We make textiles by hand, but what we’re really building is a workplace rooted in opportunity, creativity, community, and care.
Founded by Kei Tsuzuki and Molly Luethi in 2010, our studio has always been a vehicle to create meaningful jobs for immigrants and refugees in our community.
With over 30 combined years working in the nonprofit sector in women’s economic development and education, Kei and Molly were determined to show how a for-profit business could be sustainable and fueled by human-centered values.
Molly retired at the end of 2023, leaving Kei with her amazing staff to keep moving the vision and mission of the studio forward.
Our work is about what we make, but also about how we make it, who we make it with, and the community we are part of.
Located near Albuquerque’s International District, our studio creates meaningful jobs for immigrants and refugees in our community. Our team receives secure work, good wages, support in health and education, and opportunities for leadership and personal development.
We believe a business can be an active part of its community. We welcome groups into our studio, offer printing workshops, support local makers in our shop, and invest in educational opportunities for immigrant students through the Kei & Molly Scholarship.
We print with water-based, eco-friendly inks, filter our wastewater to keep pigments out of the water system, choose natural fibers, find new uses for fabric scraps, and use solar power to help meet our electrical needs.
Secure work, good wages, support, and opportunities to grow.
Every design is screen-printed by hand by our Albuquerque team.
Different nationalities, religions, languages, and stories share one workplace.
Today, our staff consists of trained artisans, immigrants, and refugees from around the world, working together in craft and production and screen-printing each design by hand to service orders from stores nationwide.
Working together, regardless of our nationality, religion, or spoken language, we are reminded daily how we are connected in our humanity.
