"Fog River" Tomatoes - six cards and envelopes by Rigel Stuhmiller


Item Number: 458

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $14

Online Close: Apr 24, 2018 11:00 PM PDT

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Description

Set of six tomato folding cards and brown kraft envelopes printed on recycled paper in Berkeley by reknown artist Rigel Stuhmiller. 


From Ms. Stuhmiller on her "Fog River" label:


"Year after year, while I was living in the Berkeley Hills, I would plant a garden in the spring and cross my fingers for a warm summer. May and June would be gorgeous, the weather would turn warmer, and my hopes would rise for a big harvest of tomatoes, watermelon, peppers... my own private farm bounty.


Then, around the beginning of July, a river of fog would come pouring through the Golden Gate and hit our house square on, and linger for the next couple of months. All the plants would decide they no longer wanted to participate in my grand experiment. I don't think one ripe tomato ever made it off the vine!


After a number of years I finally gave up. As a consolation prize, I created these product labels. They're my tribute to the farm-that-never-was, and also a grudging nod of respect to the Bay Area's very unique weather patterns!"

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Rigel Stuhmiller