This event shirt project has been a long journey spanning over six months, involved many amazing people, and taught @Hempress and I many useful lessons about dyeing and printing on shirts the permanent, healthy, and most environmentally friendly ways possible. We seek to spread the wisdom we have acquired through these recent experiences to other tailors and seamstresses that dye fabric, to steer their methods towards eco-friendly ones that are also healthier for the human body. We want everyone to begin supporting manufacturers that adhere to fair trade practices and don't use excessive packaging. We want to influence people to wear organic, and eco-friendly dyed garments, and over all else, influence others to prioritize having at least a percentage of their wardrobe be second hand or up-cycled clothing. Using what we already have will reduce clothing waste and slow the pollution and resource consumption of manufacturing new clothing world wide.
With that in mind, we have created about 250 #Anarchapulco T-shirts using these methods, with eco-friendly water-based ink transfers of the winning designs from the Anarchapulco Design Contest, that uses no synthetic chemicals. Estimated attendance for the main conference this year is expected to be over 4000 people, so the modest 250 we are bringing will hopefully sell out easily, leaving room for a few internet sales when we return after we print a few more (best case scenario).
Not only are all of our shirts always 100% organic, natural, unbleached, and hand dyed/printed with eco-conscious methods, but all our shirts are also from W.R.A.P (Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production) certified fair trade facilities, and are of the highest possible quality for the shirt type. If cared for properly, the clothing we create should hold up through some harsh elements for years to come, and hold wonderful energy within them from all the love they have absorbed. Click here to read WRAP's 12 Principals for more detailed info about the fair trade certification.
Although I am still not yet officially releasing the image of the final front collaboration logo between @themonkeyzuelans & @EDXserverus (the 1st & 2nd place winners in the contest), there is a sneak peak low resolution version of it in the first image of this post, which is one of the "mock-up" images from the printer at Pacific North Press. The back design features the 3rd place design form that contest, which also reps the group @StateofAnarchy, which I am now a part of, and will be helping recording a music video for @AlaisClay and myself when we are in Acapulco next month. So much meaning, amazing symbolism , and beautiful energy are in these shirts.
We are also creating some stickers with our custom #Anarchapulco logo as well. We are making them small to reduce waste while keeping them tasteful, a very appropriate size for a laptop, notebook, or musical instrument. I will have the leftover @ELAmental stickers there also, along with #SteemSilverRound's, a Steem Silver Bar, silver Mexican currency, crystals, tektites, hand made jewelry, other herbal dyed organic female garments hand sewn by @Hempress, among a few other items that my brothers @KennysKitchen and @UOslavery have authored.
Thank you all for stopping in to check out the mock-ups and get caught up with updated info for this project. I will be using much of the info @Hempress and I have published on Steemit about this, to create a physical brochure to hand out with our products, that will hopefully inspire others to support clean dyeing and clothing manufacturing even further.
If you are interested in herbal dyeing, and low environmental impact tie dyeing on unbleached organic fabric, using little to no synthetic chemicals (the most environmentally friendly/healthy practices available) - here are some links to our other eco-conscious dying articles, explaining more of the processes, materials, dying styles, and winning contest designs that have been, and will be printed on shirts:
- VIDEO of the Oregon Tie Dye Extravaganza for Anarchapulco Shirts - Part 2 - Rinsing & Drying
- The Oregon Tie Dye Extravaganza for Anarchapulco Shirts - Part 1 (What We were Doing on Christmas) - Expansive
- Dying with Cannabis on Organic T-shirts for Anarchapulco
- Tribe Steem Up T-Shirts are Here & Ready to be Shipped to YOU!! - All Details Inside
- Tribe Steem Up All Natural T-Shirts UPDATE - Almost Complete - Project Details
- Dying Organic Fabric with Plants the Natural Way - NO CHEMICALS REQUIRED
- Dying on Organic Fabric with Cutch, Natural Mordant, & Natural Soda Ash: VIDEO OF PROCESS
- Plant Dyeing with Blackberries
- Plant Dyeing with Blackberry Leaves & Canes
- Anarchapulco Design Contest Winners & Idea Proposal
- Winner Announcement of the Tribe Steem Up Design Contest!!
- Hempress' Latest Dyebath: Before & After
- Copper Silver Gold Coincidental Connection
Do not forget that my debut conscious Hip-Hop album is completely free for download on Bandcamp and Soundcloud (click the links to go to my music on those platforms), or CLICK HERE for download instructions.
