Extending the Sale.

That's right. Our free shipping weekend will be extended! Now you have until Wednesday, December 16th to finish your online shopping.

If you're not sure which shirt to buy, here are the best sellers:
#1 For Women: Owl
#2 For Women: Hammock

#1 For Men: Coyote
#2 For Men: Hammock

www.inkandcottonstore.com

Why One Color?

Why does each Ink and Cotton t-shirt design only have one color? I am a printmaker as well as an illustrator and I wanted the designs to stay close to the block print style. I wanted to display the connection between printmaking and t-shirts.

There’s another reason for the simplicity of the artwork. Lots of clothing lines produce loud, complex graphics with multiple colors, catchy phrases or funny slogans. I want to provide simple designs for people who don’t want to wear loud clothes. Ink and Cotton shirts are clean and simple.

My art is also inspired by nature. I spend time backpacking and kayaking in New England, so I am well acquainted with tall, sturdy pine trees and wide, dramatic maple trees. I enjoy sketching these trees because I am curious about their strength. I am especially curious about the strength of their roots, and about how far their roots extend underground. Have you ever seen a tree that has been blown over? Sometimes the roots are exposed and there are rocks tangled up in them. When the roots are underground, what else is wrapped up in them? What are the roots connected to, directly and indirectly? My artwork is inspired by these questions. Coyote, Owl and Hammock are part of the process.

The rain storm? This summer it rained during each backpacking trip I took. Eventually, these rain storms started to show up in my sketchbook. It was comforting to draw the clouds and the rain because I enjoyed finding the best way to translate clouds onto paper. A block print turned out to be the answer I was looking for, which is how I made the connection between block prints and t-shirts.