IdleBeats got invited to live screen-print for Volcom at SOURCE's fashion show at Central Studio(Shanghai) last Friday night. We were very happy to be part of the show cause the party's fun and the crowd's really cool as well.

Two artwork creations for the live printing with Volcom's logos blended together, originally illustrated by Nini Sum:


Icecubes


Seagull


A video of the night.


Nini and Gregor are working hard.






Rockbilly band Angry Jerks from Nanjing playing on the runway.

The 'fruits' of our labor!

Feel free to Contact Us for live screen-printing service, definitely a cool way to make your event one to remember!

Check out the posters(originally designed by Zeke Clough) we printed recently for Shackleton's gig at The Shelter (Shanghai) this Saturday, we are so exicited to work with Sub-Culture creating such well-designed and high quality posters, hand-pulled gig poster art finally arrives in Shanghai!









Let's see what SmartShanghai says as well:

"Aces of bass, Sub-Culture have a big show on their hands this Saturday when they welcome in Skull Disco co-founder, and one of dubstep's most original voices, Shackleton in to Shanghai for his first show ever at The Shelter. It's going to be a huge deal, and they're doing it right, bringing in extra speakers and sub-woofers for this thing. It's the biggest one they've done so far -- it's excessive. I think they're just trying to show that they haven’t gone soft.

Every month, the Sub-Culture crew is inviting locally-based and international artists and graphic designers to design their event posters, and in collaboration with Nini Sum and IdleBeats, they're silk screening them up and making them available for purchase on the night. It's a really great idea -- hand-done, silk-screened images by unique graphic designers that you can buy for cheap, go get framed, and use to spruce up your living room. We've got some pictures of Idle Beats silk screening these Shackelton posters. Scroll all the way down for those.

For their first go with the concept, they've got artwork from Zeke Clough, a UK-based artist who designed all the sleeves for all the Skull Disco releases. His own distinctive style has been incorporated as "the look" of Skull Disco these past few years, but he's also done stuff for Mordant Music and Warp Records. Last but not least, his art work has also been featured in Wire, which we all know, is the Greatest Music Magazine in the World.

Speaking as someone with absolutely no real background in illustration (I checked out of comics sometime during the Bronze Age), I would describe Clough's style as The Misfits reading Zap Comics whilst high on hot knives. Possibly also listening to Cannibal Corpse. Maybe a documentary on Norwegian Black Metal is on in the background. Check out Zeke Clough on the web right here, and don't forget to check out his comic strips."

See below for the printing process, thanks much to Gregor for the help!







5 of the 33 are available to purchase via our online store, you can also pick one up at "Sub-Culture pres. Shackleton" this Saturday @ The Shelter. Support is from the Sub-Culture crew. Cover is only 50rmb.

NeochaEDGE x IdleBeats Screen Printing Workshop last Saturday was really fun. Thanks everyone for coming, hope you all enjoyed your very-own hand-printed mini prints. :)


Nini and Sean explaining screen printing process.



Nini showing the hand movements.


Xiaolonghua preparing his screen.


One of everyone's favorites - Smooth Ride (limited Edition size:49)


Start pulling!


Sharing beer and printing experience.


Sandy explaining the magic behind the screens.




Sneak peak of our new release "Universal Girl"






Seagull looks handsome in the frame.


Another newly released Tshirt - "David Lynch"

Also thanks to:
NeochaEDGE for co-organizing and their great studio space, Split Works for hosting JUE music&art; festival, Flying Turtle Coffee for beverage sponsoring, Maxime(Ekohe) for taking excellent pictures above, and Nini Sum, Xiaolonghua, Sandy Ley for contributing their original designs to exposure into screens. Let's all look forward to the next one!

First ever NeochaEDGE x IDLE BEATS Screen Printing Workshop in Shanghai!



We are so excited to announce this (maybe) First Ever live screen printing workshop in Shanghai! Under JUE festival, held by NeochaEDGE and IdleBeats.

Intro:
In this high-tech, digital age, we could all use a low-tech, analog way to express our creativity. Come to Neocha's studio on March 13 to learn the basics of screen printing from Nini Sum, founder of IDLE BEATS, a screen printing studio that creates original, handmade prints & t-shirts in limited editions. In this free, introductory workshop, you will learn about the history of screen printing, the process from start to finish as well as how to produce your own designs for print or T-shirts.

Time:
Mar 13th 2010 15:00-17:00

Venue:
Neocha Studio

Please RSVP to [email protected] to sign up for the workshop as spaces are limited, look forward to seeing you there!

Finally put the 2nd layer on of the David Lynch print, now it's AVAILABLE!








Also printed the 1/99 CCTV tree T-shirt for our lovely customer Amanda who dropped by at the studio last weekend. Thank you Amanda!