ABOUT

Medusa is a hand-drawn t-shirt design for 10tacled Clothing, an independent apparel brand that I started in 2013, shortly after graduating from University.
10tacled is an ethical company, which follows a straightforward philosophy – to design and make unique, awesome clothes without the negative social and environmental impact commonly occurring in the fashion industry. 10tacled ranges for men and women are made from sustainable ecofibres such as Tencel, bamboo and organic cotton. Each t-shirt is individually screen printed by hand using high quality water-based inks, which are non-toxic (for both printer and the end user) and have an exceptionally soft-hand feel.

The design is inspired by the character from Greek mythology, but with a tentacled twist.

The initial design can be seen below, featuring an alternative "death mask" face, which I decided to change before printing it onto a t-shirt.
The original design was printed on paper from an aluminium plate using a photo-litho process on a hand-operated Harry F Rochat etching press.