I will have more before the end of January 2024.
This project began while listening to my forgotten 80s/90s Dead tapes and finding thousands of my worthless late 80s/early 90s sports cards in my parent's barn. It was a fun time!
I’m on the third version of the Grateful Dead/Jordan design since printing the first batch in my basement in summer ‘17. I am proud to offer thick canvas tote bags and hoodies!
The spiral tie-dyes were dyed by this dude in Vermont who does very good work.
Summer 2021
Testimonials from reddit users:
“This is hands down the best Grateful Dead t-shirt in my very, very large collection. It works on a few levels and it is incredibly comfortable. I put it on as soon as it arrived in my mailbox and it was soft and felt worn in. It has stayed that way ever since and there has been no real fading or running of the tie dye.
In other words, if you're on the fence about buying one of these: buy one.” - u/MTullyC
“Purchased! I am a deadhead from Chicago - grew up watching Jordan and Pip - this was a mandatory purchase! “ - u/Drogon4911
“Love this design & guy is a class act. I asked long ago about larger size shirts & months later (maybe even longer) he remembered & reached out about having bigger sizes available. I was still too fat & too broke, but he made a point to contact me & that was super thoughtful. I'm actually on a hardcore diet, so maybe I'll make finally getting this a goal, ha.” u/threwnawayed
My friends got me into mountain biking a couple of years ago and we go to this abandoned rock quarry to ride. It has a great variety of terrain and we can even ride to the trails from our houses. Its so fun. I have only gone to get X-rays once because of that insane place. I made these shirts for my riding crew.
Spring 2021
My doctor was teaching me about being appreciative and living in the present moment. He said up to now I have lived an amazing life, so everything else is BONUS TIME. It was a transformative conversation.
winter 2017
The mythical figure Bodhidharma is credited with bringing Buddhism and martial arts across the Himalayas into China. After meditating in front of a wall for 9 years he fell asleep. This lack of discipline angered him so much that he cut his eyelids off. Where his eyelids fell, grew some tea bushes. Since then Buddhists have enjoyed tea for mental clarity. I've always thought this was a great story.
This image comes from a Japanese brush painting that I printed from a google image search and traced it on a window with a sharpie. I gave this piece of paper to Jeff at Jeff's Trophy Shop in Mexico, NY and asked him to put it on a sweatshirt. These days I would do something more civilized like have a vector illustration, but back then I didn't know any better.
2005
This was a fun collaboration with Reed&Co (a delicious vegan restaurant in Pittsburgh, PA). Reed and I have a shared interest in the philosophy of R. Buckminster Fuller and created this shirt. Bucky used his own term “Dymaxion” (a combination of Dynamic, Maximum, and Tension) when he created his new inventions.
In the spirit of Bucky, we present “Dymaxion Nutrition.”
I am really happy with how it turned out.
https://www.instagram.com/reed_and_co/
June 2019
My oldest son got this t-shirt when he was 2 or 3 and wore it probably 500 times. It became a joke when friends and family came to visit, "Is that a new t-shirt?!"
I tried to find a duplicate in a larger size and couldn't so I reverse engineered it digitally and made every it in every size through 2XL so he can always have one as he grows.
Screen printing was done by Black Arts Studio in Syracuse.
Summer 2015
A wood collaboration with Jeremy Richardson. He had the idea, the wood, and lazers. I made the graphic. Fun.
2016
This is a little known secret.
June 2019
This is a little known secret.
I always was drawn to an S-curve overlooking the Grindstone Creek behind my parents house. It is a mixed forest of mostly maple, beech, and hemlock. Using plans from Mother Earth news, my dad, my friend and his dad framed the 14'x20' cozy cabin in 2 days. Then over the next 8 years my dad and I worked on it (on and off) on weekends or whenever I had free time or money to buy more materials.
I had no building experience prior to working on this cabin. I always wanted to pretend I was an architect, so here it is. Cherish the cabin.
From 2012 to 2017 I played guitar and did graphic design for Syracuse band The Nudes.
Sparhawk was a band I played guitar in from 2008 to 2010. It was the finest musical experience with the finest musicians I could hope for.
I designed this logo for my kids’ little league team for the 2022 season. It was inspired 100% by the Cleveland Indians logo from the last century.
I do tai chi daily. This is a design I made for a tai chi posture called 云手 YÚN SHǑU or “wave hands like clouds.”
