“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known…”
-Oscar Wilde
We've been there...
We spent so long looking for a way to take our paintings and artwork and turn it into merchandise. We were trying to find an affordable way to get our art in front of more people, and hit obstacle after obstacle.
Those obstacles are where CEC was born, not just to create a way to merchandise artwork, but to help other artists hitting the same roadblocks. What we found was that if we wanted to see our artwork on merchandise, we had to BE the change, not wait for things to change, and merchandise is just the first step on this journey. We are a community of artists, built by artists, to help artists.
Our mission is simple, to help artists go beyond the canvas and bring their artwork to more people to make the world a more beautiful place.
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see…”
-Edgar Degas
So Why CEC?
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Don't Pick 2, Get All 3...
In a lot of business settings they say "It can be good, it can be fast or it can be cheap, pick 2." At CEC, we say you can have all three. We provide high quality, custom items, with 2-3 week turnaround at the lowest price we can find.
Each item we offer is based on what the CEC artists are asking for because they know their audience best. Every product we offer to artists is checked for print and material quality to make sure each piece is shown to it's full potential. We take every bit of feedback directly to our manufacturers to correct any issues and implement changes to address any concerns from our artists.
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Better Together
By creating a community of artists with a common goal, we have created buying power directly with manufacturers that allows us to offer the best deal possible. Instead of one person having to order 1000 shirts our network does the heavy lifting and you get the price breaks.
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Afraid of a pile of inventory?
Trying to meet a manufacturers Minimum Order Quantity is enough to stop even a moderately grown brand dead in it's tracks when the numbers are in the hundreds for one design, let alone someone ordering merchandise for the first time.
Fortunately, there is strength in numbers. We work directly with manufacturers to bring lower minimums and better pricing, without losing quality, by banding together to do it.