Get Your Low Tide Celebration T-Shirt!

This year, Tlingit artist Odin Lonning of the Vashon Hydrophone Project (VHP) created a t-shirt design for the eighth annual Vashon-Maury Island Low Tide Celebration. The VHP managers drew from Orca Annie’s marine naturalist training and Odin’s traditional shoreline knowledge to compose imagery that represents multiple levels of an outgoing tide: a red Ochre Sea Star, a green Kelp Crab with a Tlingit spirit face, a Nuttall’s Cockle with a Salish spirit face, and Eelgrass flowing around wave and sand patterns. Of course, the iconic Point Robinson Lighthouse pays homage to the place where we celebrate the low tide. Be sure to do a tide walk with the Vashon Beach Naturalists to learn which creatures inhabit each tidal zone.
 
Throughout June, shirts of various sizes will be available in four radiant yet tranquil green and blue colors of Puget Sound waters on a clear summer day. The Vashon Beach Naturalists will have some shirts at their First Friday fundraiser, "Between the Tides: An Intertidal Art Show" at Ignition Gallery, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM on June 7. In addition, shirts will be sold periodically at the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie. Get one or you’ll be glum! Call Odin at 206-463-9041 regarding availability.
 
The 2013 Low Tide Celebration is Sunday, June 23, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Point Robinson Park. For more information, call Rayna at 206-463-3153 or Erin at 206-463-4357.