Hi, all, I do tee shirt designs for a living. Back when Max and Dick were doing the Mudcat tee-shirt, I tried to hook them up with one of my clients in Alabama that print on shirts that they dye in different colors of clay. The project fell through with them (sorry about whatever happened there, Max, I know their shirts are expensive, and they are busy, too). Here is an example of what I did for them for southern states and footprints in mud (tread lightly). I did a series of designs that look like they are embossed in mud, since I thought it was a good concept to connect to the earth dye. I could do a design of the shape of Montana like it is pressed into mud and then a catfish inside the state... what do you think?
example of Southern states shapes
or
footprints in mud (tread lightly)

or something done in a design like this, with a Catfish in the center and instruments around the sides of the border. Mudstock 1999 Official TeeShirt at top
Frogshirt

alice in montana