Terry's T-Shirt History, AKA:"ART4MONEY"

More art from
TERRY D. JELCICK
I've created designs for T-shirts since 1970. My first was a crossed up motocross rider. The screen was hand made, from the design painted onto the screen in an indirect or, "reverse" method, to the hand stretched screen.

From the simplistic logo design to the vast array of designs of local surf spots, I am quite proud of creating LOCAL JUICE.

LOCAL JUICE was extremely active and successful in the early eighties. My design for custom-made shirt racks, could clearly display a half dozen designs and carry more than six dozen shirts on a rack, all of which took up less than two square feet of floor space. The shirts were sold in most surfshops around the county, including O'Neills, Hauts and Arrow. Picking the right business partner for this venture however, was most important. Unfortunately, I was not as wise twenty years ago as I am now. I was quick to accept the offer to back my enterprise. I discoved the questionable source of my partners "investment capital" only after the "Juice" business had reached full swing. After being threatened with being "removed" from the business should my "partner" so desire and, fearing everything I gained would end up as property of the Federal Government, I ended up borrowing money from every family member that I could, buying out my "partner", and folding operations. Local Juice came to an abrubt halt. I sold the racks, shirts and decals I had in stock and just walked away from what I'd worked so hard to bring to life.
"Juice" however, after more than a two decade hiatus, is about to make its comeback. A rising of the Pheonix, so to speak. The copyrights are in place, new designs on the drawing board, but the Trademark of "LOCAL JUICE" had to be secured before bringing it back up to full throttle. Juice is soon to be on the racks in your favorite surf and beach apparel shop once again, as well as available on the internet at www.localjuice.com. The only thing lacking is the capital. Ahhh! But remember, I'm wiser now. I hope.

Unfortunately this "JUICE" site is temporarily out of service However! If you'd like to buy a shirt with my art on it click here LOCAL JUICE SHIRTS or on the LOCAL JUICE logo.

Super Typhoon Pamela had sustained gusts of over 190 miles an hour. It sent my neighbors roof crashing at my back door and turned coconut trees inside out.
Despite what the article in the local paper said, the design for typhoon pamela was born during the typhoon as I (with back to camera holding shirt up) sat in a papasan chair in my livingroom, alone, watching the louvers in my windows bend with gusts and snap back with a resounding clank as the rain was forced through every crack, under every door and window.
When the storm was over I created a silkscreen of the design and began printing shirts in my kitchen, drying them in the hot sun on fishing line strung back and forth in my back yard.
As with my other ventures, there is always a "money man". I was Art Director at Gibson's at the time, but had little cash for production. I have pleanty of great ideas from time to time, but seldom the cash to put them into production. Sometimes I get lucky and team up with a good business partner. Jerry Champion (pictured to the left), an ex Oakland Raider lineman, was such a partner, putting up nearly ten thousand dollars to help get over five thousand shirts printed in the Phillipines.
We double that investment, and then some, within two weeks. The shirts were so popular with locals and tourists alike stores couldn't keep them on the shelves. Hell, I think we sold half of them to Red Cross volunteers.

JUST SHIRTS

In addition to these, is "COLOR T'S". COLOR T'S is a Registered Trademark of JELCICK PRODUCTIONS, USA. Again, all the designs were created by yours truly, from the prints on the shirts to the package design. Click here to go to the Color T's page.