An Elephant Out of a Fly — Tee

Description

Делать из мухи слона. “To make an elephant out of a fly.” English makes a mountain out of a molehill, which is a landscaping issue. Russian turns an insect into an elephant.

It is a far better description of what actually happens: something tiny walks into the room and leaves the size of a building.

Soviet constructivist poster logic — hard diagonals, two inks, geometry doing the shouting. The scale shift is the whole joke and the whole composition.

For anyone who has watched a two-line message become a three-day argument.

Two versions, one page

Choose Artwork only for the illustration on its own, or With saying to get “Делать из мухи слона” drawn into the composition in its original language. Same garment either way — pick your version above.

The shirt

• Bella+Canvas 3001 · 100% airlume combed and ring-spun cotton · 4.2 oz/yd² (heather shades include a small amount of polyester)
• Unisex retail fit · side-seamed · pre-shrunk · tear-away label
• Sizes S–3XL · choose your colourway above

Printed on demand, shipped worldwide

Nothing is made until you order it. Your design is printed in the fulfilment centre closest to your address — usually within 2–5 business days — and then shipped. Flat-rate shipping: $7.95 in the US, $12.95 everywhere else. Shipping & returns.

More from the same place: browse the collection by country, or read 15 sayings that don’t survive translation.