DIYthing

Do you ever wonder about the process of printing? Printing has always facinated me - the smell of the ink - the touch of the paper - the old handcarved print blocks. There are a few people who still take pride in hand carving each block for print. A shop by the name of “Tugboat Printshop” in Pittsburgh and owned by Paul Roden & Valerie Lueth still hand carve each print block.

Visit them at:
www.tugboatprintshop.com
www.tugboatprintshop.blogspot.com
www.tugboatprintshop.etsy.com
www.flickr.com/photos/tugboatprintshop

jeansweddingdressback300, originally uploaded by St Vincent de Paul Society SF.

OutsaPop posted this wedding dress today over on DIY City community - The denim wedding dress was made for “Discarded to Divine” -Discarded to Divine is a recycled clothing design competition hosted annually by this charity organization. Recycled Fashions - Renewed Lives -Donated clothes transformed into one-of-a-kind couture creations, auctioned to benefit the poor and homeless.

Who is OutsaPop you might wonder - “I´m a crafty fashionaddicted girl from Espoo, Finland. I´ve studied clothes making for four years and graduated in 2000. My studies included pattern making, sewing, fabric printing, fashion drawing, ect. Nowadays I´m most into customizing clothes for myself and making my trashion inspiration books. The future of fashion is in sustainability. Repair, reuse, recycle.”

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