Opening Up

Feel the Love & Wear It: Ambient Inks Launches Community T-Shirt Webstore

Eric Christenson, photos by Mariah Hamm |

Local apparel business Ambient Inks normally makes T-shirts for artists like Bon Iver and Sylvan Esso, but through May 15, they’re turning the press over to local small businesses hit by the pandemic. The Give Local Love campaign lets businesses and organizations design a T-shirt for sale on a community webstore. Shirts sell for $25, for which the business keeps $10. Ambient Inks prints and ships shirts on demand with no upfront costs. If you’re looking to support some small businesses, buy a shirt. (You can see the growing lineup here.) If you want to submit your design, do so at tinyurl.com/givelocallove. For more info on the project, go to ambientinks.com.