Tapestries
Description: While visiting the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago I learned that hummingbirds are used as a symbol similar to the monarch butterfly. After doing a bit of research, I found out that from Alaska to the Caribbean to South America, hummingbirds hold symbolic weight pretty much wherever they fly. From messengers of fortune, to warriors that fight bravely despite their size, to harbingers of death - hummingbirds means different things to different people. For me, they began to symbolize both the crossing of "physical" borders/honoring the journey of immigrants, but also a symbol of our capacity to cross all kinds of borders - all the arbitrary distinctions and binaries in our society, in our maps, and in ourselves. This celebrates that.
Description: This design was inspired by the incredible t-shirts described in the romance novel All The Feels by Olivia Dade. It was also influenced by Truth Coming Out of Her Well, a painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme. Flaunt this design when you're feeling your power. Become ungovernable! Screech into the face of the universe!
Description: I read an article about the ongoing toxic culture of the book-banning that reported on an accusation that school libraries are the "arm of Satan," and this image just popped into my head. Librarians and library workers need loud, public, and unrelenting support right now and you can do your part by flaunting this shirt and pissing off some book-banners. I plan to donate half my profits from this to my local library association. The other half will go towards buying me and my fellow library workers a lot of chocolate.
