Pine Island

Civil War Project : Lewis Wallace

2011-01-16T18:33:00.000-05:00

Civil War Project : Ulysses S Grant

2010-12-30T15:26:00.004-05:00

Civl War Project : Jefferson and Varina Davis

2010-10-28T22:17:00.003-04:00

Civil War Project : WT Sherman

2010-09-23T22:05:00.002-04:00

Civil War Project : George Pickett

2010-09-12T16:44:00.001-04:00

Vinyl Art Show @ Hoodlums

2009-12-07T19:37:00.005-05:00

Submission for Spraygraphic's B-Sides: A Vinyl Art Show at Hoodlums Music in Tempe, AZ.

So good, it even gets iPhone action. Must... document...

Casimir Pulaski

2009-05-04T22:39:00.006-04:00

To add some "foreign flair" to George Washington's army.

This was featured in ANTI (Issue 9: Revolution). Download it here
http://www.revolverlover.net/anti.asp

Helen Flanders Dunbar

2009-03-29T20:58:00.005-04:00

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Three interesting things about Helen Flanders Dunbar:

- studied under Carl Jung.

- founded the American Psychosomatic Institute in 1942.

- was found dead in her swimming pool. cause remains unclear.

"The water is your friend / And down and down and down you go / Gonna buy you a red dress, / And put feathers in your hair / And resurrect the finer things / I lost when you disappeared" (Marissa Nadler)

Turtle Island

2009-03-26T21:22:00.007-04:00

Back to water-related subject matter. Tortuga, or Turtle Island, was one of the first islands "discovered" by Columbus. The colonization of the island was an ongoing battle between the English, French, and Spanish. Soon, all colonies abandoned the island, deeming this small island not important enough for such troubles. It soon became inhabited by pirates and prostitutes (over 1,600 of them, brought by the governor himself to bring harmony/control the pirates) until 1684 when the Treaty of Ratisbon was passed, banning piracy. And it was to the gallows with the pirates!

The type reads "I will wait for you there creeping silently" (Beach House). It is from the point of view of people that may have been left behind in a foreign land when others abandoned it.

Earle Dickson

2009-03-10T21:00:00.011-04:00

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Earle Dickson, a cotton buyer for Johnson & Johnson, invented the band-aid in 1920. Apparently this was created as a solution for his wife who constantly cut her fingers while cooking dinner. Simple old gauze and tape was no match for Mrs. Dickson's culinary clumsiness, as it would always fall off (and onto the pending dinner, I assume). How unsanitary!

I do, however, find it strange that someone cuts their fingers so much as to warrant the making of a new invention. There is something else below the surface.

Type reads: Staring at the sink of blood & crushed veneer (Bon Iver).

Captain Edward Merrill

2009-02-19T22:42:00.002-05:00

Captain Edward Merrill, whaler and builder of Merrill's Wharf in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Dutch Fluyt

2009-02-16T11:44:00.011-05:00

The Dutch Fluyt is a type of ship which was built during the late 16th and 17th centuries. Long and narrow, its purpose was carrying as much cargo as possible. Often sent to the East Indies to gather spices, voyages were lengthy and often lead to high death tolls among the crew. The expensive and exotic cargo also made this ship a desirable target for pirates and often had to double as a warship.

Type reads, "So clear and blue / I'm so in love with you / But you'll drown me" (Atlas Sound), a reference to the beautiful and intriguing qualities of the sea, and sea travel, which have an underlying danger.

Herman Melville

2009-02-12T12:41:00.006-05:00

Portrait of the American writer, anti-transcendentalist, and sea enthusiast, Herman Melville. Text reads "I'll be out 'til the shimmering dies" (Sunset Rubdown), an appropriated allusion to the unpredictable and incontrollable movement of nature/the ocean, a running theme in Melville's works. This motion, or shimmering, is eternal and renewing, as are Mellville's legacy and personal curiosities.