ABOUT

WTF IS AN XRAEART?

Let us introduce ourselves

WE'RE XRAEART CLOTHING CO.

XRAEART Clothing Co. is alternative streetwear brand featuring the collaborative works of artists Ruby Raymond and Math Byler, melding together a shared love of gritty pop art fused with a copius clash of twisted lines and loud explosive colors. A healthy disdain for the mainstream and an insatiable thirst for a creative outlet, fuels our never-ending obsession to push our brand beyond the conventional restraints of big box retail and the over saturation of copy-and-paste trend brands. Everything we have, we've built, we've designed, we've fought to make a reality. We're the artists.

OUR ROOTS

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

What began in 2020 as a self-expressive release for us as artists, our love of band tees, street art, music and poetry has progressively morphed into one of our biggest passions. We started posting our artwork on Instagram and very quickly decided we wanted to make graphic t-shirts. It was always a passion of ours and we naturally fell into it. As we've grown, we've been traveling around the country selling our apparel and accessories at alternative markets throughout the year, connecting with our customers and audience. Check out our upcoming shows!

CO-OWNER & ARTIST

RACHEL RUBY RAYMOND

Kansas-born artist and misfit Ruby never really felt like she fit in anywhere. In this, she found love in alt music and fashion, band t-shirts, graphic art and poetry. Today she conceptualizes XRAEART designs with Math, armed with her weapons of choice: an iPad and Apple Pencil. She says "it's the best feeling to create something, share it with others and help everyone feel less alone in the world."

CO-OWNER & ARTIST

MATH BYLER

Philadelphia native MATH is XRAEART's graphic conceptual wizard behind the brand, coming up with most of our illustrative concepts. Math manages day-to-day operations and helps Ruby push their designs into the next stratosphere.

" This for me is something that's been over a decade in the making, something I'd been pushing to make happen for years. Just being able to take the twist and turns of any conceptually conceived piece and mold it into something tangable that we can actually reach out and touch and other people can relate to and appreciate is an unreal experience. My happiest most fulfilling moments in life are those spent with Ruby passing the pen back and forth, making tweaks to what eventually morphs into our full realized vision. There's no greater high. "

WE BELIEVE IN

TRUE EXPRESSION OF SELF

AND at its very core, a company should be rooted in its own ideas and designs. All of our art and graphics are 100% conceptualized in-house by both of us and exclusively original to our brand.

WHAT WE STAND FOR

WE ARE UNAPOLOGETICALLY

Anti-Racism, Anti-Exclusion, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Homophobia, Anti-Transphobia, Anti-Fascist, Anti-Prejudice, Anti-Bigotry, Anti-Police Brutality, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Government, Anti-Establishment, Anti-1%, Anti-Conformists, Anti-Bootlicker, Anti-Bullshit

IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD

WE ARE ABOUT EQUALITY

If you find yourself being offended by somebody else living their life the way they want to the fullest, and if you’re perfectly fine with turning a blind eye to the systemic injustices in the world happening right in front of your face to make your life more comfortable, then you are more than welcome to GTFO because you’ll probably hate it here. :) We are about equality in every sense of the word. We don’t do this for you, we do this for everyone.

GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES

WE BELIEVE IN CREATING CHANGE

Since 2021 we've donate $1,000+ worth of clothing every year to a local domestic violence or homeless shelter of our choice.

OTHER PASSIONS

GROWING OUR LOCAL ALT COMMUNITY

We started hosting events in 2021 when we realized most of the local vendor shows we were attending weren't attracting our ideal audience. WE ARE THE WEIRDOS OHIO is our event planning company that hosts the bi-annual Punk Rock Flea Market Akron event, bringing alternative artists and businesses to the front line and providing a space for them to be just as visible as any other crafters in the Northeast area. We aim to share, connect and grow within the alternative art creative scene worldwide by giving a voice to the free thinkers, dreamers, introverts and creepy cools. Learn more on our Instagram pages @we.are.the.weirdos.ohio and @akronprfm