Facultees
"Facultees" began last year when some of my friends gave me the idea to create T-Shirts for faculty members. I figured I have nothing to lose - except a little time to put into it. After a few weeks of brainstorming, and talking to a few graphic designers, we finally came to the perfect conclusion. A shirt that would have a silhouette of the teacher and a clever saying regarding them.
Dr. Saxon
The first in the series is the "Dr. Saxon" shirt. Dr. Saxon is a prof at Maranatha that everybody highly respects and has a lot of wisdom. In fact, he is probably one of the smartest guys I have ever met. After collecting orders and money, I realiezed I had sold over 75 of these in the first two weeks. It was amazing - I had no clue that they would be this popular. Once I recognized their potential and popularity, I decided to embark upon a second idea. In the meantime, I had a couple other shirt orders to make for the Camping Society and Madrigal. By the time winter 2006 rolled around, I knew there wouldn't be enough time to pull out another shirt before Christmas Break.The Radford Era
January '06 came fast and the ideas were flowing again. This time, it would a T-shirt in memory of Dr. Radford - one of my favorite profs at college. He was loved by all. I created a blog to show support and also as a place to upload favorite memories and stories of the "Radford Era". Several people responded, and I used the majority of the quotes from the blog for the backside of the shirt. This time when I went to collect orders, I had twice as many people sign up - 150 tees. I was pretty excited. Within a few weeks, the shirts were being worn by college kids all over campus, and they loved it.
Special thanks to: Karen Bramblet, graphic designer who aided me greatly in developing the shirts and silhouettes
SPECIAL FACULTEE:
During the month of March, Madrigal was taking it's last tour with Dr. Budahl. We dubbed it "Dr. Budah's Farewell Tour" and decided it was worthy of a shirt. Each Madrigal member ordered a shirt, and they arrived while we were on the tour, somewhere in Pennsylvania. Steve Mann presented Dr. & Mrs. Budahl each with a "Farewell Tour" shirt. They loved them. Dr. Budahl came up to a few of us involved with making it happen and said, "Quite clever ones you are." He was a legend. On the back of the shirt had a map of the east coast with the tour itinerary.
Stay tuned for the next round of Facultees.