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Friends of badknees #1 Sweatshirt - Matte Fish - Grey

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Friends of badknees #1 Sweatshirt - Matte Fish - GreyFriends of badknees #1 Sweatshirt Matte Fish Grey Welcome to the friends of badknees Series, a series in which I put my friends art on shirts because my friends do cool stuff and you should know about them. Friend #1 in this series Matte Cathcart. I befriended Matte back in 1998, my freshman year at Indiana University. We spent a good amount of time together for four years, being roomies, playing music together, cooking pasta and drinking giant sodas.

Friends of badknees #1 Sweatshirt - Matte Fish - Grey

Welcome to the friends of badknees Series, a series in which I put my friends’ art on shirts because my friends do cool stuff and you should know about them.

Friend #1 in this series Matte Cathcart. I befriended Matte back in 1998, my freshman year at Indiana University. We spent a good amount of time together for four years, being roomies, playing music together, cooking pasta and drinking giant sodas. Matte was always involved in multiple music projects during those years and continues to be - see Nana Grizol and Nihilist Cheerleader. He not only introduced me to all sorts of great new music - he was also the one who introduced me to screen printing, making his own shirts and albums in amazing DIY ways. All of my earliest badknees creations were created using methods I saw Matte use - making your own frames, stretching your own fabric, using copy machines for transparencies, etc. 

Matte’s art has always been a source of inspiration for me. I’ve always loved his lettering and collage work and drawings. His album artwork is some of my favorite out there.

Back in 2019 I spent a few days with Matte and our friend Nick and we played some music and caught up on life as life moves quick and a good decade passed since we saw one another. While staying with Matte, he showed us an assortment of wooden fish he carved and painted. I forget how many he had and the story behind what got him making fish, but they were so great. He let us each take one and it’s one of my favorite wall hangings ever. It currently resides at badknees at the bottom of the stairs.

The irony in this first friends of badknees shirt, is that it’s the first shirt I’m selling that I haven’t screen printed. You see, I bought a fancy heat press machine late last year and was wanting a multicolored image that I could test out to print. I’d been wanting to screen print this fish for a while, and I still might, but I wanted a shirt with those exact colors, that exact fish. So I did it. And here it is.

A screen printed transfer on a midweight gunmetal heather grey Independent unisex sweatshirt. Get them while they last. Going to cut Matte in on half the profits because that’s how this friends of badknees thing works.

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These shelves turned out perfect for my bedroom project! I read lots of reviews about people having trouble with the wall anchors not holding up, but I’m going to equate that to user error. I had no trouble installing these and even took a couple shortcuts. I only used two wall anchors per shelf, but also pre checked the holes for studs. I used one dry wall screw per shelf as well. Knowing how wall anchors can be, I used one drill bit size smaller than the directions suggested. They said use 1/4, but I used 15/64. Probably could have gotten away with one smaller than that at 7/32. With all screws, I made sure not to press too hard into the wall and just turn the screw. That helps the anchors and threads stay snug in the dry wall. There was only one shelf that came out feeling a little saggy, but I think it’s because the holes in the shelf are not quite right. However, it still holds strong and no problem with a box of shoes on it. All this being said, I pre weighed my shoe boxes and knew I only needed to hold about 5-7 lbs. I was super detailed with measuring the bracket spots to make sure everything was spaced and leveled appropriately. The wood on the shelves does feel a little cheap, but it looks great so I couldn’t care less. I would purchase these shelves again and might have to as my display collection continues to grow.
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I put these shelves in a strange little cubby that was created in my kitchen by removing the sad excuse for a pantry that was once there. Super easy to hang, I’ve only hung two here and have other plans for the 3rd one. Good purchase for sure. Very sturdy and look expensive, without the high cost.
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While these didn't come in the color I was looking for, the size and price point were just what I was looking for. Installing them didn't take too long and was simple enough, but the end result did seem a little more wobbly than expected. I used them to display mine and my boyfriend's boots, and they held up fine, but I think 22 lbs per shelf would be pushing it. I was able to easily cover the shelves with wood grain look contact paper and easily trim the excess off with an Exacto knife to get the look I wanted. I'm happy with how it turned out.
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