Our story · Eugene, Oregon · Est. 2005
Born in the field. Made by hand. Inspired by every season.
Sun & Rain Works is a heritage agricultural apparel brand rooted in real farming experience, handmade artistry, and Pacific Northwest culture.
The beginning
A Saturday Market booth and hand painted, hand dyed t-shirts.
Sun & Rain Works began in 2005 in Eugene, Oregon, right in the middle of one of the most vibrant Saturday Market cultures in the Pacific Northwest. It started simply: handmade t-shirts, original artwork, and the belief that clothing could carry a real story, not just a graphic.
The first designs were hand painted, batik, and tie dyed by hand. Screen printed shirts came several years later, around 2015. The first customers were the people who came looking for something genuine, something that felt handcrafted and connected to where they lived and what they grew.
Outside the booth, another life was unfolding in the field. The same hands painting shirts on Saturday morning were also working real farms across the West: apple orchards in Hood River, the citrus belt around Oxnard, winter lettuce in Yuma, strawberries in Santa Maria, romaine in Calexico, bananas in Hana, and leafy greens going in fresh Oregon City soil. The same sun, the same rain, the same seasons, the same weather. It has always been one work.
That original spirit hasn't changed. Sun & Rain Works has always been built around authenticity: real experience, real places, real seasons, made into something you can actually wear.
2005
Founded
Eugene, OR
Pacific Northwest
21 Years
In agriculture · 2004 to 2025
Est. 2005 · Eugene, OR
Over two decades in the field
We didn't study agriculture. We lived it.
From March 2004 to April 2025, the founder spent more than two decades working across farms, orchards, and growing operations, from lemon and avocado orchards in Southern California to rows of kale, spinach, and lettuce in the Pacific Northwest.
This wasn't borrowed inspiration. It was daily life: early mornings, muddy boots, the smell of citrus in the heat, the weight of a harvest bin, the quiet satisfaction of watching something grow.
From the harvest
The orchards and fields that made us.
Citrus orchards in Southern California, one of many crops in more than two decades of fieldwork.
The West we work under
Mt. Shasta. Snow fed water, volcanic soil, the watershed that feeds the orchards.
See more in the Farm Gallery →
VW Bus in the Oregon Forest · Acrylic on canvas
Handmade craft & fine art
From the orchard to the canvas.
Alongside the fieldwork, there was always art. Fine art, screen printing, the kind of creative work that's made with hands and takes real time. Saturday Market culture in Eugene is built around this: makers who take craftsmanship seriously, who show up week after week with something they've genuinely made.
Sun & Rain Works grew out of that world. The same hands that worked the harvest rows also stretched canvases and mixed colors. Every design tries to carry a little of that ethos: thoughtful, handmade feeling, unhurried.
We believe the best designs come from lived experience, not from a mood board, but from actually being there. In the field, in the studio, at the market booth, in the rain.
Pacific Northwest roots
Shaped by rain, old growth, and seasons that actually change.
Eugene, Oregon sits at the southern edge of the Willamette Valley, where farm fields meet the edge of old growth forest, where the rain comes in for months at a time, and where people take growing things seriously.
This landscape shows up in everything Sun & Rain Works makes: the color palette drawn from fog, forest, and ripe lemon; the seasonal storytelling; the moody, weathered but hopeful aesthetic. It's not a style choice. It's where we live.
Pacific Northwest
Mt. Rainier. Old growth forest, glacier fed water, the landscape we live and work in.
Visit the Farm Gallery →What we stand for
The values behind every piece we make.
Authenticity
Real agricultural roots and lived experience matter. We make things that come from somewhere real, not from a trend report.
Craftsmanship
We celebrate handmade culture, artistry, thoughtful design, and independent creativity. Slow work done well.
Sustainability
Earth conscious living and appreciation for natural systems. We encourage choices that are good for the soil and the seasons.
Community
We make apparel for growers, gardeners, makers, and market-goers. The people who care about what grows next.
The collection
Made for the people who care about what grows next.
Today, Sun & Rain Works makes nature inspired apparel through Printful print on demand, rooted in those years of fieldwork, art, and market culture. Every piece is a nod to something real: a harvest season, a Pacific Northwest morning, a garden in full growth.
