TOOL - Limited Edition Black

The Tool: Hard not to feel motivated to make a special design for Tool's visit to Chile. Official or not, I was going to do it anyway. They've always been a huge influence on my development and the depth of aesthetics they've achieved in their career. Finding a Tool music video on TV in the 90s was by far the most hypnotic and groundbreaking thing you could see at the time. A tsunami of metalanguage, layers upon layers of codes, enigmatic symbols in every sense. Whether it makes sense or not doesn't matter — this design already comes with the code embedded.

The idea was to make a special design to celebrate their visit. Looking for symbolic connections with Chile, I arrived at the Chilean mummies. The oldest in the world, mummies of 7,000 years or more. And unlike the Egyptians, there was no class distinction when it came to mummification. The Chinchorro mummification process consisted of removing the organs and then reassembling the body, seeking to turn it into a work of art. Structuring with ropes, bandages, ornaments — and the living even lived with their mummified ancestors "Bound to recall, remember."

Seated in the pose of eternal waiting with Oculus Rift-style glasses with the band's logo on them, opening new spiritual states and the whole connection with the trance of psychedelia (Alex Grey) unlocking the third eye and the fourth and the fifth with double pupils just in case. And the metaphor of the mummy waiting 8,000 years for the band "We are spirit bound to this flesh" With 7 toes on one foot and "One foot nailed down" Pneuma. Its mummification cords in an aura of sacred geometry. Many interpretations and the ritual continues. And if I'm going to see them live, it has to be wearing this t-shirt. Each piece is unique as there is no original piece. 100% Cotton T-shirt. Screen printed in 1 color.