Ryan McFarland

I’m also really into craft. In fact, back in the early 90’s when i was Northeast Region Chief of the Order of the Arrow “craft” was one of my buzzwords when we were planning one of the national conferences. I would say it very nasally.

This is a closeup of a banner on the outside of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery. The full banner says “American Craft” and is hanging vertically on the outside of the brick building. Sadly, when i went back today to go take a look at the exhibit the outside banner had been changed.

My projects on DIYlife have become a regular column called Recrafted. Looks like i need to get my last name straightened out! I have lots of ideas for projects and now have the incentive to keep cracking at them!

On Sunday i cut out some letters to stamp Lux Boutique t-shirts. I used most of my $50 Michaels gift card to buy 12 blank t-shirts of different colors while in Anchorage.  I used the t-shirt printing press method Kevin Dean and i worked on to make them and the enamel paint we tested.  Using the EVA foam is quite easy and very forgiving in making the letters.  You just need to keep in mind that everything will be backwards so it is important to make sure the smooth side will be taking the paint (although the texture might look cool for something).  The shirt definitely has some irregularity to it — both on the edges of the text and in the actual paint.  I really like the uniqueness.  No two will look the same.  I plan on hand painting the word “boutique” below.  All of the shirts are men’s styling though so i really need to get Zoom Bikes shirt designed.