dark as well.

Made with tiny paws

The Technique im using is similar to the classic screen-printing but different. I don’t use a sieve – just the stencil I’m producing and this doesnt just give me the freedom of different sizes and positions, but also a higher variation in the use of color. Such as spray effects, fadings, brushstrokes or special mixed colors which doesn’t work with a sieve. Of course, these techniques can be combined many ways – this multiplies the possibilities and the individuality of each work of art. This makes every piece unique. And this all its made with tiny paws.

Made with tiny paws

The Technique im using is similar to the classic screen-printing but different. I don’t use a sieve – just the stencil I’m producing and this doesnt just give me the freedom of different sizes and positions, but also a higher variation in the use of color. Such as spray effects, fadings, brushstrokes or special mixed colors which doesn’t work with a sieve. Of course, these techniques can be combined many ways – this multiplies the possibilities and the individuality of each work of art. This makes every piece unique. And this all its made with tiny paws.

kitzunami
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KITZUNAMI
FOX WAVES
Arctic glow
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ARCTIC
FULL GLOW
REYKJAVIK NEON
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REYKJAVIK NEON
Arctic Yacht Club
Available soon
howling-moon
ARCTIC fox
wolf
ARCTIC fox
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WOLF
Portrait of the wolf - sprayed
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ARCTIC fox
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WOLF
DEATH WOLF
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Nothing (“No-Ink”) but vivid colors

Iam using paint – not ink!  And thats already the difference. Paint has way a higher densety of pigmentation – and it can also contain special pigments like metalic, colorshift or special ones such as fluorescent and phosphorescent pigments in a combination to increase the vivitation. This allows me to paint directly on the fabric. No white base layer, no preparation or other tricks are needed. Only the pure color on the fabric can unleash the full potential of vibrancy and let it become alive. This turns a simple textile into a play of colors that can only be found in nature.

Nothing but vivid colors!

But will it … glow?

The simple answer is YES. and the next answer is:  YES it glows in different colors too!

After more than a year of experimenting and testing, now I can say I have found a solid combination to mix a color that produces an afterglow. (After it was exposed to visible or UV-light) But not just that – I also work now fluorescent too, which are usually to thin to paint directly on dark materials. But as a fox, I have found a workaround and solved this issue. Aside the standard colors, there is a afterglow-white and now afterglow-neon in pink, red, yellow, green and blue available.

 

Made to wear, made to enjoy

With great colors comes great durability? To be honest, nothing last forever. No fabric and no paint will remain forever. The paint is made to last and to give you many many many times a smile on your face when you use it. Some of the pieces I own are washed more than 20 times and the colors are still there and still vivid. They wont fade awy, but they can break away. The abillity of cutton and other fabrics to move and fold is higher than any paint can be. And this mechanical wornout can’t be stopped. But the big difference is: it sticks harder in the fabric and the paint will last longer than usual prints. It needs more nechanical power to get it out of the fabric.

Grab it, wear it, enjoy it, wash it and repeat

The colors can’t fade away itself – it can just loose material on the fabric which gives the whole piece a light vintage look. But because it sticks deep into the fabric and inbetween all the fibers that hold everything together, the procress of getting “vintage” is a very slow procress that can be increased when disregarding the instructions. Such as higher temperatures, tumble dry, chemical cleaning or steam.

YES, you can and you should (No one should run around musky). The color is made for fabrics and last many many many washings as long you wash it at or below 30°c / 80°f and avoid to torture the artwork with a tumble dryer. Some of the clothes I have been washed more than 20 times and it still looks almost as good as new.

Small tip: graphic in general shirts last longer if you use the short-wash-program and stay below 1.000 RPM. Believe it or not: the short-programm saves time, energy, water and shirts you have to buy.

The tumble dryer ist a NO NO ZONE! Please don’t torture the artwork in a tumble dryer. Let it dry with just air!

On your own risk. But turn it inside out first and iron it carefully without steam.

I do not recomment to use the artwork as food.

Yes of course it is customizable! Its also possible to use both sides or printing on the side of the shirt too. Since im not using an sieve to print, I don’t have the same limitations. The mechanical maximum is 59x29cm but it can be extended if needed.

Yes of course you can upload your own design. But keep in mind that the technique I am using is based on a stencil. Which means that your Idea has to fit or needs to be fitted to this, which can causing some time and extra workload. Feel free to hit me with your idea and I’m sure that we will find a solution.

The maximum size for one piece is 29x59cm – technically, but that can be extended.

No. The paint is made for cotton with max 10% of streacheble fabrics too. But I have experience that a different paint can be put on non-cotton-fabrics. Such as Ortlieb bikebags for example.

Yes, it is possible to have multiple designs on one shirt. (front, back, sides, arms, neck.

No. because it is painted and not made by a machine. Every shirt, even the design is the same, will look different. That is because of the paintbrush I use and that makes every single shirt unique. Like a twin. It looks the same, but it is different in detail.

Unlike normal prints who has the paint on the fabric, this is gotten into the fabric – deep enough that it shows on inside of the shirt. With this, it lasts way. With this, it last way longer than normal prints as long you wash it at or below 30°c / 80°f and avoid to tortue the artwork with a tumble dryer.

Small tip: graphic shirts in general last longer if you use the short-wash-program and stay belor 1.000 RPM

The colors I am using are special made for fabrics. It also has one of the highest pigmentation which allows me to use any color directly on any other color of the fabric without creating a white base-layer. Like white paint on a black shirt.

The colors are not harmful – of yourse you shouldn’t eat or vore the artwork! (In case you are not you because you getting hungry, eat a snickers or some other snack! )

The glow-color is not radioactive. The pigmets are phosphorescent and the afterglow can last from a few seconds to several hours after the end of exposure to light. The intensity of each afterglow will get lower until the special pigments recive new light. This charge and decharge process last longer than the paint itself. The biggest brightnes can be reached with UV light.

Yes, of course. You can choose your favorite colors if you want – there almost no limitations for it.

I have the basic colors like white, black, red, orange, yellow, blue, pink, green and also special colors like glow (uv active), gold and silver. Aside from glow, gold and silver, all colors can be mixed to create new colors.

Yes, the paint can and will age. The more often you use it the more you can see that it gets older. But unlike normal digital printings, It only gets small cracks – this is a normal process because the fabric is flexible and the paint doesn’t have the same flexibility. But since it is worked in to the fabric, it can last as long as the fabric.

But dont you worry – with the “aging” it will slowly get a kind of vintage-look. Wich means it will look different from time to time, but the colors wont fade away like a Print on the fabric you get on Spreadshirt, Redbubble, etc.

No, the color itself can’t fade away, because it is paint and not ink. It has to be removed from the fabric to get a similar effect.

Becasue every shirt is individual made on request and this is a very small sidebusines, I can not refund the commission. But in case there are some issues, please hit me up.

I’m doing this aside my main-job. Depending on the workload and complexity of the commissions it needs some time to be finished. In addition, arctic foxes are small mammals. I work alone, have tiny paws and often have to use a small ladder to get to tools or materials – which slows down the procress too.

Yerf! :3