The YouTube channel is all about screen printing. Watch videos and learn about the entire process. When you go to CatspitProductions on YouTube, you will be able to see videos of the shirts available on EBay and you can see videos on how they were made!
Our Goal:
Catspit Productions is committed to providing relatively unbiased information about screen printing. The entire YouTube channel and the all of the website content are created by Jonathan Monaco in his spare time using easy to use online services. Jonathan does not know HTML nor is he an expert webmaster. Despite the limitations of our venue we are trying to give you the clearest and most comprehensive explanations of the textile screen printing process. It is also our wish to teach the differences between commercial printing and home based printing by showing you how Catspit Productions prints tee shirts commercially.
The designer shirts we produce here at Catspit Productions are showcased alongside our educational materials so that you may see the final results of much of the information we share here. Many are currently available on EBay. Please show your support for Catspit Productions by spreading the word about us.
It is our hope that you will find the information on our website and on YouTube useful in your business efforts. We also want home based screen printers to be able to easily understand the technical aspects of the process so that they may better adapt their home printing methods.
Ultimately we love to teach and share information. We want to become a valuable screen printing informational resource. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for website content, please feel free to contact us.
About The Catspit Name & Logo, A Personal Note From Jonathan: In December of 1989 I was just beginning college at Arizona State University. I had moved to Mesa from New York City to stay with my Mother and go to school. I was new to the area and had few friends. I spent much of my time working on my degree alone and I thought it would be nice to get a fury little friend.
I found a 6 week old all black female kitten in a local pet store in a 10 gallon fish tank with her brother. I took her home and named her Swan Song after the recording label of my favorite band. The name also has its own iconic meaning in literature.
Over the years we spent together I noticed how when I would pet her and give her love she would salivate excessively and shake her head like a dog throwing the spit everywhere. And I mean a lot of spit, all over the place. Yes, Catspit!
So when I came to form the business on paper, I named It Catspit Productions with the inspiration coming from my now adult cat Swan Song. That explains the name.
In May of 2008 my apartment burned down and Swan Song died from smoke inhalation. She was 18 years old. I was devastated. I had never thought of her not being around. About this time I was playing with logos for my business and I wanted it to be something meaningful. Since the business was already named with inspiration from Swan Song, I took the next logical step.
That is where the skull and cross bones come in. It is a tribute to the death of my longtime companion and friend, Swan Song. The two green swirls in the back are representative of the two electron orbits of the number two element, Helium which is the fuel for stars.
For me, being an amateur scientist, astronomer and physicist, the skull and bones with the two electron orbits of Helium represents life and death. It represents the life and death of Swan Song.
The logo is very personal to me and I understand that it is not agreeable to some but we live in an educated, sophisticated time and I would hope people understand that the bottom line is that it is just a logo. There isn’t any hidden message or secret meaning; just a design in memory of an old friend. Don’t worry; your shirts won't be delivered in a privateer either. Ahoy!
About Catspit Productions brand logo wear:
We are not selling an image or a lifestyle here. This is not a brand about scenes. There are no false hopes or grand promises and certainly no lecturing of any kind. We don’t claim to save the world and we don’t ask you to. Catspit Productions provides high quality, unique print wear at reasonable prices. The shirts you find here are not available anywhere else in the world. These tee shirts are 100% original hand drawn artwork printed by Arizona screen print artist Jon Monaco.