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Gutenberg Press 1440 - Bold Features! Tasteful Design! Unforgettable Performance!

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Gutenberg Press 1440 - Bold Features! Tasteful Design! Unforgettable Performance!

In art school, for a project the students were assigned to put together marketing copy on a product. Artist Ewan Tallentire did his on the Gutenberg Press.

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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Simulated Simulator

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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Simulated Simulator

What if all aviation museums had simulators? Picture yourself strapping in. "Welcome to the P-40 Warhawk simulator. Your mission is to learn the P-40."

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Solar Eclipse 2017 - Headed from Oregon Territory to St. Joe, Missouri

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Solar Eclipse 2017 - Headed from Oregon Territory to St. Joe, Missouri

The eclipse path is especially interesting considering the history of St. Joseph, which was one of the "jumping-off" points for settlers headed for the Oregon Territory

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Scheherazade Ballet Image - Arabian Nights

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Scheherazade Ballet Image - Arabian Nights

Picture the perfumes of Arabia, fragrant odors of musk and ambergris, gardens of a hundred different delights, rare and radiant damsels, trees laden with jewel-fruits, magic lamps, birds singing gloriously by crystal fountains, pearls, rubies, diamonds, ivory, and gold, Ali Baba, Aladdin, Sindbad, Harun er-Rashid, viziers, executioners, dervishes, genies/djinni, and of course princes and princesses.  They say she told a tale each night, for a thousand and one nights, to the king who feared no woman could be faithful, who executed each wife after the wedding night, except Scheherazade. Each night she left the tale unfinished, so the king, in his curiosity,...

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How History Got Onto Shirts, and Off Shirts Onto Prints

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How History Got Onto Shirts, and Off Shirts Onto Prints

Ewan Tallentire has experimented with various products for displaying his art. While this site is especially for those who want art sans t-shirts, it is surprising how many people prefer t-shirts to any other kind of clothing, and want something with a nice design on it. Here in Colorado, in fact, a neat, clean, colorful t-shirt with a classy design, along with new jeans and cowboy boots, can be considered "dressed up."  Ewan started designing more for t-shirts after noticing that there are only so many mugs anyone can keep in a cupboard. One would think the same would apply to t-shirts,...

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