ElRat Designs
@elratdesigns.co.uk
UK based artist, making original shirts.
Screen printed by hand in the UK
email: ElRat@elratdesigns.co.uk
provider of @kristinhersh.bsky.social approved Merch
Fully GPSR compliant
elratdesigns.co.uk
https://elratdesigns.co.uk/links
Screen printed by hand in the UK
email: ElRat@elratdesigns.co.uk
provider of @kristinhersh.bsky.social approved Merch
Fully GPSR compliant
elratdesigns.co.uk
https://elratdesigns.co.uk/links
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ElRat Designs
@elratdesigns.co.uk
· Jan 1
Happy day!
In 2025 you sent 98hrs 24m of studio time to @kristinhersh.bsky.social
It's two years since ElRat Designs launched. So grateful to all of you, it's been an honour
There's a new blog post online now
The ElRat Designs Origin Story
elratdesigns.co.uk/blogs/variou...
Be the Strange(l)
In 2025 you sent 98hrs 24m of studio time to @kristinhersh.bsky.social
It's two years since ElRat Designs launched. So grateful to all of you, it's been an honour
There's a new blog post online now
The ElRat Designs Origin Story
elratdesigns.co.uk/blogs/variou...
Be the Strange(l)
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Volunteer Opportunities!!
We are looking for volunteers!
If you live in or round ono of the places that @throwingmuses.bsky.social @kristinhersh.bsky.social are playing this spring, and are willing to take delivery of some hand printed flyers and drop them around local places. Please email volunteers@elratdesigns.co.uk
If you live in or round ono of the places that @throwingmuses.bsky.social @kristinhersh.bsky.social are playing this spring, and are willing to take delivery of some hand printed flyers and drop them around local places. Please email volunteers@elratdesigns.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Volunteer Opportunities!!
Don't flush it, it's Freddie Mercury....
ElRat Original @throwingmuses.bsky.social "Bywater" shirt
personally approved by the One @kristinhersh.bsky.social
Every Hersh shirt directly funds studio time.
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
ElRat Original @throwingmuses.bsky.social "Bywater" shirt
personally approved by the One @kristinhersh.bsky.social
Every Hersh shirt directly funds studio time.
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
February 17, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Don't flush it, it's Freddie Mercury....
ElRat Original @throwingmuses.bsky.social "Bywater" shirt
personally approved by the One @kristinhersh.bsky.social
Every Hersh shirt directly funds studio time.
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
ElRat Original @throwingmuses.bsky.social "Bywater" shirt
personally approved by the One @kristinhersh.bsky.social
Every Hersh shirt directly funds studio time.
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
One-of-a-Kind @throwingmuses.bsky.social 1986 logo messy print
Only from ElRat Designs
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Be the Strange
Only from ElRat Designs
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
February 16, 2026 at 9:17 AM
One-of-a-Kind @throwingmuses.bsky.social 1986 logo messy print
Only from ElRat Designs
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
Only from ElRat Designs
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
We are looking for volunteers!
If you live in or round ono of the places that @throwingmuses.bsky.social @kristinhersh.bsky.social are playing this spring, and are willing to take delivery of some hand printed flyers and drop them around local places. Please email volunteers@elratdesigns.co.uk
If you live in or round ono of the places that @throwingmuses.bsky.social @kristinhersh.bsky.social are playing this spring, and are willing to take delivery of some hand printed flyers and drop them around local places. Please email volunteers@elratdesigns.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:13 AM
We are looking for volunteers!
If you live in or round ono of the places that @throwingmuses.bsky.social @kristinhersh.bsky.social are playing this spring, and are willing to take delivery of some hand printed flyers and drop them around local places. Please email volunteers@elratdesigns.co.uk
If you live in or round ono of the places that @throwingmuses.bsky.social @kristinhersh.bsky.social are playing this spring, and are willing to take delivery of some hand printed flyers and drop them around local places. Please email volunteers@elratdesigns.co.uk
Lots of affordable One of a kind hand printed t-shirts available at ElRat Designs
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Be the Strange
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Be the Strange
February 14, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Lots of affordable One of a kind hand printed t-shirts available at ElRat Designs
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
Happy Friday!
