COMPANY STARTED BY ARTIST, BLAKE SANDBERG IN 2000. THE ROOTS OF THE
COMPANY BEGAN IN HIS ARTWORK AND HIS WARDROBE. BLAKE BEGAN
MAKING HIS OWN T-SHIRTS IN HIGH SCHOOL, USING IRON-ON DESIGNS HE
MADE OR DRAWING DIRECTLY ON THE SHIRT WITH A MARKER. ONCE HE
MOVED TO NEW YORK AND TOOK OVER A STORE FRONT ON AVENUE B, HE
BEGAN SILK SCREENING HIS IMAGES ON SHIRTS BY THE DOZEN. AT FIRST
THESE WERE MERELY ANOTHER SURFACE TO COVER WITH IMAGERY, BUT
QUICKLY BECAME SOMETHING MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO BUY AND WEAR.
SEVERED LEG PRODUCTIONS T-SHIRTS ARE NOT SIMPLY IMAGERY.
OFTEN BLAKE USES HIS IMAGES PAIRED WITH WORDS TO CREATE A DIALOG
WITH PEOPLE. SHIRTS LIKE "SCRATCH AND SNIFF" WITH A SKUNK IMAGE, OR
THE PHRASE "BACK SOON" PRINTED ON THE FRONT OF A SHIRT, AND THE
SEVERED LEG LOGO ITSELF WHICH DEPICTS A MEAT CLEVER WITH "SEVERED
LEG PROD. CO." PRINTED ON IT - IT ALMOST TELLS A STORY. THE SHIRT LINE
AS A WHOLE DISPLAYS A SHARP WIT AND HUMOR COMBINED WITH ARRESTING
IMAGERY.
RECORD LABEL IS MISC. MUSIC
VISIT MISC:
IMAGES OF BLAKE SANDBERG'S
ARTWORK PLEASE VISIT:
DESIGNED THE LOGO
FOR "THE AMERICAN"
A NEW DINER IN NYC.
VISIT THE AMERICAN
AT 235 MULBERRY STREET
"DANCER / CRIMINAL" SHIRT
MADE TO PROTEST THE NYC
CABARET LAW
P.O. BOX 685314
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78768
