Myths & Fables
Green Man T-shirt
The Green Man T-shirt is a Honeyman Tees print-on-demand tee from the Myths & Fables collection. The design shows the Green Man with a leafy beard and an oak-leaf crown, sitting on a carved stone capital and shrugging with an oak sprig in one hand, saying “Six hundred years on a church ceiling. Nobody looks up.” Available on Etsy.
“Six hundred years on a church ceiling. Nobody looks up.”
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About this design
A leafy beard, an oak-leaf crown and six hundred years of waiting.
The story behind it
From about the 11th to the 16th century, medieval stone carvers hid leafy faces all over Europe's churches and cathedrals: on roof bosses high in the vaults, on corbels and beneath the choir-stall seats. Nobody signed them or wrote down what they meant, and in 1939 the folklorist Lady Raglan gave them the name the Green Man. Most of them are still up there today, waiting for someone to look up.
Proposed colors: Natural
Mockups show the print at true scale on a size M tee. Colors are proposed, not final.
Where to buy
Available on Etsy: see this tee on Etsy (opens in a new tab). See all our shops or follow on Instagram (opens in a new tab) for new drops.
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