@throwingmuses.bsky.social playing "Bo Diddley Bridge" Electric Ballroom, London on the 27th May 2025.
US tour dates announced more coming!
ticket links at kristinhersh.com/tour
life is chaos, don't miss your chances to see @kristinhersh.bsky.social live
youtu.be/XZuxoX0yv0M?...
@throwingmuses.bsky.social playing "Bo Diddley Bridge" Electric Ballroom, London on the 27th May 2025.
US tour dates announced more coming!
ticket links at kristinhersh.com/tour
life is chaos, don't miss your chances to see @kristinhersh.bsky.social live
youtu.be/XZuxoX0yv0M?...
Throwing Muses - Bo Diddley Bridge - Electric Ballroom, London 27th May 2025
YouTube video by ElRat Designs
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Happy Friday!
@throwingmuses.bsky.social playing "Bo Diddley Bridge" Electric Ballroom, London on the 27th May 2025.
US tour dates announced more coming!
ticket links at kristinhersh.com/tour
life is chaos, don't miss your chances to see @kristinhersh.bsky.social live
youtu.be/XZuxoX0yv0M?...
@throwingmuses.bsky.social playing "Bo Diddley Bridge" Electric Ballroom, London on the 27th May 2025.
US tour dates announced more coming!
ticket links at kristinhersh.com/tour
life is chaos, don't miss your chances to see @kristinhersh.bsky.social live
youtu.be/XZuxoX0yv0M?...
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We're each of us "only halfway home" and having to journey on, looking back at the fire's from which we crawled out of, to the new life we're trying our hand at. Not new as in: free of all that happened to us, but new as in: despite what happened, we tend to the life that remains in us.
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
We're each of us "only halfway home" and having to journey on, looking back at the fire's from which we crawled out of, to the new life we're trying our hand at. Not new as in: free of all that happened to us, but new as in: despite what happened, we tend to the life that remains in us.
Online now
Musings on "Palmetto" by Kristin Hersh.
Gairly sure this will make sense to no one, but my thoughts on "Palmetto", & why this shirt, being unloved by almost everyone but me, is so apt😆🖤
elratdesigns.co.uk/blogs/hershv...
🎶 @kristinhersh.bsky.social "Palmetto"
🎥 @elratdesigns.co.uk
Musings on "Palmetto" by Kristin Hersh.
Gairly sure this will make sense to no one, but my thoughts on "Palmetto", & why this shirt, being unloved by almost everyone but me, is so apt😆🖤
elratdesigns.co.uk/blogs/hershv...
🎶 @kristinhersh.bsky.social "Palmetto"
🎥 @elratdesigns.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Online now
Musings on "Palmetto" by Kristin Hersh.
Gairly sure this will make sense to no one, but my thoughts on "Palmetto", & why this shirt, being unloved by almost everyone but me, is so apt😆🖤
elratdesigns.co.uk/blogs/hershv...
🎶 @kristinhersh.bsky.social "Palmetto"
🎥 @elratdesigns.co.uk
Musings on "Palmetto" by Kristin Hersh.
Gairly sure this will make sense to no one, but my thoughts on "Palmetto", & why this shirt, being unloved by almost everyone but me, is so apt😆🖤
elratdesigns.co.uk/blogs/hershv...
🎶 @kristinhersh.bsky.social "Palmetto"
🎥 @elratdesigns.co.uk
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Rizzo: “Not this goddamn song again, Kris, it makes no sense! How did you even play it? It’s got no meter! How did you sing it? What the hell key is it in? We’re gonna have to start all over with a new template and for what? It’s just nuts!”
me: “You done?”
him: “Yeah, I like it, it’s cool”
me: “You done?”
him: “Yeah, I like it, it’s cool”
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Rizzo: “Not this goddamn song again, Kris, it makes no sense! How did you even play it? It’s got no meter! How did you sing it? What the hell key is it in? We’re gonna have to start all over with a new template and for what? It’s just nuts!”
me: “You done?”
him: “Yeah, I like it, it’s cool”
me: “You done?”
him: “Yeah, I like it, it’s cool”
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"There’s more tragedy to the ego orientation than there is anywhere else. That’s where all cruelty comes from, the misapprehension of identity. My relationship to songwriting, I can only compare to trying to recreate that weeping." ~ @kristinhersh.bsky.social
thequietus.com/interviews/k...
thequietus.com/interviews/k...
