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Wonder Workshop is a company registered on 1st May 1972 to promote and sell the work of artists John Dove and Molly White.

Artists

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  • John Dove
  • Molly White

Textiles

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[1] John Dove and Molly White started out mixing all their own inks and in 1970 worked out how to print on Black T-shirts - commercially produced inks which did this, only became available in 1975 - and used the technique for the WILD THING T. Designed as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, it featured a roaring Leopard head with the words WILD THING underneath and was pirated from America to Brazil to become the first global T-shirt hit. Its success launched rhinestones as a major T-shirt fashion and by 1973 they were selling thousands of shirts under their Wonder Workshop label.


References

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  1. ^ The T-Shirt Book (Ebury Press 1988) Alice Hiller
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