Open Mind Barreleye Heavyweight Tee · Big Print

It’s not a fish. It’s 850 dots.

A barreleye drawn in 850 dots, the deep-sea fish whose eyes look up through a clear shield on its head, printed big on the front with no words. Every dot in it is its own colour, so the whole fish shimmers.

The motto stays off the shirt, here with its footnote: Open Mind.¹

¹ The barreleye’s head is topped with a clear, fluid-filled shield; its tubular eyes look up through it and can rotate forward. Robison and Reisenbichler, Copeia, 2008

Fig. 22 in The Small Print, Deep Planet’s series of animals drawn from their own true stories. For the open-minded.

Watch the barreleye episode on Deep Planet.

About the print

• The drawing alone, 11.5 in wide, centred on the front. No motto or footnote on the shirt.
• Shimmer inks: every mark printed in its own colour, flowing along the animal, and drawn a little heavier so it reads from across the room.
• Garment-dyed, so each shirt's colour varies a little.
• Printed to order by Printful, direct to garment.

Heavyweight Tee

• Unisex Garment-Dyed Heavyweight T-Shirt, Comfort Colors 1717
• 100% ring-spun cotton
• Fabric weight: 6.1 oz/yd² (206.8 g/m²)
• Garment-dyed
• Relaxed fit
• 7/8″ double-needle topstitched collar
• Twill-taped neck and shoulders for extra durability
• Double-needle armhole, sleeve, and bottom hems
• Blank product sourced from Honduras
• Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL