That one on the left is less a top than it is a work of art — it’s from Rodarte‘s spring/summer 2009 collection — ain’t it gorgeous? Like a ribcage fashioned from leather. Not exactly practical, I know, and definitely not cheap, either, so that’s why we also like these happy lungs by I Like You and cigarette lungs tee by Monsieur T.
And speaking of lady artists with heart, how about French artist Annette Messager, whose blobby, hand-sewn, and often gut-like shapes have entranced for the past forty years. This work pictured above, Inflated-Deflated, is a “wheezing, heaving mass of inflatable body parts and fanciful creatures” Messager made for a show in 2006. Awesome. [photo via The Guardian (UK)]
How much do we love the hauntingly sexy work of Audrey Kawasaki? An awful lot. Add an anatomically correct heart to one of her beautiful ladies painted on wood, and we’re sold. This work, entitled My Dishonest Heart, is now available as a print. Thanks, TokyoBunnie, for the tip!
At the risk of sounding like a total geek, I have to admit I am super excited about the new Star Trek movie. Not just because I used to watch Star Trek reruns as a kid every Sunday, nor because I harbored a tiny crush on the sleazy Captain James T. Kirk, but also because I love the work of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who wrote the screenplay for the new movie (they also wrote the television shows Fringe and Alias). Can’t wait to see it. I also realized, while testing out our new lapel pins, that the adrenal gland pins look a lot like the Star Trek logo/communication device worn by all aboard the Enterprise. So get one and geek out.
No one likes to talk about it, but one of the downsides of vaginal childbirth is, yes, a little bit of pee comes out, especially when you go running or something. A company that manufactured a sort of sling to help stop leaks has been recently sued by women who have had problems following the insertion of the device. Icky. These bladder issues are unpleasant, to say the least, but they can be helped with kegel exercises. It made us realize giving a bladder to a postpartum woman might be an even better gift than a uterus. [Image by the wonderful people at Porterness]
We just posted a ton of pins! Whew! Every single gut and gland now comes in lapel pin form — want a testicle pin? You can have it. We’ve even added a couple new gland friends — the sebaceous gland (when clogged, these guys give us hated acne), and the sweat gland (for the exercise fiend in your life). We’ve got the entire metabolic team, from salivary glands to the thyroid, from the stomach to the intestine. Check ‘em out.
We had tons of fun at last weekend’s Unique Los Angeles show, a shopping extravaganza that shows off the creative and crafty wonders of Los Angeles and beyond. One woman, who’d had open heart surgery as a child, bought a heart tee for her mom, who tried to watch the surgery on her daughter. After anaesthesia, the doctors took a saw to this little girl’s chest and mom promptly fainted. Lots of folks got Heart of Gold pins for mom, a few uteruses, too — even a mother’s day gall bladder! As usual, we just had fun meeting people and chatting. Our Black Heart got a mention from the wonderful folks over at Cool Hunting, who had eyes at the show. Woo hoo!
This may qualify as one of the more amazing photos I’ve seen our guts in (is that Alf or an elephant? Who are the Biscuits and how can I be on their team?) — MyMeso contacted us about wearing lung shirts at their table for the American Cancer Society’s “Bite The Tail Off Cancer” Crawfish Boil in downtown Montgomery, Alabama. We pointed them towards the I Lung You tee, and they got ‘em and loved ‘em! Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer affecting the lining of the lungs, most often cause by asbestos exposure. Visit MyMeso.org for more info.
Peep these cute organ-headed guts figurines by vinyl artist David Foox, very cute. Apparently he was inspired to make these Organ Donors vinyl toys after his uncle had a double lung transplant, ugh. Poor uncle. We especially like the Pickled Liver and Black Market kindeys. [via Not Cot -- thanks again, Julie!]
