Unisex sweatshirt
When the cold sets in, this koala hoodie is your go-to: it carries Cooper, a koala facing forward in a floral Hawaiian shirt, from my Animal Kinhood series, for the days you just want to feel cozy.
Photo: Tarryn Grignet / UnsplashPhascolarctos cinereus
Look after each other, we're the ones still here.
Eucalyptus forests and coastal woodland of eastern Australia; in the Hastings River valley (NSW) for Cooper.
Koalas sleep almost all day because they burn very little energy, and Cooper defends that with pride: "I'm not lazy, I'm low-consumption, there's a difference." In his story he gets up at five for the radio — the worst part of his day — and then falls into a long nap he calls survival. He's a koala of a calm, cozy life, of the sofa and the fan. Exactly the mood for putting on a hoodie and making no plans at all.
I created the portrait facing forward and without a distracting background: he's in charge and the garment just follows along. In his story, Cooper lives with Dazza in a small house he calls, half-joking, the luxury shed, and says, without a trace of irony, that he's "poor in the wallet and stinking rich in life." That calm of being content with what you've got is what this hoodie carries. If you like this koala, there's more about him in his biography, and I've got more pieces in the collection.
