An exciting new relationship
/I’m very excited to announce that Found Image Press in San Diego, CA will be manufacturing and distributing my paper line starting July 1, 2022 for wholesale customers and July 15, 2022 for my online retail customers. This is an exciting change that has taken many good people over a year of planning and hard work.
For over 10 years I’ve been developing and growing my line. It’s been an incredible journey and an all-consuming labor of love that has connected me to a wide and wonderful community.
Now it’s time to step back from management work and focus my full energy on artistic creation.
When I started I had no idea what I was doing, I didn’t have any business experience or plan, I didn’t have any understanding of how challenging it would be. All I knew is that I wanted to be an artist on my own terms. I shouldn’t have had any hope of success.
Because of the kindness and support of friends and the community— shop owners that took a chance on me, fellow business owners that worked with me in trust, customers who came back to support a young artist, employees and reps who worked as a team, friends and family who tirelessly supported my efforts beyond reason— the line grew and found success.
Now my line spans hundreds of images and almost a thousand different products found in stores and museums across the country. Proceeds from sales through the years raised 25,000 meals for the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
I’m so proud of what was able to grow from strong community support. And I’m thrilled to hand off the production work to a trusted partner while retaining the freedom and artistic creativity to keep designing the images I want to make.
The future looks amazing: a continuation of new designs, great products, and exciting new art projects that I’m looking forward to sharing with you.
Found Image Press is a wonderful small printing company with 20 years of experience manufacturing and distributing paper products. Their facility in San Diego is state of the art, employs local labor, and reduces waste with print on demand abilities. But the main reason I chose to work with Found Image is because I trust them, I like them, and I think they’ll do a good job for you.
~ Rigel