I used to have a really large resort screen print business. ( well kind of large for the 80's and 90's.. 1.5 million annual.. It was mostly simple faded designs that we printed on garment dyed blanks that we dyed ourselves.. And then in 1996 I bought the screen print division from LAT.. way over my head.. Set it up in Blue Ridge Ga, Moved my florida.. LaCrosse Graphics there.. and then because I was not yet headed for complete destruction I bought a 21,500 sq foot sewing plant in Ducktown Tn.. And had it not been for NAFTA and China I might have made it work. but.. on 9/11/11 I finished cleaning out the building and turned off the lights.. lot of lights.. Went and got in my pickup concerned that my wife had called half a dozen times and said it was the end of the world and we were going to war..
Anyhow when I closed the door I had done close to a million dollars in 2001 and left 900+ customers wondering where the hell I went.. Obviously did not go to surf that year.. I am now 70 years old, have more art than most clip art houses.. fair amount of art ability.. see
www.art4tees.com and am making myself nuts sitting at computer doing freelance art when it comes along. Good health, great wife, couple Labs and some rescue cats.. Living in southern illinois and would like not to.. I would like to find work, full or part time where I could do art, sell, talk to customers, clean and burn screens, might even print but you need to keep checking for me to load straight..
I have no problem sharing art, old customer base, designs, etc.. I don't want to partner with someone and then they pay me if we sell something.. Have had lot of those offers.. I want to be Midwest, North Ga to Canadian border.. Want to work for the local wage.. Old enough to not go 150% all day but also will never loose a minute to partying the night before.. email me at
dlacart@mediacombb.net if you are at all interested..
David LaCrosse
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