“I love simple black line art like traditional 1 color tattoo art. Sometimes a simple print that is done the right way on a nice garment looks best; very classic.”

I recently have been exploring the internet for educational information about screen printing and I found Jonathan Monaco of Catspit Productions, LLC I enjoyed his enthusiasm and obvious love of screen printing. He agreed to an interview to tell us a little about himself.

Jonathan how long have you been screen printing?
Screen printing has been in my family ever since I was born. My father has been involved in the sales of equipment and supplies for a very long time. As a result the act of screen printing has been a part of that as well, especially with the people around him. When they hear what he does for a living, they often ask how they can get started printing.

I printed my first tee shirts with my uncle in the basement of my home when I was only 11 years old. He built a wooden table top press and printed his own line drawings of animals in black ink on lighter colored shirts. I helped my brother while I was in high school to build a screen printing shop. He still runs his shop today in upstate New York. He taught me much of what I know about screen printing. The bottom line is I have been involved with screen printing for about 28 years. And textile screen printing is my forte. (more…)