Versa Studio Sign Maker: T-Shirt Creator

 

Roland - Versa Studio Sign Maker BN-20

As we've previously mentioned on this blog - when detailing our DPE projects for our senior students - show what was possible with the Laser Cutter to create a desk storage organiser or a chest storage box.

As part of those rotations we also have an opportunity to use the Roland - Versa Studio Sign Maker BN-20.   This is the machine used by our students to create stickers, to create labels for the sports bottles or was used extensively during our school market day to produce labels for various businesses.

Using GIMP the students designed a personalised sticker about themselves.   This was then applied with a hot press onto a t-shirt producing a personalised t-shirt.

The students designed their individualised shirt with a level of individuality that would allow them to develop their design skills further.

The close up of the centre of the design can be seen left.   There is a main character, and outside of that there is a circle.  Contained within the circle are some individualised items - a chefs hat (cooking), a plant (gardening), broadway sign (musicals), pot (kapa-haka), books (library, microphone (singing) and the emblem of the swimming club.

The t-shirt is able to be worn as a regular item and able to be washed as a normal item.

The process was completed over several days with some focussed on the design and shape.   An adult was responsible for using the hot press to attach the sticker to the t-shirt.