The show starts today. The exhibit looks great and the Lon's seminars are packed. Be sure and come by and check out some of the "Show Specials" for this weekend only.
Finishing the Graphic Elephants Exhibit at the Printwear (NBM) Show in Long Beach. Don't miss the seminars and workshops Lon Winters will be presenting.
208. Creating Profitable Specialty Garments: Beyond Special Effects
You will learn to understand the process requirements necessary for specialty applications from art and design concepts, separation, screen making, color matching and on-press tips to really wow your customers with today’s high dollar fashion terms like water base, foil, discharge, high density, treatments, all over, mixed media and others.
Special effects leader and developer, Lon Winters takes the perceived complexity out of specialty garments and demonstrates how these effects can be used to increase your bottom line. Learn valuable techniques to add unique textures and dimension to your prints and offer these dynamic results to your customers. Add the hottest specialty applications including high density, clears and gels, discharge and water based, foil and bling, all over and over seams printing, multi-media and more to your current offerings and add sizzle to your sales. Today’s top designers and brands are mixing these applications to create that $80 to $120 retail garments. Find out the secrets to producing these hot retail trends without the brain damage. Specialty applications expert Winters will take you through techniques and applications you can offer to customers that will increase your bottom line.
About this Instructor
At the age of 21, Lon Winters was head of production for Ocean Pacific. He learned screen printing from the bottom up, starting his nearly 25 year career reclaiming screens. His companies have won more than 50 international, SGIA, industry publication and FESPA garment decorating … View Entire Profile
You will learn the basics of garment screen printing that will arm you with the tools, skills and knowledge to obtain the next level of intermediate and advanced techniques to wow your customers with your new technical expertise and add to your bottom line while you grow your successful business.
Take the guess work out from the beginning. You don’t have to learn the hard way. Let 25 year screen printing veteran, educator, award-winner and consultant, Lon Winters take your hand and help you make good decisions. Learn insiders’ perspective on quality equipment, materials and planning. Winters will share insight into choosing the correct techniques from separations, screen mesh selections and print orders to make your prints ready! Learn the secrets to printing on dynamic images on garments. This workshop will help you understand the principles of design and printing on garments. Tried and true print techniques will be covered to maximize quality and productivity.
About this Instructor
At the age of 21, Lon Winters was head of production for Ocean Pacific. He learned screen printing from the bottom up, starting his nearly 25 year career reclaiming screens. His companies have won more than 50 international, SGIA, industry publication and FESPA garment decorating … View Entire Profile
Lon Winters
At the age of 21, Lon Winters was head of production for Ocean Pacific. He learned screen printing from the bottom up, starting his nearly 25 year career reclaiming screens. His companies have won more than 50 international, SGIA, industry publication and FESPA garment decorating awards and honors, has served over 10 years as an honorary Golden Image judge, published numerous articles and columns, led a multitude of industry seminars and workshops, and consulted on projects large and small throughout the world. Winters is the president of Colorado-based Print This, Inc. / GraphicElephants.com, an international consulting firm and embellishing studio specializing in screen printing technical advances, plant design, layout, troubleshooting, productivity, quality analysis and complete garment-embellishing solutions.
