Kong’s Ryan Burkhart was recently invited to UNT in Denton to produce a limited edition of prints with visual artist, Scott Ingram. The residency was one week long and yielded 2 finished editions of prints. Ryan and Scott gave a public talk about the collaboration and production of the prints. They also were excited to [...]
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Visiting P.R.I.N.T. at UNT
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Araguaney Screenprinting Video
Araguaney Screenprinting (Serigrafía) from M-lon on Vimeo. Check out this wonderful video of our recent collaboration of Miguel Gonzalez – M-Lon!
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Araguaney collaboration with M-Lon
M-Lon is the pseudonym of Miguel Gonzalez, an artist, illustrator and designer from Caracas, Venezuela. M-Lon is currently living in Austin, working on a new series of paintings and prints at Kong. Araguaney is the national tree of Venezuela and when you see the beautiful, full yellow trees spotting the green landscape, you understand why. M-Lon began working [...]
Find Kong during E.A.S.T.
If you’re going on an adventure, sometimes it helps to have a map. Here’s a good one to have as you set out to experience all the art that E.A.S.T. has to offer. This is of the Artpost where Kong is located, along with TONS of other artists working in all sorts of media. See you Saturday! [...]
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Join us for the East Austin Studio Tour
Mark your calendars! E.A.S.T begins on Saturday. East Austin Studio Tour Sat. & Sun. November 10 & 11 Sat. & Sun. November 17 & 18 11 am – 6 pm Please RSVP on our Facebook Events Page! Kong will feature original shirts and posters printed by Bruce Braden and Ryan Burkhart. There will be “pick [...]
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Making with Etsy
We Print Stuff on Things – it’s not just a catchy slogan, it’s an approach to problem solving in the studio that clearly defines what we do. And Etsy likes our approach and attitude to our craft, because they support and value craftsmanship and creativity. Kong began printing for Etsy during SxSW when we received [...]
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New Bigsbys Designs
Kong recently completed a new round of designs and shirts for The Bigsbys. All shirts are high quality ring spun cotton and printed with waterbased eco-friendly inks.
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Kong featured on The Austinot
Brittany (@QuasiBrit) and Eric (@EricHighland) from The Austinot like to ask questions and blog about the answers. And you know what? They are really great at it! So, when they contacted us via twitter to set up a time to swing by Kong, we said, “C’mon over and we’ll share with you everything we know [...]
New Austin Texas Burnouts
Although it sucks to be a burnout, wearing a burnout is hot stuff! Check out the new versions of our popular Austin, Texas design on neon burnout tees. Available in Neon Green, Neon Orange, and Neon Blue. Neon Pink is Coming Soon! Just in time for back to school, you can show your spirit and love [...]
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Custom Shirt Design – Dirty Thirty in W. Texas
We recently worked up some designs for our client who was celebrating her thirtieth birthday. Her plans for celebration were to drive to Marfa, TX with family and friends to see the sites and the wonderful art that has blossomed in the W. Texas desert. The concept of the shirt was to play off Ed [...]