ABOUT US !
Garbo Guts is a solo artist, AAPI, BIPOC & queer owned small business based in New Jersey! I mainly focus on creating digital artwork and screen printing my designs onto t-shirts, bags, and patches right at home or local workshops. Our art is cute, grungy, offbeat, with some witty humor; inspired by nostalgia, alternative aesthetics, a mix of anime/cartoons/video games, and funny cats! I aim for an unconventional style and to get some laughs out of people, but at the end of the day I'm making sure to enjoy myself alongside the relationship I have with my art as my full-time career.
Our products are coming from a pet-free (sadly) and smoke-free home! We as well strive to be eco-conscious!
swamp fairy, loves cats but doesn't have one, passed parallel parking on the first try, thinks farts are funny, acquires a concerning boba addiction.
"a business can be a single dude with executive dysfunction"
AUGUST
THE
TEAM !
THEY / THEM
GUTS!
emotional support possum daughter, likes to do funny little dances, and wear funny little hats. yes, she is from build-a-bear.
SHE / HER
WE AIM TO BE ECO-CONSCIOUS!
We may be a small business but it doesn't hurt to aim for sustainability and eco-friendly practices! Here's some stuff we use!
We ship our products in all-paper packaging and compostable mailers! We as well use paper tape, compostable labels, a petroleum-free ink stamp, tissue paper, and business cards made from recycled paper and water based inks—making your package much more easier to recycle and dispose of.
Paper is NOT infinitely recyclable...it can only be recycled about 5-7 times, after that the fibers are too small to bind to each other. So it's recommended to compost when you're able to. Compostables will NOT decompose in landfill aka the trash bin, due to the lack of oxygen that landfills are designed to prevent rapid decomposition.
DID YOU KNOW: a shirt with water-based inks are considered completely recyclable while one with plastisol ink is not?
This is because water-based inks are completely PVC-free while plastisol ink, a popular contender for screen printing, is essentially liquid plastic. That's why the shirts we use are 100% cotton shirts printed with water-based paints !
