[swinglish]

swinglish, her artwork is very good. Chat her up! :-)

Rudie, something like this? It's not easy to find the right red. It has to be different enough from the first version methinks.

I much prefer the red / blue / cream version above. Winner for me.

Unkraut, yeah, I think she's really got something going on. I'll contact her and see what she thinks.

What kind of quantities would be made? How large a run?

What would be the proposed selling price per bandana?

[SJC]

The red does look good, but the gold is meant to be metallic, I'll submit both, plus the black Hard Luck, to the silk factory and see what I can do on price and mins.  I think it was 50 pieces minimum, if I remember correctly.

[Edward]

Guest artists- Great idea Edward!
That would make each iteration collectible as each would be different.

Yes, that would be the idea.

Another one I thought of was Vince Ray - www.vinceray.com

 - http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/VinceRay/view

He's done a lot of t-shirts, jacket-designs, record sleeves and so on for all sorts of labels over the years. He even did this t-shirt for one of the burlesque girls I know:



Missy sells 'em herself as her own merchandising, so I don't think he's only interested in doing work for huge production runs...

He also has his own psychobilly band:

http://www.vincerayandtheboneshakers.com/

...so there could be the possibility to get him up and seen in your stuff too.... I met him once years ago at www.londonedge.com  - which could also be a good place to liase with potential stockists outside vintage world - a lot of SJC - denims, belts, accessories, the more rockabilly stuff - could sell well to the psychobilly / alt crowd that this show's punters deal to...

Yeah, great idea. I certainly wouldn't mind. I know a guy in austria who make great Hot Rod and "Rat Fink" inspired Artworks. Don't know how much others ask for a deisgn though. I did a lot of work for the sake of getting cool clothes so... ;-)

Could be cool to get in a range of artists, both perhaps known names if we can get 'em and people we know are great, give them the exposure too... Create a collectable series of wearable artworks that won't break the bank....

There's a young tattoo artist in Birmingham I vaguely know, her work is in the haunted folk art style that seems quite hot right now. I really like what she does, I can find out if she'd be up for a collaboration: -

I love these - just the right side of what I'd wear (I tend to draw the line at ouija and tarot myself - ymmv). These have that creepy air without going overboard - very much the sort of thing I can imagine being lost folk art that was refound in the late forties and inspired a new generation of this sort of thing...

Another couple of themes I think we could have fun with would be Egyptology, and Native Americans. Cowboy stuff could be coll - maybe a pairing of a cowboy one with a more 'Indian' type. Pirates would be fun as well - the obvious skull and bones themes, treasuremap, parrots, sexy lady pirates...

swinglish, her artwork is very good. Chat her up! :-)


Rudie, something like this? It's not easy to find the right red. It has to be different enough from the first version methinks.

Here's a thought...

Simon, of the three you're putting forward, it seems two - this one, above, and the black Hard Luck, are basically reverse versions of the two designs that went out with the first run. Assuming the samples are good, I'd suggest these two be the next pairing to launch, and branding them as 'Reverse Hard Luck' and 'Reverse Sailor's Dream'. For me, they're different enough than the originals that I'll still buy, but overall, and for someone who missed the others, they're still close enough that it won't be a case of the colours being an issue. Later on, do another run where they are both in a green theme, or a purple, with a couple of newer designs - cowboys and indians, or sailors and pirates or whatever, beside them. If what you want to do now is a quick run using pre-existing artwork in different colours, the 'reverse' theme is a logical option that is consistent across the range of both bandanas, as it were...

[SJC]

Yep, good point Edward, that's what we'll do.  And in the meantime cook up another design.

[swinglish]

OK, I've spoken with Elle the tattoo artist and she's in!

Simon / Unkraut, how would you like to proceed?

[Spritle]

Wow!!!!!
Rock On!
(Hawaiian shirt )

[SJC]

Summer is here 



Sailor's Dream Blue and Red


Sailors Dream Gold and Blue










Thoughts?  What do you like?  I'll put em up soon. 

[Edward]

Those both look great. I think the red has a very definite edge over the gold, though I'd consider both.

How's the reverse Hard Luck coming?

[Sean Longden]

I think the yellow has the edge.

[RockinByrdie]

Love them both, but since I already have the regular Sailors Dream, I would go for the gold, for the change in color scheme.

[Unkraut]

Lets have a look at the black hard luck bandana then. Even if it's not summery enough. It might be good to have very different styles at the same time.

[SJC]

I'll grab a snap tomorrow.

[Ninel]

Sounds fair enough.

I hope this tutorial will help how to tie a bandana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNI7CRSo-NA

[Edward]

Can't find the other thread,but for now lest I forget....

Is it only me fancies the idea of an ivory bandana with a detail of one of the panels from the Rorschach test?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_test

(FWIW, the DC Comics property Watchmen isn't able to control this, as long as we were to stick to the original Rorschach test patterns and not use any of its TMs...).

[SJC]

New Neckerchiefs ordered should be with us in about ten days.