Hello,
I am the founder of Rise West, a clothing company based in Los Angeles. I started the company in August of 2010. Since then, I have been working away learning about business, graphic design, website design, and screen printing, among many other things.
Prior to the formation of Rise West, I attended the University of California Davis. In my first year, I took a screen printing class. I had the idea of my own t-shirt line in my head for years and figured screen printing could take my ideas from concept to reality. I have continued to print for about four years now. Unfortunately, a lot of the things I learned in the class were geared more toward hobbyists, and less toward a professional business. Additionally, at the time, I new very little about graphic design and next to nothing about website design.
So, after returning home from college, I went about learning the right way to screen print. I began putting together a collection of designs and began studying website development, all while trying to keep my budget as low as possible. Along the way, I have made countless mistakes while gathering a few bits knowledge.
With this blog, I hope to be able to put together a collection of thoughts on fashion, design, screen printing, and starting a business with hopes that I may someday help or inspire someone in a similar position.
After spending far too much time pondering a title for this blog I have settled on, Ink Thoughts, for now...
