Shirts

All shirts designed by Claire and Bill. Most are printed at Amazing Space with environmentally-friendly water-based textile inks; Claire’s full colour Bowron shirts were printed at a bigger shop. Many feature Cariboo, Wells and Barkerville motifs; prices vary according to the print, size & shirt style, and our inventories fluctuate. Visitors are always welcome to drop in to try one on!

“hello” and “welcome” in nearly 50 languages.

Designed and printed in summer 2018: “Wells Forget-me-not“. The Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis) is the official flower of Wells! Green stems and lettering with blue and yellow water based inks.

Light pink

: Azalea

: White

“Wellsian Fields” – two variations: a gold sun backdrop with a light-light-green to light-green blend on bright and dark shirt colours; gold with an indigo to violet blend on light shirts.

Purple

: Azalea

: Light pink

: Heather fuschia

: Iris

: Heather Purple

: Black

: Sport grey

: Claire & Chelan at ArtsWells

Other shirts:

: “Paddling is Believing” – Claire’s full colour Bowron Lakes shirt.

: Closeup of Claire’s full colour Bowron Lakes shirt. (also available as a giclée print)

: Claire’s Bowron Lakes line drawing, available at Jack O’ Clubs General.

: Blowing smoke.

: Barkerville malapropisms.

: “Cariboo Herstory” shirt design. (sold out)

: “Cariboo History” shirt design.

: Textile dye on 100% cotton makes a soft print.

: Billy Barker shirt printed with gold ink. (sold out)

: Available at the Sunset Theatre.

: “Wells – hardrock at heart” shirts (fronts). (sold out)

: Shirt design on indigo cotton, based on the original Wells Ski Club patches of the 1930s.

: Peace River Solidarity; #honourthetreaties #keepthepeace (sold out)

: Bill’s Stake in the Peace shirts. (sold out)

: Cree language fundraising shirt for resistance to BC Hydro’s proposed Site C dam in Treaty 8 territory. (sold out)

: Dane-zaa language fundraising shirt for resistance to BC Hydro’s proposed Site C dam in Treaty 8 territory. (sold out)

: “Wells Angels” shirt design by Claire. (available at BNC Mercantile)

: Front of “Unite for Survival” reprint of poster designed by Phil Vernon. Textile dye gradient on unbleached cotton.

: Back of “Unite for Survival” shirt with Ad Hoc band’s gig list.

: Sleeve print for “Unite for Survival” reprint shirt .

: Long time Ad Hoc band member Alan Zisman sports a Unite for Survival shirt.

: Closeup of textile dye on unbleached cotton shows the ink penetration into the fabric which makes this kind of shirt far softer than ones printed with standard, heavier plastisol inks.