Rachel Bone
Posted By Craft Corps on March 19, 2009
Rachel Bone
Name: Rachel Bone (aka Red Prairie Press)
Age: 26
Location: Baltimore, MD
Profession: Owner, Red Prairie Press (apparel screenprinting & design)
Craft(s) of Choice: Screenprinting!
Blog: redprairiepress.blogspot.com
I have always been first and formost an artist. Too scatterbrained for math, too inconsistent for science. When I went to art school, I thought I’d be a printmaking teacher. When I needed spending money, my boyfriend and I started making t-shirts for bands and selling them at rock shows. We would sneak into the studio at 2am and print entire runs of album covers without anyone knowing but the band we were printing for. Seeing kids around the city wearing our shirts was such a good feeling. and I knew I couldn’t sell my artwork as cheaply and I like that t-shirts are so utilitarian and affordable.
5 years later, I make my living selling my own designs, and I married that boyfriend. We have our own studio and no longer have to break in to print (though, every once in a while, you CAN find us up at 2 am printing), I pack and ship orders every day and send them all over the world, and still, when I’m our and about and spot someone wearing one of our shirts, my stomach does cartwheels, and it’s all I can do to keep the grin on my face from looking creepy. I call my husband and act as if I’ve won the lottery. In a way, I’m not convinced I haven’t.
Love Red Prairie Press!