Captain Paul Watson Foundation patch logo design (competition entry)

Captain Paul Watson Foundation
Operation Paiakan patch logo design (competition entry)

Took a couple of days out from the ‘day job’ to work on my competition entry to design the patch for Captain Paul Watson’s Operation Paiakan, a dangerous and heroic attempt to stop the slaughter of 169 endangered Fin Whales in Iceland during ‘slaughter season’.

Didn’t win the prize but it was a useful and fulfilling experience getting in to a new head space and designing a logo (not something I usually enjoy) for a very worthy organisation.

My word play with FIN! (STOP) wasn’t even enough to convince them 🤨

More on Operation Paiakan from CPWF website:
In May 2023, the John Paul DeJoria II will depart for the waters off Iceland and as Loftsson attempts to hunt Fin whales, we will hunt Loftsson’s killer ships. We won’t be violent, but we will aggressively block the harpoons for the entire three-month slaughter season. Our mission is to save the lives of Fin whales and to uphold international conservation law. Will it be risky? Of course. The life of an endangered Fin whale is worth the risk and we have been taking risks for half a century to protect and defend whales.
If the Icelanders intercept and capture us we will use the Icelandic courts to put Iceland on trial for their unlawful slaughter of whales. We ask our crew if they are willing to risk their life and freedom to save a whale and if they say no, they are not part of the crew. It takes courage to face down explosive harpoons and we have a crew of men and women ready to do so.

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