Everything is Colour: Kristin Hersh on the Return Of Throwing Muses
Kristin Hersh offers Sean Kitching the exclusive first interview about Throwing Muses’ first new album in five years
thequietus.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:56 PM
"There’s more tragedy to the ego orientation than there is anywhere else. That’s where all cruelty comes from, the misapprehension of identity. My relationship to songwriting, I can only compare to trying to recreate that weeping." ~ @kristinhersh.bsky.social
thequietus.com/interviews/k...
thequietus.com/interviews/k...
The @throwingmuses.bsky.social Moonlight Concessions US tour 2026
What a time to be alive!
Life is chaos, don't miss your chances to see the one @kristinhersh.bsky.social and this iconic band!
More dates coming!
Tickets links
kristinhersh.com/tour
What a time to be alive!
Life is chaos, don't miss your chances to see the one @kristinhersh.bsky.social and this iconic band!
More dates coming!
Tickets links
kristinhersh.com/tour
February 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The @throwingmuses.bsky.social Moonlight Concessions US tour 2026
What a time to be alive!
Life is chaos, don't miss your chances to see the one @kristinhersh.bsky.social and this iconic band!
More dates coming!
Tickets links
kristinhersh.com/tour
What a time to be alive!
Life is chaos, don't miss your chances to see the one @kristinhersh.bsky.social and this iconic band!
More dates coming!
Tickets links
kristinhersh.com/tour
The @throwingmuses.bsky.social at ElRat Designs
Lots of options, all support @kristinhersh.bsky.social studio time
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Be the Strange
Lots of options, all support @kristinhersh.bsky.social studio time
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
February 11, 2026 at 9:06 AM
The @throwingmuses.bsky.social at ElRat Designs
Lots of options, all support @kristinhersh.bsky.social studio time
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
Lots of options, all support @kristinhersh.bsky.social studio time
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
We all know I love a wild shirt pic. Thank you to the amazing @dgcwords.bsky.social for their support.
Here sporting their ElRat whiplash T-Shirt, in beautiful turquoise ink on black.
Keep being strange🖤
elratdesigns.co.uk/products/whi...
Be the Strange
Here sporting their ElRat whiplash T-Shirt, in beautiful turquoise ink on black.
Keep being strange🖤
elratdesigns.co.uk/products/whi...
Be the Strange
February 10, 2026 at 8:51 AM
We all know I love a wild shirt pic. Thank you to the amazing @dgcwords.bsky.social for their support.
Here sporting their ElRat whiplash T-Shirt, in beautiful turquoise ink on black.
Keep being strange🖤
elratdesigns.co.uk/products/whi...
Be the Strange
Here sporting their ElRat whiplash T-Shirt, in beautiful turquoise ink on black.
Keep being strange🖤
elratdesigns.co.uk/products/whi...
Be the Strange
We have a few @50footwave.bsky.social shirts at ElRat Designs, including this "Staring into the Sun"
all personally approved by @kristinhersh.bsky.social and all directly funding studio time.
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
🎶 @50footwave "Staring into the Sun"
all personally approved by @kristinhersh.bsky.social and all directly funding studio time.
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
🎶 @50footwave "Staring into the Sun"
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 AM
We have a few @50footwave.bsky.social shirts at ElRat Designs, including this "Staring into the Sun"
all personally approved by @kristinhersh.bsky.social and all directly funding studio time.
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
🎶 @50footwave "Staring into the Sun"
all personally approved by @kristinhersh.bsky.social and all directly funding studio time.
