This week marks 9 years since Wills and I sat down at a friend's kitchen table in Wellington and registered The Paper Rain Project Ltd with the NZ Companies Office.
We were in our early 20s, had zero business experience, enormous dreams and were ready to work very hard. It has been an absolute ride! Seeing this business evolve, working with all you incredible artists and meeting so many of you, our amazing customers has filled our hearts. Thanks for coming a long on our journey 🎉 Happy Birthday Paper Rain!
Here are some of our favourite images and products from years past :)
We've continued to produce our own shapes of organic, fair trade cotton t-shirts (which are custom made by Little Yellow Bird). These are printed with artworks by a range of epic artists and each t-shirt sold results in a donation to a specially paired charity. Artworks above by Faunesque, Woo Woo and Hannah Jensen.
Some of our favourite one of a kind board artworks by our guest artists. Clockwise from L-R: Erika Pearce, Hannah Jensen, Emmaline Bailey, Cracked Ink, Kelly Spencer and Milarky.
Although pop up shops are a thing of the past for us, we did love setting them up and getting to have so many great conversations and connections with you, our tribe! We've popped up in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Picton as well as having had exhibitions or market stalls in Queenstown, Dunedin, New Plymouth & London.
These laser etched boards are still some of your favourites! Crafted from locally sourced macrocarpa, the laser etched artworks lend to some epic wall hanging pieces! Clockwise from L-R, artworks by: Tobias Illustrations (x2), Emmaline Bailey, Katy Hayward, Hannah Jensen and Indigo Greenlaw.
Finally, thanks to you, for reading, for supporting us and being along with us for the ride! Indigo & Wills x
