Collective Vibrations

Named for that feeling at a festival when vendors, bands, dancers, and workers are all making the same thing happen. We collaborate with artists and musicians to collectively vibrate — culture and clothing lines from the people we print with.

See what's on the press Where to find us
9Artists on the roster
$8To the artist, every shirt
14Markets booked through Dec
100%Printed on our own press

On the press

Counted stock from Jonas's 20 Aug sheet. Prices are still the $30 prototype anchor — not in the workbook.

Find us in person

Most of what we sell, we sell standing next to it. Booth locations post the morning of.

Date Market Where Artists on the booth Hours

The roster

Each artist keeps their copyright. We license the design, print it, and stop when they say stop.

You keep the drawing. We take the inventory risk.

We front the blanks, the screens, and the booth fee. You get a login where you can see exactly how many of your shirts sold, at which market, in which size, and what lands in your account on the 5th.

No exclusivity. Sell the same design at your own table, on your own site, anywhere you like. Pull it from us with 30 days' notice and we'll sell through what's printed.

Apply to the collective
Your cut
$8 per shirt, flat$10 after a design passes 100 units
Who sets the price
Togethermost shirts sit at $30
Who owns the art
You donon-exclusive license
Production cost
We front itrecouped from sales, never billed
Payouts
Monthly, the 5thdirect deposit, 1099 at year end
Leaving
30 dayswe sell through printed stock
Applications open · Portland, Oregon

Bring us a drawing. We'll pull the screens.

We're a small collective with our own press in Southeast Portland. We print in short runs, sell them at markets we actually stand at, and pay the artist every month. You keep your copyright. There's no exclusivity and no fee to join.

The deal, before anything else

If these numbers don't work for you, don't spend twenty minutes on the form.

Your cut$8 a shirtFlat, on a $30 tee — $10 once a design passes 100 units. Paid whether it sold at a market or online.
Cost to you$0We front the blanks, the screens and the booth fee. Recouped from sales, never billed to you.
Who owns the artYou doNon-exclusive license to print and sell. Sell it yourself anywhere else too.
PayoutsMonthly, the 5thDirect deposit. You get a login that shows every unit, every size, every market.
First run60–90pieces. Short enough that a design that doesn't land doesn't haunt anyone.
Leaving30 daysTell us and we stop printing. We sell through what's already made, then it's done.

What you bring

Roughly in order of how much it matters.

  • Work that looks like you, not like what's selling. We already have shirts that look like what's selling.
  • Art that survives being reduced to one to four flat colors. If you're unsure, send it — that's a conversation, not a rejection.
  • A file we can work from, or the willingness to sit with us while we make one.
  • A yes or no on the proof, within a few days. The press schedule is the bottleneck.
  • Art you actually have the right to print. No traced logos, no band marks, nothing built from someone else's work.

What we bring

All of it at our cost and our risk.

  • Separations, films, screens and press time on our own equipment.
  • The blanks, and the judgment call on which garment your art belongs on.
  • Booth fees, the table, and someone standing at it who can talk about your work.
  • A page online with your name on it, and your name on the hangtag.
  • An honest count. You'll see what sold, in what size, at which market, without having to ask.

How it goes

Typically five to seven weeks from application to a shirt on a table.

STEP 01You applyThe form below. Three or four images is plenty — we'd rather see range than volume.15 minutes
STEP 02We answerYes, no, or let's talk. A no comes with a reason, not silence.Within 2 weeks
STEP 03Pick the first designTogether. We'll tell you honestly what will and won't hold up in ink.A coffee
STEP 04Proof on a garmentYou see a real printed shirt, not a mockup. You approve it or we go again.1–2 weeks
STEP 05We print the run60–90 pieces. You get a login the day it comes off the press.1 week
STEP 06It sells, you get paidFirst payout on the 5th of the month after your first sale.Monthly

Apply

We take artists from anywhere, but Portland artists can come stand at the booth.
Drop 3–6 images here JPG, PNG, PDF or AI · up to 25MB each
Show us range. Six versions of the same idea tells us less than three different ones.
There's no wrong answer. It only tells us how much hand-holding to plan for.
We read every one. You'll hear back either way within two weeks.
System map · what this demo proposes

One ledger. Every rail feeds it, every payout comes from it.

Square, Stripe and Venmo are payment rails — none of them is the record. Every sale, movement and payout lands in one database, attributed to an artist, whatever channel it came through. Click any role card to open that view of the portal.

The money

Where it comes in
Booth — Square cardTap & chip, auto-captured. Works offline.
Booth — cashFloat out, blind count at close.
Booth — Venmo QROrder code in the note. Lands as "expected" until the money shows.
Online — Stripe checkoutCards, wallets, Venmo via PayPal.
Consignment shopsMonthly sell-through report, not a sale at drop-off.
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One ledger

Supabase · append-only · the single system of record

  • Orders — every channel, one shape
  • Tender legs — expected → settled, split-tender safe
  • Artist attribution — on every line, from the SKU
  • Inventory movements — on-hand is a sum, never a field
  • Commissions — pending → approved → paid, suppressions visible
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Where it goes out
Artists — $8 a shirtMonthly on the 5th, Stripe Connect, one 1099 each.
Ambassadors — 15% of net30-day hold covers the refund window.
The shopBlanks, ink, screens, booth fees — what the margin pays for.

The goods

BlanksSanMar / S&S. A blank has no artist and no price — it is not a product yet.
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The pressScreens + ink + a work order. One run consumes blanks, produces goods.
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Finished goodsGood / seconds / scrap — owned by a named artist from the moment they exist.
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LocationsStudio, booths, consignment shelves, online. Stock moves by transfer — never in two places.
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A saleOne movement out, one tender leg in. The loop closes in the ledger.

The five roles — click one to open it

AdminSees everything. Approves artists, payouts and prices. Cannot delete ledger rows — nobody can.
ArtistTheir designs, their stock, their earnings. Write access to art, read-only on money.
AmbassadorTheir codes and commissions. Never sees customer names or anyone else's numbers.
Fulfillment & pressThe goods — picking, packing, printing. Never the money.
CustomerTheir orders and the artists they follow. The receipt names the artist.

One login can hold several roles — the portal sidebar stacks them as separate groups, one ink per hat.

Overview