Redfield & sons

RedfieldAndSons

Fun and Adventures to be had

Hand screened T shirts, and other fun stuff

"...live forever in wonder"

“I'm no longer a child and I still want to be, to live with the pirates, because I want to live forever in wonder." - Kathy Acker.
I have 3 boys, (and one truly marvelous girl). I was nearly raised by my big brother who is seven years my senior. The games we played, as I was disguised as his little brother so that his friends would accept me into their posse, were full of wonder and adventure and they were very real to me. My boys are growing into men and I have to admit that the last few years have been sadly lacking adventure and wonder and been about logistics and budgets and bills, horrid things. I owe it to them and to myself to rekindle that spirit.
The major impetus for this shop was my middle son going to college for marine biology and the costs of textbooks! Bam! T-shirts with ocean creatures to help raise funds for college expenses. No overthinking, no ponderings about the relation between Art and Craft, creation and product. I've been thinking about Etsy for quite awhile as a means to offer reproductions of art at an affordable price, watching with admiration as shop owners created their own empires! ( a shout out to Black Apple) This just seems the perfect place to explore all aspects of what I love to make, so we're starting with T-shirts. Hand made silk screens of our favorite sea creatures. This is the first step of a new adventure.

Germany somewhere by the looks of it, "Abflug". Arriving or Departing? I honestly don't remember. Those were the years of a flight a day at times. Monday- Munich, Tuesday- Milano, Wed- Hamburg, Thursday- Paris... Friday- leave for Marrakech.

I miss it. Some people hate it, traveling, being uprooted from one's routines, I crave it. Last night I dreamed I was in Barcelona again, back at that bistro by the port, the one with the squid tapas and the waiters in white jackets, hair slicked back with pomade.

Alarm clock, groaning because we're out of milk and cereal, throw some waffles together, quick get your library books, don't miss the bus. I'm off to the farm stand and the hardware store to get the lawnmower fixed.