About Myself

"I have lived my life and this is my fun. I'm not chasing millions from screen printing - yes, I want to sell and make some money, but what matters most is building this thing, enjoying the journey of learning, using my hands, being creative, and watching the progress unfold. This is my invitation for you to come along on this journey with me."

The Screen Printing Setup

• Getting the press: I found this 4-color manual screen printing press and figured out how to set it up in my workspace. I'm learning how every arm, squeegee, and registration system works, one YouTube video at a time. It's trial and error, and I'm sharing what I learn as I go.

• Wide format printer hunt: Spent weeks researching printers that could handle large format separations for burning screens. Turns out it's not as straightforward as I thought - but that's part of the journey, figuring things out.

• Facebook Marketplace adventures: Scored this free table that became my work surface. I keep hunting for free lights, screens, flash dryers, whatever I can find. Part of the adventure is the hunt itself .

The Learning Process

• Building my own separation software: I'm spending hours coding Python scripts with Claude's help to break my jazz and art designs into printable color layers. The programming challenges me as much as the physical printing.

• Copyright deep-dive: Learning what I can and can't use, understanding fair use and public domain. I'm researching this stuff so I can share what I discover.

• My YouTube education: I'm watching every screen printing tutorial I can find. Mesh counts, squeegee angles, ink temperatures - every mistake I make, will make me better, and more confident.

Creating the Content

• Research for every single post: Each TikTok starts with me digging for hours - reading about musicians, album details, historical context. I'm learning this stuff for a second time, all a part of the adventure.

• Turning research into stories: Taking what I'm learning and sharing it in a way that brings these musicians to life. Each post is me genuinely discovering something and wanting to tell you about it.

This Journey We're On

• Building everything from scratch: The software, the physical setup, the content - I'm doing this with my hands, step by step. Starting small with 6x8 prints on cardstock before moving to t-shirts. 

• Sharing what matters: This journey isn't about becoming some screen printing empire. It's about the satisfaction of creating something, learning new things at 70, and having you along for the ride. Every Facebook Marketplace find, every line of code, every historical detail I uncover - I'm sharing it because the process is what makes this worth doing.

Come along with me. Let's see where this takes us.