Benoit Delsol is a textile printer. In his printing workshop/shop which opened in February 2021 in downtown Le Mans, he does customization on all types of clothing and accessories for individuals and professionals.
T-shirts, sweatshirts, tote bags, caps... The Atelier Manche Courte proposes products in series on different textiles according to the requests of the customers, but also in the store of the products to the unit printed exclusively on organic cotton.
Benoit Delsol collaborates with artists. "I print on a white t-shirt and a tote bag visuals proposed by artists. It allows customers to find original pieces with cool designs he explains.
In his workshop, he works with digital printing on a SureColor F2100 textile printer. This high-quality 5-color CMYK printer handles many types of textile items up to 25 mm thick. He is also equipped with heat presses and a cutting plotter for vinyl, paper and flocking (the pattern is printed on a flex roll, cut with a cutting plotter, and glued to the textile with a heat press).
"The T-shirt for socializing
With friends, he created the brand Bouine. In Sarthe, to "bouiner" means to fuss about nothing, to tinker with things without much result. We often say, what are you doing? Which means, what are you doing? What are you doing?»
They created the brand with the idea of winking at the Sarthe region and having fun with everything that represents the region, like the famous rillettes du Mans. "The Bouine brand is the T-shirt for socializing!»
A reconversion after 15 years in the paper industry
Benoit Delsol has always been interested in graphic design. After studying paper, he worked for 15 years in a large paper production company in Grenoble. When the factory, which employed 600 people, closed its doors, he decided to train in textile printing.
