Tank Tops
Description: A fox curled up asleep, drawn as a real knitting chart: one V is one knit stitch, 42 stitches by 49 rows in four yarn colors, so you could knit it into a sweater. The tail wraps around with its white tip under the nose, and peerie borders frame the swatch. Made for knitters, fox people and anyone who likes winter best when it is warm inside. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100477959-sleeping-fox-knitting-chart-cozy-sweater-fox
Sleeping Fox Knitting Chart - Cozy Sweater Fox (Light Shirts) Tank Top
$16 $21
Description: A fox curled up asleep, drawn as a real knitting chart: one V is one knit stitch, 42 stitches by 49 rows in four yarn colors, so you could knit it into a sweater. The tail wraps around with its white tip under the nose, and peerie borders frame the swatch. Made for knitters, fox people and anyone who likes winter best when it is warm inside. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100477960-sleeping-fox-knitting-chart-cozy-sweater-fox-light
Description: A three-masted clipper with every sail set, drawn like a 19th century line engraving: five square sails on each mast, three jibs on the bowsprit, a spanker aft and the standing rigging. The shading on the sails is done with lines that crowd toward the leeward edge, the way an engraver shows a sail filled with wind. Waves in blue. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100477886-clipper-ship-vintage-engraving-style-tall-ship
Clipper Ship - Vintage Engraving Style Tall Ship (Light Shirts) Tank Top
$16 $21
Description: A three-masted clipper with every sail set, drawn like a 19th century line engraving: five square sails on each mast, three jibs on the bowsprit, a spanker aft and the standing rigging. The shading on the sails is done with lines that crowd toward the leeward edge, the way an engraver shows a sail filled with wind. Waves in blue. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100477889-clipper-ship-vintage-engraving-style-tall-ship-lig
Description: The barn owl's heart-shaped face is a dish that gathers sound, and its feathers fan out from each eye. I drew it the way a mezzotint works: light scraped out of darkness, with radiating lines on the face and fine dots fading into the night around the face. No text, just the owl looking back at you. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100477741-barn-owl-face-mezzotint-style-owl-art
Description: The barn owl's heart-shaped face is a dish that gathers sound, and its feathers fan out from each eye. I drew it the way a mezzotint works: light scraped out of darkness, with radiating lines on the face and fine dots fading into the night around the face. No text, just the owl looking back at you. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100477744-barn-owl-face-mezzotint-style-owl-art-light-shirts
Description: A round wycinanka in the Kurpie style, where paper cuts are made from one sheet and one color. Two peacocks face a flowering tree inside a scalloped star with cut-out rings. I drew it as a single cut shape, the way it would be cut with sheep shears, so every bridge of paper holds. A good gift for a Polish wedding or anniversary. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100477681-kurpie-wycinanka-polish-paper-cut-peacocks
Kurpie Wycinanka - Polish Paper Cut Peacocks (Light Shirts) Tank Top
$16 $21
Description: A round wycinanka in the Kurpie style, where paper cuts are made from one sheet and one color. Two peacocks face a flowering tree inside a scalloped star with cut-out rings. I drew it as a single cut shape, the way it would be cut with sheep shears, so every bridge of paper holds. A good gift for a Polish wedding or anniversary. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100477682-kurpie-wycinanka-polish-paper-cut-peacocks-light-s
Description: Three pisanki, three dye baths and three patterns: a cobalt egg with an eight-petal rosette and wolf's teeth, a green one split into four fields with rosettes and spirals, and an orange one banded with combs, a wave and teeth. The lines are what the wax kept white. None of the eggs overlap, so every pattern is whole. My sibling design shows one big red pisanka with two small ones. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100477612-three-pisanki-colorful-polish-easter-eggs-folk-art
Three Pisanki - Colorful Polish Easter Eggs Folk Art (Light Shirts) Tank Top
$16 $21
Description: Three pisanki, three dye baths and three patterns: a cobalt egg with an eight-petal rosette and wolf's teeth, a green one split into four fields with rosettes and spirals, and an orange one banded with combs, a wave and teeth. The lines are what the wax kept white. None of the eggs overlap, so every pattern is whole. My sibling design shows one big red pisanka with two small ones. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100477613-three-pisanki-colorful-polish-easter-eggs-folk-art
Description: Pisanki are made with wax: you draw on a white shell, dip it in yellow, draw again, dip it in red, then melt the wax away. That is why the lines are white and yellow on red. The big egg carries an eight-petal rosette, a band of wolf's teeth and a fir branch; the two small ones have a comb pattern and a wave. My sibling design shows three colorful pisanki in a pyramid. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100477363-pisanki-polish-easter-eggs-in-wax-resist-folk-art
Pisanki - Polish Easter Eggs in Wax Resist Folk Art (Light Shirts) Tank Top
$16 $21
Description: Pisanki are made with wax: you draw on a white shell, dip it in yellow, draw again, dip it in red, then melt the wax away. That is why the lines are white and yellow on red. The big egg carries an eight-petal rosette, a band of wolf's teeth and a fir branch; the two small ones have a comb pattern and a wave. My sibling design shows three colorful pisanki in a pyramid. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100477442-pisanki-polish-easter-eggs-in-wax-resist-folk-art-