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
🎶 @50footwave "Staring into the Sun"
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Time Lied
Hand printed @kristinhersh.bsky.social merch at ElRat Designs
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Be the Strange
🎶 Kristin Hersh - "Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire"
Hand printed @kristinhersh.bsky.social merch at ElRat Designs
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
🎶 Kristin Hersh - "Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire"
February 8, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Time Lied
Hand printed @kristinhersh.bsky.social merch at ElRat Designs
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
🎶 Kristin Hersh - "Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire"
Hand printed @kristinhersh.bsky.social merch at ElRat Designs
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
🎶 Kristin Hersh - "Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire"
Every shirt at ElRat Designs is hand printed using traditional screens and water based ink
Printed this whiplash squid this week
elratdesigns.co.uk/links
Be the Strange
Printed this whiplash squid this week
elratdesigns.co.uk/links
Be the Strange
February 7, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Every shirt at ElRat Designs is hand printed using traditional screens and water based ink
Printed this whiplash squid this week
elratdesigns.co.uk/links
Be the Strange
Printed this whiplash squid this week
elratdesigns.co.uk/links
Be the Strange
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spring dates…more coming
February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
spring dates…more coming
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Happy Friday!
@throwingmuses.bsky.social playing "Counting Backwards" at the Village Underground, London on the 9th September 2025.
US tour dates announced
more coming soon!
ticket links at
kristinhersh.com/tour
Don't miss your chances to see @kristinhersh.bsky.social
youtu.be/TiCLSLn8lds?...
@throwingmuses.bsky.social playing "Counting Backwards" at the Village Underground, London on the 9th September 2025.
US tour dates announced
more coming soon!
ticket links at
kristinhersh.com/tour
Don't miss your chances to see @kristinhersh.bsky.social
youtu.be/TiCLSLn8lds?...
Throwing Muses - Counting Backwards - London Underground 9th September 2025
YouTube video by ElRat Designs
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Happy Friday!
@throwingmuses.bsky.social playing "Counting Backwards" at the Village Underground, London on the 9th September 2025.
US tour dates announced
more coming soon!
ticket links at
kristinhersh.com/tour
Don't miss your chances to see @kristinhersh.bsky.social
youtu.be/TiCLSLn8lds?...
@throwingmuses.bsky.social playing "Counting Backwards" at the Village Underground, London on the 9th September 2025.
US tour dates announced
more coming soon!
ticket links at
kristinhersh.com/tour
Don't miss your chances to see @kristinhersh.bsky.social
youtu.be/TiCLSLn8lds?...
Burning screens yesterday and Freddie popped into view under the UV light. Another Test print Hoodie pic.
@throwingmuses.bsky.social Bywater is available in standard orange or UV reactive ink & One of a kind versions
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
🎶 Throwing Muses "Bywater"
@throwingmuses.bsky.social Bywater is available in standard orange or UV reactive ink & One of a kind versions
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
🎶 Throwing Muses "Bywater"
February 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Burning screens yesterday and Freddie popped into view under the UV light. Another Test print Hoodie pic.
@throwingmuses.bsky.social Bywater is available in standard orange or UV reactive ink & One of a kind versions
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
🎶 Throwing Muses "Bywater"
@throwingmuses.bsky.social Bywater is available in standard orange or UV reactive ink & One of a kind versions
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
🎶 Throwing Muses "Bywater"
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🔊 The Kristin Hersh Archives is searching again. Do you know from which magazine (from 1999) this clipping might be? Do you have it and could you send over a good quality scan that we can share and archive? Spread the word, please!
February 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM
🔊 The Kristin Hersh Archives is searching again. Do you know from which magazine (from 1999) this clipping might be? Do you have it and could you send over a good quality scan that we can share and archive? Spread the word, please!
Reposted by ElRat Designs
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spring dates at kristinhersh.com
📷 Cello Pete
📷 Cello Pete
February 4, 2026 at 5:39 PM
spring dates at kristinhersh.com
📷 Cello Pete
📷 Cello Pete
Shipping today, ElRat Original "Be the Strange" hand scrawled and hand printed.
So grateful to the beautifully strange people who support what I do.🖤
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
So grateful to the beautifully strange people who support what I do.🖤
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
February 4, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Shipping today, ElRat Original "Be the Strange" hand scrawled and hand printed.
So grateful to the beautifully strange people who support what I do.🖤
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange
So grateful to the beautifully strange people who support what I do.🖤
elratdesigns.co.uk
Be the Strange