NEW! Weird Nazareth T-Shirt on Maker Diaries

It’s time for arts and crafts. If you hop over to the Maker Diaries you can find out how to make a Weird Nazareth T-shirt. We will be having some contests in the near future and these shirts will be part of the prizes. So stay tuned. It is pretty easy to make a swell silk-screened shirt with a little more than household objects and junk lying around. In fact, you’ll never have to leave the comfort of Nazareth in order to do this. The tools and materials list has everything that you need. You can buy silk screening supplies at online art supply places. Or you can try "doing it the ghetto way" (as they say south of Prospect Street) with items that you probably already have lying around the house. The big exception would be the photo emulsion kit, which can be obtained from an online art supply place or on eBay. It is not too expensive and it is an absolute must if you want to get a nice detailed design on your shirt.

Note: The instructable will show you how to make a Weirdnazareth.com shirt. If you wanted to make a News Over Coffee shirt or a Cockeyed.com shirt you are wasting your time here.

The basic principle here is that you're going to coat a mesh screen with some photosensitive goo, apply an opaque template, and expose the screen under light. The light will harden the exposed areas and leave the areas under the template soft and water soluble. Once the water-soluble stuff is washed away there will be what amounts to a very detailed stencil that you can use to print on paper, fabric, whatever.

So grab your smock and CLICK HERE to get started.

WeirdNazareth presents: MAKER DIARIES !

There really aren't enough blogs and websites on the internet. So we thought we'd create a new one. In the interest of highlighting the creative, mechanical, and industrial types in the Lehigh Valley we have created a branch of WeirdNazareth.com called Maker Diaries. On the Maker Diaries you'll (hopefully) find all kinds of how-to's, DIY projects, and photos of projects that people in the area, and beyond, have created. These may be things like, snowmen, art pieces, remodeling & home improvement projects, soapbox derby cars, novel methods of doing everyday tasks... basically anything.

Maker Diaries site is located HERE.

The site is intended to be interactive and reader driven. So if you have something that you'd be interested in showcasing please send us an e-mail. It can be as mundane as a step-by-step for sharpening lawn mower blades or as grandiose as making an ice sculpture. There are no rules. We want to see what you made and hear about how you did it.

We've posted a few of our own to get things started. But we want you to start sending us your ideas and projects.

What we're looking for:

1) Photos are key. At minimum, we want to see photos of your finished project. But we'd also like to see in-process photos and pictures that you've used for inspiration.

2) A little narrative would be nice. We're not expecting a 1500 word step-by-step how-to article (although that would be awesome if you have it). But we'd like to get an idea of how you completed your project, why you did it, what reaction you've got from it, etc.

3) No subject is too trivial. Lots of people don't know how to do simple, common things that you may take for granted. So why not transfer some knowledge. If you can help other people complete a task or attempt something they wouldn't normally attempt then it's a good thing.