Tshirt design

So I thought I'd be a bit "Adbuster-ish" and make some t-shirts at a screenprinting workshop I signed up for. No, I didn't use bamboo or organic cotton, I used some blank grey marle cotton t-shirts I had left over from a print job about 5 years ago. Recycling YAY!

Basically I learned not to try and do a difficult register on my second ever t-shirt print. THis is the best of the bunch, and I will wear them around happily. I was glad to learn how to do it properly though, and kept this screen in case I want to try again.

I think my next one will be mostly white with just some scrabbly bits of secondary colour that overprint. I want to do some with a really cutting but simple message on it. I want everyone to wear one when we overthrow our corporate overlords.

Can mushrooms save the world?

Make a cuppa, get comfortable and watch Paul Stamets give a 17 minute talk on his research on fungi. Really amazing stuff. There may be hope for us yet.

A real turn-off

It's the little things that count.. especially if millions of people do it.

Terrible Beauty

I am often inspired by "terrible beauty": a violent thunderstorm with dramatic green and black skies; or a moment of sanity surrounded by utter chaos. Chris Jordan uses terrible fact to create a powerful visual statement. Art is power.

Valve Caps, 2006
Chris Jordan
10x25 feet in five vertical panels

Depicts 3.6 million tire valve caps, one for each new SUV sold in the US in 2004.

actual size:

Earth Hour 2008

March 28, 2008, 8pm.
Switch off your lights for an hour and help save the planet. Sign up to support this great incentive and be a part of a great community-based action.