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Club Rider DIY Workshop #1: Screenprinting

RIDERS: Amy, Anne, Belle, Cassandra, Diana, Fatima, Leena, Sabah, Vittoria, Zey and Me

PROJECT: Screen-printed Canvas Tote Bags with our Club Rider DIY logo (aka our official crew bag that we take to all our meetings and events! ha)

LOCATION: Workshop
SUPPLIES: Your own tote bag if preferred, records or an ipod playlist to jam out to, BYOB(or wine), and ANYTHING else you would like to screenprint! (ie. vintage, bags, moleskin journals, tees, undies, etc)  Workshop was stocked the place with rad papers, so we can even make stationary, cards, art and wood cut panels as well.

The location? The fabulous Workshop, SF's first DIY Workshop! My inspiration to start Club Rider DIY actually came from Workshop, this new DIY creative haven in the NOPA headhaunched by DIY Master Malone. Master Malone better known as the lovely Kelly, is the founder of Indie Mart aka this rock star craft party that usually happens about 6 times a year where local designers sell their cool shit.

Anyways, the girls have been recently taking classes at Workshop [like my first sewing class EVER and Heavy Metal Aerobics aka yes I'd MUCH rather do amazing workout moves to Judas Priest than weird house music at a gym anyday!], and when I hit up Kelly to tell her about our new club we thought it be perfect to host a few of the first ones at her spot. 

And so, fresh off the inspiration flea market t(r)ip took place our first DIY Project: creative mediation otherwise known as Screenprinting. We were all screenprint newbies but once we got into it the ideas and hours just passed and passed.

Amy's about to be a new aunty so she brought in a bunch of onesies and bibs

"Anne Hands" made about 50 beautifully perfect things not including like 20 valentines cards (of course)

Please note these were 2 seperate prints she put together on a really cute dress

Here are some of the gems i made: rider diy tote bag. my "cant leave home without it" moleskine. and some chonies. jus sayin....

The options in Screenprinting are endless. I think I enjoy screenprinting little things like journals and rad stationary. Speaking of rad stationary I found this screenprint designer from Buenos Aires: Morris & Essex (Click on the photo for her Etsy Shop)

And if you live in SF and want to take a newbie Screenprinting class check out the next one at Workshop!