The Thousands

Screen-printing tees ain’t easy. You gotta have top notch materials, you gotta know your way around the silk screens and squeegees, and you gotta keep your cool. It’s all about letting your qì flow. Slipping into the rhythm of production, letting the knowledge of the process permeate your joints and muscles, stirring the paint without spraying it, snipping the masking tape with a flourish and pulling the paint across the silk screen just so. Maybe it’s just clever editing and a natty soundtrack, but Tommasco Pascale – the brains behind I Have A Theme – has got paint tins full o’ qì.

‘Flight’ is the first theme in the cleverly named I Have A Theme series. The flock of artists includes a pick of the regulars – Lisa King, Matt Stuckey, Gary Seaman, Jason Ankles, Joel VDK, Owen Lindsay, Tristan Kerr, Twoone – and a sprinkling of new blood – Josh Searson, Jayson Fox, Beastman, Ryan Psaila and Naomi Murrell. Opening party at Magazine Gallery will have all the shebang – free beers, DJs, and thirteen limited edition hand-printed tees by each artist. Each tee comes bundled up in it’s own little carefully labelled silver tin.