The Friendly Skies

I've been working on major updates to my graphic design website while I wait for the materials for my next round of merch to come in. Until they arrive and I can post photos of amazing new merchandise, enjoy this awesome photo from Happy Chair is Happy.

Wooden Artillery

These practice rounds are huge (30" tall) and weigh as much as a planet. To save metal they were made from oak, then capped with steel and brass. This weekend I'll start building tabletops to transform these into super-industrial cocktail tables.




The rounds were stored in their original boxes for almost 70 years, which naturally darkened the wood to a perfect honey-brown. I wanted to save the boxes, which were covered in interesting logos and military requisition info. Unfortunately, the cardboard was brittle with dry-rot, to which I am extremely allergic. I tried keeping them anyway, but my legs broke out in hives and I had to drop them at the curb. It's a shame, but I've got even more pieces on the way and some great new projects on the horizon.

A New Logo - Version 1

In the rush to design new products, I've sort of ignored Stockpile's graphic branding. It's sad - I've been slapping the header from this blog on my invoice slips. This weekend I spent a few hours with my notebook sketching out logo ideas, and this one is definitely my favorite. Some refinement is in order, but I think it could set a nice tone for the packaging and distributor catalogs.

I haven't made anything with grenades yet, but I have some pretty interesting stuff on the way. Stay tuned!

New Etsy Store and Sundry News

I started Stockpile with an Etsy store attached to my original account. I'm grateful to everyone who hearted the store and checked out the merchandise, but it was a bit confusing to have Stockpile Designs located at 'wrightmonster.etsy.com.' The new store is at stockpiledesigns.etsy.com.

To celebrate the new store (and because of a format change going forward) I've reduced the price of the MIG-15 Fagot prints to $6! Grab 'em while they last - it's an essential entry in the history of things with terrible names.