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Topic: TMA-07M / ISS 34/35: Tom Marshburn's patch
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benguttery
Member Posts: 548
From: Fort Worth, TX, USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 02-02-2013 03:11 PM
   
Anyone seen Tom Marshburn's personal patch for the ISS Expedition 34/35?  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 47239
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-02-2013 03:13 PM
Tim Gagnon and Jorge Cartes worked with Tom Marshburn to design this patch. |
rasorenson
Member Posts: 106
From: Santa Clara, CA, USA
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 02-02-2013 03:34 PM
Beautiful patch! The mountains are unique. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2999
From: Titusville, FL
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 02-02-2013 07:29 PM
The Caduces represents Tom, along with his siblings, all but one is a doctor. The infinity symbol is a personal symbol between Tom and his wife. The stars represent Tom's family and crew mates. The large star in the center represents his daughter — it also represents the station passing overhead.The crescent Earth and sunrise represents his spaceflight and the Planet Jupiter represents "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Arthur C. Clarke. Tom read the book when he was younger and it inspired his passion for space exploration. The patch was almost in the shape of the monolith.  The mountains represent his love of hiking, camping and mountain climbing. The shape is a guitar pick but we had to make it wider to fit everything. Tom also plays guitar. It was a pleasure to work with him on this. |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 760
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 02-03-2013 12:07 PM
I must have one of these! Tom is a native of my town here in North Carolina. When he comes back to Statesville again, and he told me he wants to, I want him to see I have his patch as a surprise. Wow, what a beautiful design. Good job! |
Apollo 8
Member Posts: 176
From: Vienna, Austria
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 02-03-2013 05:18 PM
Beautiful artwork, Tim! Is there any chance to buy one of these patches? |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2999
From: Titusville, FL
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 02-04-2013 03:46 PM
Sorry guys, there are no current plans to market these. |
lm5eagle
Member Posts: 429
From:
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 02-04-2013 05:24 PM
Tim, when you generate objects of such beauty and desirability you are inevitably going to create a public demand. How about having a discussion with Tom? You must have some weight on his thinking about his matter. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2999
From: Titusville, FL
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 02-04-2013 07:20 PM
Thanks for the generous compliment. Of course any discussion will have to wait until this summer. Tom's out of the country right now. |
Mike Z
Member Posts: 451
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted 02-05-2013 06:18 PM
Wow! That is an amazing patch!Tim, you, Jorge and Tom really should be very proud of this one! It looks like we could walk right into the patch and climb the mountains! Congratulations on a truly amazing and beautiful patch! I agree, This would be an fantastic addition to my patch collection. However I do respect Tom Marshburn if he wants it to be only for him. |
QuiGon Grin
Member Posts: 55
From: Rutherford, NJ 07070
Registered: Apr 2010
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posted 02-10-2013 10:13 PM
I love the symbolism and never would have made the 2001 connection. As others have mentioned the "ground" based focus (mountains) makes this patch rather unique and majestic.Plus this patch in a way represents the vast majority of us whose only way to view/experience the heavens it to look up at it from the ground. |
Russian
Member Posts: 424
From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 03-04-2013 07:31 AM
Do anyone have any photo with this patch on Tom's onboard suit? The patch is too much big for his arm...I would stress that the quality of the landscape is similar to the landscape on the Romanian seal-patch for the flight of Dimitru Prunariu in 1982. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2999
From: Titusville, FL
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 03-04-2013 06:46 PM
There won't be any photos of Tom wearing the patch. He's flown only a small number for family members. As for the landscape. The similarities of a mountain and trees in the foreground are all there is. Tom's patch landscape is based on the work of an artist he admires.
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Russian
Member Posts: 424
From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 03-05-2013 03:39 AM
I hope Tom did some photos to share with us. Otherwise we will not be sure the patch was produced before the flight and was aboard.
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 47239
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-05-2013 09:47 AM
Photos aren't necessary to document when the patch was produced and if it was onboard. We have the word of the artist and if need be, Marshburn's own account post-flight. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2999
From: Titusville, FL
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 03-05-2013 06:11 PM
Tom has no current plans to publicize his personal patch. Accordingly, there will not be photos. Jorge and I designed this for him personally and there was a small number made for his family and friends.There are no plans to ever produce these for sale, so providing provenance isn't necessary. I'm confident there will be pirated copies made, but since I have not provided the actual size or list of thread colors, the pirates will have to guess. |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 601
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 03-06-2013 12:05 PM
Well said Tim! |
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