Still Giving Whale Fall Heavyweight Tee · Big Print

It’s not a whale. It’s 900 worms.

A grey whale drawn in 900 worms, for a whale fall, a large whale’s body that can feed deep-sea animals for decades, printed big on the front with no words. Every worm in it is its own colour, so the whole whale shimmers.

The motto stays off the shirt, here with its footnote: Still Giving.¹

¹ On the deep-sea floor, one large whale’s carcass can feed a succession of animal communities for decades. Smith and Baco, 2003; Smith et al., 2015

Fig. 28 in The Small Print, Deep Planet’s series of animals drawn from their own true stories. For the one who keeps on giving.

Watch the whale fall 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