Description: I drew this plate the way Polish stoneware is made: stamp by stamp. A ring of peacock-feather spots, a cobalt rim with dotted borders and a stamped flower in the middle. It is my own pattern in that tradition, not a copy of any workshop's design. For Polish pottery collectors and everyone whose grandma kept a cupboard full of it. No text, so it reads on everything from a tee to a small sticker. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464640-polish-pottery-plate-peacock-feather-folk-pattern
Polish Pottery Plate - Peacock Feather Folk Pattern (Light Shirts) Tank Top
$16 $21
Description: I drew this plate the way Polish stoneware is made: stamp by stamp. A ring of peacock-feather spots, a cobalt rim with dotted borders and a stamped flower in the middle. It is my own pattern in that tradition, not a copy of any workshop's design. For Polish pottery collectors and everyone whose grandma kept a cupboard full of it. No text, so it reads on everything from a tee to a small sticker. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464642-polish-pottery-plate-peacock-feather-folk-pattern-
Description: Before app stores, software was sold on Sunday mornings at computer markets: long tables, plastic boxes full of floppy disks and a sheet of card above the seller with the new titles written in marker. This one is drawn like an old poster, with a red sun, a stack of floppies and a big SUNDAY 9 AM sign. No brands and no game names. For anyone who still remembers queueing for new disks.
Description: Before the internet, computer magazines printed whole programs line by line and you typed them in yourself. This page has its own made up BASIC listing, a small moon lander picture, a coffee ring and one circled typo in line 340, with SYNTAX ERROR IN 340 written next to it in red pen. Four hours of typing, one typo. For everyone who learned to program this way, and for the people who sat next to them. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464540-typed-it-in-from-a-magazine-retro-computing
Typed It In From a Magazine - Retro Computing (Light Shirts) Tank Top
$16 $21
Description: Before the internet, computer magazines printed whole programs line by line and you typed them in yourself. This page has its own made up BASIC listing, a small moon lander picture, a coffee ring and one circled typo in line 340, with SYNTAX ERROR IN 340 written next to it in red pen. Four hours of typing, one typo. For everyone who learned to program this way, and for the people who sat next to them. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464547-typed-it-in-from-a-magazine-retro-computing-light-
Description: A 3.5 inch floppy disk drawn like a classic tattoo flash sheet: bold black outline, red, gold and bone, a banner that says SAVE OFTEN and a burst of rays behind it. The one piece of advice every computer user learned the hard way, at least once. No brand and no logo on the disk. Made for programmers, writers and anyone who still saves out of pure habit. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464460-save-often-floppy-disk-tattoo-flash
Description: A 3.5 inch floppy disk drawn like a classic tattoo flash sheet: bold black outline, red, gold and bone, a banner that says SAVE OFTEN and a burst of rays behind it. The one piece of advice every computer user learned the hard way, at least once. No brand and no logo on the disk. Made for programmers, writers and anyone who still saves out of pure habit. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464467-save-often-floppy-disk-tattoo-flash-light-shirts-
Description: Every computer from the early nineties had one: the turbo button, next to a little red display that read 66. The joke is true. Switching turbo off slowed the machine down so old games would not run too fast, so the button that sounded like more speed mostly existed to make the computer slower. Drawn as a front panel with drive bays and vents, no brand and no logo. For computer nerds, sysadmins and anyone who pressed it just to watch the number change. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464356-the-turbo-button-retro-pc
Description: Every computer from the early nineties had one: the turbo button, next to a little red display that read 66. The joke is true. Switching turbo off slowed the machine down so old games would not run too fast, so the button that sounded like more speed mostly existed to make the computer slower. Drawn as a front panel with drive bays and vents, no brand and no logo. For computer nerds, sysadmins and anyone who pressed it just to watch the number change. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464362-the-turbo-button-retro-pc-light-shirts-
Description: Two lines of BASIC on an old CRT monitor: 10 PRINT "I WAS HERE", 20 GOTO 10, RUN. Then the screen fills with the same line forever, which is exactly what happened the first time most of us tried it. The monitor, the keyboard and the coiled cable are drawn from scratch, with no brand anywhere. For programmers who still remember their first loop and for anyone who grew up in front of a beige computer. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464292-my-first-infinite-loop-vintage-computer
Description: Two lines of BASIC on an old CRT monitor: 10 PRINT "I WAS HERE", 20 GOTO 10, RUN. Then the screen fills with the same line forever, which is exactly what happened the first time most of us tried it. The monitor, the keyboard and the coiled cable are drawn from scratch, with no brand anywhere. For programmers who still remember their first loop and for anyone who grew up in front of a beige computer. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464301-my-first-infinite-loop-vintage-computer-light-shir
Description: A real reindeer, not a cartoon one, drawn like an old engraving: big branching antlers with the flat shovel over the face, a shaggy mane under the throat, hatched flanks and wide hooves standing in a band of pale blue snow. No red nose and no words. A quiet winter picture for Christmas and for the whole cold season. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464192-reindeer-engraving-vintage-winter-reindeer
Reindeer Engraving - Vintage Winter Reindeer (Light Shirts) Tank Top
$16 $21
Description: A real reindeer, not a cartoon one, drawn like an old engraving: big branching antlers with the flat shovel over the face, a shaggy mane under the throat, hatched flanks and wide hooves standing in a band of pale blue snow. No red nose and no words. A quiet winter picture for Christmas and for the whole cold season. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464200-reindeer-engraving-vintage-winter-reindeer-light-s
Description: A pajak, the Polish straw chandelier hung under the ceiling for Christmas. The big octahedron is built from straws with tissue paper rosettes at every corner, a smaller one floats inside on a thread, and four little pajaki hang below, each with its own tassel, around a beaded tassel in the middle. The geometry is calculated, not guessed. Gold straw and red paper, for Polish American homes and anyone who loves folk design. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464121-polish-pajaki-straw-chandelier
Description: A pajak, the Polish straw chandelier hung under the ceiling for Christmas. The big octahedron is built from straws with tissue paper rosettes at every corner, a smaller one floats inside on a thread, and four little pajaki hang below, each with its own tassel, around a beaded tassel in the middle. The geometry is calculated, not guessed. Gold straw and red paper, for Polish American homes and anyone who loves folk design. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100464127-polish-pajaki-straw-chandelier-light-shirts-
Description: Three hand painted glass ornaments in the Polish style, hanging on gold threads from one red bow: a red ball with a folk bird, a cobalt ball with an eight point star and a ring of dots, and a golden pinecone. Poland is famous for its blown glass bombki, and these are drawn the way they are painted, flat and bright. A gift for collectors and for Polish American families at Christmas. Made for dark shirts and dark products.
Description: A round little robin perched on a holly branch, cut like a linocut print: flat cream, brick red and holly green, with the gouge marks left in the feathers, the leaves and the berries. The European robin is the bird of old Christmas cards, and this one keeps that cozy, hand printed feel. No words, only the picture. Made for dark shirts and dark products.
Description: A tom turkey in full strut, drawn like an old natural history engraving. Every tail feather has its own barring, a dark band and a pale tip, the breast is covered in rows of feather scales, the wings hang down to the ground and the only color is the red of the wattle and snood. No words, only the bird. Made for Thanksgiving tables, farmhouse kitchens and everyone who likes their holidays a little old fashioned. Printing on a dark garment? Here is the dark-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100463700-strutting-turkey-engraving-vintage-thanksgiving-tu
Strutting Turkey Engraving - Vintage Thanksgiving Turkey (Light Shirts) Tank Top
$16 $21
Description: A tom turkey in full strut, drawn like an old natural history engraving. Every tail feather has its own barring, a dark band and a pale tip, the breast is covered in rows of feather scales, the wings hang down to the ground and the only color is the red of the wattle and snood. No words, only the bird. Made for Thanksgiving tables, farmhouse kitchens and everyone who likes their holidays a little old fashioned. Printing on a light garment? Here is the light-shirt version: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100463931-strutting-turkey-engraving-vintage-thanksgiving-tu
Description: A hand-painted Polish bakery sign hanging on two chains, a little worn at the edges: Open at 5 AM, Sold Out by 9. Every February the line is out the door before sunrise, on Fat Thursday in Poland and on Paczki Day in Hamtramck. Paczki Day waits for no one. Also available for dark garments: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100426954
Open at 5 AM Sold Out by 9 - Polish Bakery Sign (Light Shirts) Tank Top
$16 $21
Description: A bakery box of twelve glazed Polish donuts, eleven of them perfect and one with a bite out of it, rose jam showing. Somebody had to check. For whoever brings the box to the office on Fat Thursday or Paczki Day, and for whoever opens it first. Also available for dark garments: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100428438
Description: A bakery box of twelve glazed Polish donuts, eleven of them perfect and one with a bite out of it, rose jam showing. Somebody had to check. For whoever brings the box to the office on Fat Thursday or Paczki Day, and for whoever opens it first. Also available for light garments: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100428441
Description: One glazed Polish donut with candied orange zest and the pale ring around its middle that every good one has. The joke is in the grammar: paczki is already plural, so one is a paczek, and nobody has ever stopped at one. Never say paczkis. Also available for dark garments: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100428349
Description: One glazed Polish donut with candied orange zest and the pale ring around its middle that every good one has. The joke is in the grammar: paczki is already plural, so one is a paczek, and nobody has ever stopped at one. Never say paczkis. Also available for light garments: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/100428355