The profound world of regular T-shirts 2.

Izmt: . The first one is this. I thought it meant chestnuts, but in fact, chestnuts are called chestnuts in English. I looked it up, and it seems to be a slang word meaning "stupid guy" (laughs).

Hatanaka: That's pretty straightforward.

Izmt: Maybe it was something of the nature that after wearing it at an event or gathering, he would throw it away. The point is that it is made by someone who is critical of him , but you wear it. . ...... means that the face of someone you dislike is always sitting on your chest. It would be ...... torture to have to wear a print of someone you dislike and be with them at all hours of the day.

Nakano: That's a deep read (laughs).

Hatanaka: So you are seriously designing and building this thing.

Izmt: . If it were Che Guevara, I would understand. . I think it is similar to Nakano's grandson.

Nakano: Bush is so disliked that there are a lot of T-shirts with negative messages like this printed on them , right? Conversely, in the case of former President Obama, there are many T-shirts with positive messages.

Hatanaka: What about former President Trump?

Nakano: I knew there were a lot of negative messages (laughs).

Izmt: By the way, I noticed when I was taking the picture, it was even more interesting when I distorted it when I put it on ...... .

Hatanaka: (Laughs). That feeling of playing with bills. I'm surprised you noticed that. ...... (laughs)

Nakano: This is the one that will definitely sell!

Hatanaka: It's Andy Warhol, and the print on the front is "Super Star" . Definitely a good one.

Izmt: This would have been better if the size was XL. ......

Nakano: I know this museum is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , right? Maybe the design hasn't changed as much as it did and they still sell these.

Izmt: The next motif is Niagara Falls, and the reason why I chose it is simple. I chose this one because I love Eiichi Otaki. But that's all there is to it... May I take a look at the license part for a moment?

Hatanaka: It's labeled "Southern Silkscreen Ink," but if you look closely at ......, isn't that an amazing print technique?

Izmt: Yes . . and it's dot-decomposed, and if you look closely, it's full of fine colors.

Hatanaka: You have a great sense of expressing purple, pink, blue and water.

Izmt: Although the image is broken down into CMYK, I feel that the CMYK colors are not used. I guess the exquisite colors were created by daring to use different colors. The gradation is also broken down into dots.

Nakano: This is from 1987, right? In the 80's and 90's, every print company tended to show off their technological prowess like this.

Izmt: And yet, the point is that it's a little bit sweet. I like this hard-working feeling.

Hatanaka: I wonder what it is. . This somehow drifting Eiichi Otaki feeling.

Izmt: . This is another series of T-shirts with amazing printing technology. This is a T-shirt of "Delta Air Lines" and it is called "Ring Print" with a special feature of decomposition. It is called "ring" because the print goes around the body in a circle. It is amazing that this technique, which is very difficult to design on an existing body, is done with a different pattern on both sides. The motif of the print is probably the name of the country where the route is located and an illustration based on it. Fuji and the torii gate are Japanese.

Hatanaka: It's true! This is interesting. Is it my imagination that it looks slightly blotchy?

Izmt: Don't think the prints must be off. If they were perfectly aligned, they wouldn't look like this. . but the nature of ring prints is such that this is probably the limit.

Hatanaka: Nakano, you also said that "misprinting" is also a part of your "misprinting".

Nakano: No, no, no, this one is on a much higher level. Usually, there is a zebra motif or one or two plates, but this one is multicolored.

Hatanaka: . By the way, there is no printing company in Japan that can do the same thing. The maximum width is usually 40 cm, and I don't think there is any company that can print more than that.

Nakano: The cracks on the sides are also very close to the edge of the print. The print is usually worn out due to lack of ink, but this one is very beautiful and well done. This is another work from the "silkscreenedaya period" of the 80's and 90's.

Hatanaka: What a do-ya period (laughs). At any rate, it means that the print is cute.

Nakano: Finally, it's the last one.

Izmt: At first glance, it looks like a simple printed T-shirt, doesn't it? But actually, the base part of the person is a die-cut print. . Only the jacket and the text part are printed with a little rubber print. Normally, you would say, "Why not use rubber for the face, too? but it is not.

Nakano: You've come up with another awesome one. Who is this guy, by the way?

Izmt: No, I don't know him at all either (laughs). He seems to be a singer.

Hatanaka: Amy Grant, huh, ...... I may or may not have heard of her.

Nakano: This is a stencil print, but the way the colors are removed is very innovative. Mosquito Head," which is famous for its vintage clothing, once removes the colors down to white before printing, but the idea of bleaching the dots to create the design without removing the colors is truly amazing!

Hatanaka: What , what does that mean?

Izmt: When you use bleach, you have to wash it , right? If you don't, the color won't come out, but as a result, the plate will shift. But in this case, I think they used a bleaching solution that does not require washing. But still, the print is even on the sleeve part. ...... I was wondering how they did it.

Nakano: This can never be copied. You don't see this even in current products, and it is an innovative way of doing a T-shirt printed with a stencil dyeing technique. Moreover, this was mass-produced and sold, wasn't it?

Hatanaka: Then there would be individual differences in quality. . if you're so inclined, I'd like to see you find another one. I'd like to compare them with that.