How It All Started
As a youth growing up in what is now known as the weirdest city in the NW, Portland, Oregon, Loris Hervey was everything but. Portland had many obstacles to overcome; racism, poverty, and gang violence. By the time Loris was 20 yrs of age, he had already lost many of his peers due to various reasons. Knowing there was a better road to travel, he took to the streets with a mission to stop senseless violence and wake up the youth by promoting peace and equality among all people, not just peers.
Loris created a pamphlet called Horizing Up. It was aimed at spreading knowledge and broadening the horizons of the community to help rise above the negativity; hence the name Horizing Up. On the inside back cover was an ordering form with a t-shirt that Loris designed during a youth art contest. The winner had their design printed on 50 t-shirts. Little did he know at the time, that was the beginning of a long entrepreneurial journey that sparked the birth of Horizing Up Printing.
What is Horizing Up?
We are a screen printing company with over 20 years of experience. Printing everything from t-shirts to promotional items. We are locally owned and operated. Although screen printing is our niche, we also incorporate logo creation, custom artwork and portraits. Not to mention graphic art for business cards, flyers and website entry.
Our Goals
Our primary goal is to provide excellent customer service. We believe the customer is the very reason our business strives. For this, we make sure each job is done with love and care to ensure top quality. We inspect each piece before it is delivered. If you're not happy, we're not happy.
Secondly, we strive to create positive designs that enlighten, teach or broaden your horizons; keeping creativity and originality as our foundation.
Thirdly, we want to empower up and coming entrepreneurs by providing our expertise in this industry to help them grow and prosper. We do this by offering competitive pricing and helpful advise.
What We Support
We support any design that will uplift, put a smiles on faces, or anything that brings us, the human race, closer as a family. This includes humorous images, spiritual messages, or positive words and/or statements.
We Do Not Support
Horizing Up will not support any image that is derogatory, vulgar, negative, or degrading to any person, culture, religion, or creed.