Martini Vineyard labels: champagne & merlot

Label design suggestions for Martini Vineyard, a Cummings Valley winery & brewery. Southern California

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Skulls and Socks

While in Sacramento I did a series of pastel sketches. This is one of them.

My family purchased 157 acres of fertile land in Cummings Valley and are planning on planting a vineyard to produce their own wines and champagne. On a section of the property my cousin and I found the remains of sheep who once grazed the land - complete skeletal structures, some with strips of flesh and tuffs of wool still attached. So I collected an adult sheep skull, a lamb, a full spine and a lower jaw, wrapped them in a box and tucked them into the trunk of my mustang for the drive north.

The remains are currently bleaching out in my mother's suburban backyard. When I had first set out to clean them, I soaked them in a clorax / water solution for three days. On the second day, I removed the adult skull and from a hollow nostril an earthworm dripped. It was classic horror.