Shirts and Medals

Summer 2024 Shirts and Medals

The shirts are in the process of being printed as I type this. And of course, there is a Star Wars theme to the design but it also incorporates much more. My inspiration came from one of my favourite books, The Little Prince, with a large tree encompassing a small planet; this planet is not in danger of splitting in half. In fact, it is home to balancing light and dark. There are hints of a yin yang created in a spiral staircase; the leisure and peace for sleeping basset hounds in it's very core; the Mortis gods making a tree top with Ahsoka - Anakin/Vader - Baylon as the foilage: all in an infinity curve. And a Yoda style quote. I am going out on a limb here putting Baylon Skoll as the dark representative because that has not been confirmed but it certainly appeared to be Disney's intention.

The medals are being cut later this week and next.

Last years shirt

The evolution of the shirt and the medals began as usual with Star Wars and Dr. Who influences, no Vader this time though. One of the Bendu's quotes from Rebels was inspiring, "An object cannot make you good or evil …. only you can change yourself.": since we are playing badminton, that became "A new racquet doesn't make you good or evil."

Then there is the image of the Bendu which I modified to honour Roxy, my basset hound who just turned 13 this May. Her face replaced the oxen-like Bendu head and her long floppy ears pop out just as the armor did on the original force wielder.  The image is surrounded with circles (sponsors inside the smaller ones) similar to the force gates used for time travel.

But where is the Doctor. Time travel of course but also, Tom Baker - the actor who played Dr. Who for seven plus years (the one with the long scarf) - is the voice of the Bendu in the Star Wars series Rebels.