Lost, But
Not Forgotten.
Our first selection remembers animals once part of the living world. No longer here. Still worth knowing.
Each one, the last of its kind.
The curve of a beak. The unruly fall of a coat. Sixteen portraits, each carrying something of a life.
Cap photographs are visual studies; portraits are stitch simulations. The final caps will be photographed after their sew-outs.
Wear the portrait.
Keep the record.
Selected from the archive, stitched on black twill. A gold halo remembers an extinct species; a red call number is carried on the back strap.
Beside the hat, a naturalist’s index card: the animal, its former world, and a life gathered from the records. A small piece of the archive to keep.
A place in the index.
- IN
- Index Naturae.
- 1.45.01
- The species record. This one is the Dodo.
- A / J
- A identifies the adult portrait. J identifies the juvenile, called Baby in the collection.
- RED
- Lettering reserved for extinct species.
The species number stays with both portraits. Extinction is marked in thread; it does not create a separate numerical category.
They were here.
The archive keeps their names, their portraits, and what remains. Our first selection remembers the lives behind the records. Lost, But Not Forgotten — coming soon.
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The young we remember.
An adult with its own bearing. A baby, bright-eyed and unruly. The same species record, held in two different faces.
The adult portrait sits toward the left front panel; Baby toward the right. Their codes end in A and J. Each has its own card, with family particulars for the young.
The first clue.
Every selection begins with reading. Before the drawer opens, the books on the desk have already suggested what we might find.
The Dodo and the Solitaire — Jolyon C. Parish
Extinct Birds — Julian P. Hume
Lost Animals — Errol Fuller
Real books, shown in an imagined working library.
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Release quantities and timing will be confirmed after the first sewn samples. Joining the register is an expression of interest; no payment is taken.