New Matchbox Set Released

Bulldozers, crowbars, erasers and wrecking balls are a few destructive tools that we need from time to time. Fire can be another if used carefully and it’s quite effective at clearing out old obstructions to make room for new ones. When I was ten years old my aunt and uncle gave me and my siblings blow torches and had us burn away all the giant dandelions heads in a huge field to make way for farming.

These three new matchboxes use fire-starting as a beginning of the ideas behind them.

BIRD POT

A bird-pot trouble maker makes an appearance with a decidedly irresponsible call to “Burn it down.”

START FIRES

Another bird with two heads encourages us to be destructive, but also creative and productive. This piece perfectly describes how I work as an artist and businessperson.

DEMAND JUSTICE

“Demand Justice” refers to the self immolating monks who engage in the most heartbreaking protest. Thích Quảng Đức famously carried this out in protest of the Vietnam war. The images of that day are so eerie and ceremonial, and they end with him sitting calmly, being overtaken by flame and gradually becoming a pile of ash and coal without moving. Americans of my generation and younger know this image as the cover to the first Rage Against The Machine album. 

To purchase any of these matchboxes, inquire about availability by emailing danielle@ravizupa.com.