Still Here Coelacanth Heavyweight Tee · Big Print

It’s not a fish. It’s 620 fossil spirals.

A coelacanth drawn in 620 fossil spirals, for a fish known only from fossils until a living one turned up in 1938, printed big on the front with no words. Every spiral in it is its own colour, so the whole fish shimmers.

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

¹ Coelacanths were known only as fossils, the youngest 66 million years old, until a living one was caught off South Africa in 1938. Smith, Nature, 1939

Fig. 20 in The Small Print, Deep Planet’s series of animals drawn from their own true stories. For the one who is still here.

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