The Ink Kitchen

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TBT – This appeared almost exactly one year ago. Marty Bailey (left) is the CMO of American Apparel. He’s the man behind the scenes there.  He is a big part of their success and also in how they treat their workers. (It is simple, he said once, “respect everyone.”)  I asked him about ten years…

Mirror Image makes and prints an ink for t-shirts that is organic and so safe you can eat it.

Stuck in Dallas by a big snowstorm I took advantage of it and visited Brett Bowden and his shop Printed Threads. I saw creative prints. I saw good quality basic prints. I saw a cool guy doing cool stuff.     The idea of Brett’s that I got most charged up about was his “Petey’s Secret Shirt…

I dropped by for a visit at the American Apparel factory in downtown LA today and was shown every aspect of production. Nothing was off limits. American Apparel is the real deal–a large-scale production facility making goods in the USA and treating their workers fairly. I’ll show you more later. –Rick

We’re now on Twitter. Follow @TheInkKitchen to keep up with what we’re up to.

We’ve been interviewing experts all day every day. We’ll be posting them soon.

Lot of beards. Lot of screen printing experience.

We probably know the answer. If we don’t, we’ll consult our magic 8 ball.