This is my first blog ever, so please excuse any bad etiquette, poor structure or just overall terrible writing from my part. I decided to make the writing as impromptu and off the cuff as possible.
(Check out my YT video here.)
SO with that being said, I'm Earle Williams and I am the creator of Nerd Kin. What started as a want to just make cool shit to put on tees, is slowly and painstakingly becoming more of a fleshed out idea to create something more lasting and communal. My latest experience in life has shifted what I perceived I want from NK (Nerd Kin if we haven't already made the connection). The original point was to express my design skill through my illustration and conceptual thinking and make some cash and recognition through that. But lately I've been thinking more about taking the idea of it and creating a bigger scope involving community and like minded people who are looking to get together to celebrate the shit that makes them nerd.
One of the ways I've tried to sell the clothing is by going to markets like Hearty collective or the dorp street market. But to be honest, its not something I can see myself doing every weekend. There's a lack of a connection and a lack of creative spark that I defintely feel l'm missing to fuel the passion to keep going with the brand. During the journey though, Ive met some cool people that have allowed me to think of everything as a more integrated personal expression, and that is where I am now looking to go.
I want to create spaces for people who dig anime. For people that want to drink a beer and play dungeons and dragons maybe. Curate exhibitions that display dope art and cause people to create more ideas with those ideas. You can probably tell that the idea is pretty erratic, but I dont want to hone on ONE thing necessarily, I want to open platforms for all the shit that people are scared to show they love because its either not in teh zeitgeist, or because they just dont know where their fellow nerds are.
Im hoping I can use this as a way to bring in more people, connect with more people and create more and more cool shit.