Hi we're Slow Loris, est. 1997. We draw things and then screen-print these drawings onto clothing and paper straight from our solar powered studio. All of this happens on a small rock we call home named Guemes Island. Every line and color separation you see, is from an original drawing on paper, or x-acto knife drawing using rubylith film. This handmade quality is the unique difference you can count on.
Check out this Etsy article we were recently featured in!
http://www.etsy.com/storque/spotlight/etsy-finds-decor-mellow-sea-8885/
Stay in the know about hot off the press printings & new designs we're working on. Just copy and paste from the links below..
Facebook---> www.facebook.com/Slowshirts
Website---> www.slowshirts.com
flickr---> www.flickr.com/photos/i_love_the_slow_loris
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Check out our Guemes island friends
flintrock.etsy.com and
elementfe.etsy.com
More about Slow Loris..
Slow Loris started in Oakland California in the spring of 1997. Inside a very small storage room (located in the back of a parking garage) of an old cannery building, the very first shirts were printed. After graduating from CCA(C) in 1998, Slow Loris founder Jessica Lynch left Oakland and returned home to Washington state. Re-locating to Guemes island, Slow Loris continued to thrive, screen printing drawings onto shirts, paper and clothing for people around the world, and for touring bands like "Tv on the Radio" "KArl Blau" "The Lonely Forest" and " my Brightest Diamond". While keeping true to the hand made quality (no computers are ever used for design making) Jessica had her "hands" full and in 2007 teamed up with good friend Arlo Rumpff. Arlo had been a fisherman in the Bering sea, and brought his hard working enthusiasm to Slow Loris just in time. He learned how to screen print, (he's better than JEssica now) models most of the shirts on the web site, and deals with a lot of the business side of Slow Loris, a part of the job Jessica was NEVER good at. Team Slow was now complete.
Any average workday in the studio consists of drawing, singing, printing, and beach walks with a bunch of dogs. There's also a pig named Marnie-biddles who likes to observe through the windows and get into things, (this makes Jessica somewhat crazy, but she still loves him). The adopted motto "feeling strong and not in a hurry" reflects the pride Team Slow feels standing behind a quality hand made product .
We screen print on Alternative apparel organic cotton clothing and American Apparel sweatshop free clothing, as well as various FLA (fair labor association) brands. Please read carefully design descriptions to note shirt brand & style, and current size availability, as they will vary from design to design.
Pay no attention to the "ONE AVAILABLE" notification when reading a design description. We in fact have all sizes that are described available in each listing. During checkout you can tell us your size choice in the "Message to seller" box.
We have another site, where you can view our pattern work at www.slowprints.com
We also have another ETSY SITE where we sell vintage items and supplies,
ohbuoy.etsy.com
check it out!
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HERE'S AN ETSY T-SHIRT ARTICLE WE WERE FEATURED IN.. check it out!
http://www.etsy.com/storque/spotlight/featured-buyer-jake-nickell-from-threadless-1955/
Did you know that our studio here at Slow Loris Shirts is SOLAR POWERED? It's true! We generate a big chunk of our electricity from 9 solar panels on our roof, and as well from our solar hot water system.
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Click on our "SOLD" items to see items you may have missed out on, if you see something you like, you can always make a request to see if we have more... and keep checking back, as we are continually adding more designs each week!
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MEntion in the BELLINGHAM HERALD
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/entertainmentnews/story/1160533.html
+++Article in The Stranger about Slow Loris Shirts:
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=105201
+++Interview with Slow Loris on Kettmade
http://kettmade.wordpress.com/
+++Slowshirts on Unearthing blog
http://unearthing.wordpress.com/
+++Did you catch Slow Loris Shirts being worn on House Hunters?
Good stuff.
+++ Our Ferris wheel design was worn in the movie, "500 days of Summer" Check it out!
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Our collection of photos from over the years is HUGE!
sneak around our flickr site,
http://flickr.com/photos/i_love_the_slow_loris/
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*Wholesalers* Email slowlorisshirts [!at] gmail.com for pricing details.
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Thanks and we love you!
xoxo
