Junkprints is a graphics based line based in Brooklyn, NY. I started the line out of my lil apartment about 2 years ago since then I've moved the 1 lady operation from my 400 square foot apartment to a lovely studio space in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Junkprints has been featured on Good Morning America, the New York Post, the New York Sun, and Bust Magazine and numerous online, print and TV publications. I also have sold pieces and done work for some pretty awesome folks and establishments such as the Democratic Convention, TV on the Radio, O at Home Magazine and numerous blogs.

The word 'green' has been thrown around a lot, but I think ethical and sustainable are better fits for what we are doing at Junkprints. Not only ethical in materials but socially accountable. Many of the themes I explore in the graphics deal with social accountability, as well as the choices is materials and construction. 80% of my zippers are factory overage, the straps on my bags come from a closed down belt factory and I use vintage or dead stock fabric. My bags are made in limited editions and many are one of a kind. Due to the small scale of the line I'm able to take on custom bag projects and I love it. We aren't robots, so why do we need a uniform? I'd like to think that my line promotes individuality.

Junkprints started out as my surface exploration of race and gender in the media. It's a response to mainstream media's exclusion and skewed representation of the rest of the American people. One day I found this sewing machine in the trash, fixed it and started sewing my booty off. Eventually I merged my graphic design skills with my self taught sewing skills and Junkprints morphed into as a lifestyle brand put into place to attempt to balance out the playing field. It's crack for the eyes and spinach for the brain.

When I first started sewing, I didn't know what I was doing and would constantly run thick materials such as vinyl through my machine, not knowing that I required a different needle size (then used for say, silk). Safety first! So, I decided that I needed goggles to protect my eyes from flying broken needles. For the next 2 months when preparing to sew I looked like I was working in a wood shop. Needless to say, I eventually worked it out.  My greatest achievement thus far has been able to create a line that financially sustains me while allowing me to be creative.