"I’m Thawing Tell Me Everything" Heavy Blend Unisex Crewneck Sweatshirt

Ink laid flat on a heavy crewneck sweatshirt keeps the woodcut hatching crisp, so the parka in this artwork reads as hundreds of short cut lines, and the faint scratches inside the block capitals look like wear on an old sign. The lettering runs in three tilted lines that step down to the right: I’m Thawing. in cream, Tell Me in pale sky blue, Everything. in cream again. Each letter carries a dark navy outline and a brick-red shadow thrown to the lower right, which gives the words the weight of carved type.

Underneath, someone sits with their back to us on a small wooden stool, snow still piled on the seat edge and across the shoulders of a bulky charcoal parka. They are pulling off a laced boot, and clumps of snow are falling out of the tread in a little trail of dots. The other foot is already free, resting on the snow in a cream ribbed sock. The dark head of hair pushes up into the blue line of lettering and hides part of the first letter of Everything, a buckled pack slumps beside the stool, and snow-loaded pines stand on either side. It is the moment of coming in from the cold and wanting the gossip before the second boot is off. It suits the friend who arrives late, frozen, and asks what they missed, and it makes an easy winter gift.