The Thing is a new project out of the Bay Area, through which four filmmakers, artists and musicians a year will create art works, which will then distributed to subscribers on a quarterly basis. The artists are held to two rules: each piece must be based on an “every day object”, and each art work must incorporate text. Each project is reproduced by hand, and then mailed to subscribers, who pay $160/year for all four works, including shipping.

The first Thing, a set of window shades emblazoned with hand-painted disclaimers and pleas, comes from the mind of filmmaker/performance artist . There’s photo documentation of the Thing crew painting and preparing the shades for shipping here, and for more information on subscriptions, go here.

[Via The Underwire]