Dropping Knowledge: Gingham
You wouldn’t call a checked shirt a striped shirt now would you? Apples… oranges… I mean that would be nonsensical. And yet, I can assure you we’ve all done this when we use the word gingham.
I grew up watching my Papa dress in nothing but gingham and slacks to work outside… I must say, he was very influential in my life as a youngster… Still is.
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Snakes! Snakes! Snakes! I hate snakes. However, I do love this piece and it just went live over at Sevenly. If you aren’t familiar the snake illustration is referenced from the infamous Gadsden Flag. Everything here is hand drawn and then photoshopped for color and texture.
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An absolute pleasure to work on anything and everything surrounding this album. A favorite for a long, long time.
Gladly
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Via Kottke and nyer photo booth, bootleggers’ Cow Shoes:
A new method of evading prohibition agents was revealed here today by A.L. Allen, state prohibition enforcement director, who displayed what he called a “cow shoe” as the latest thing front the haunts of moonshiners.
The cow shoe is a strip of metal to which is tacked a wooden block carved to resemble the hoof of a cow, which may be strapped to the human foot. A man shod with a pair of them would leave a trail resembling that of a cow.
The shoe found was picked up near Port Tampa where a still was located some time ago. It will be sent to the prohibition department at Washington. Officers believe the inventor got his idea from a Sherlock Holmes story in which the villain shod his horse with shoes the imprint of which resembled those of a cow’s hoof.
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Take a peek at the making of the absolutely charming chalk lettering donning the walls of the new Tommy shop in the Harajuku district in Japan.
Thanks to Dana Tanamachi for the awesome chalkwork! See her blog and follow her on Twitter @Dana_Tanamachi.
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