ZAMFORIA

Making of “Las Sirenas”

Details from my painting “La Flamenca” (48”x36”, acrylic)
This past summer, I built a studio to focus on both ZAM creative and my branding business. In the process, I’ve refined a style I’ve been shaping for years—but “La Flamenca” is the first piece in a while that truly felt right. 🤘🏼

So... Grumpy White’s Restaurant. It’s nostalgia. Americana Legend.
 
Some days the buffalo chicken sandwich. Others, the fried chicken sandwich but you needed some extra gravy on the side for the french fries. 
 
Open face turkey sandwich, a Sam Adams and a nap? Sure.
 
What maniac is getting the liver?
 
Wait, you can get as many cheeseburger patties on one burger at one time, and wait, who is the guy that got 20 patties just so he can get his picture on the hostess stand?
 
“Today feels like a Grumpy’s Day.”
 
The first time you have french onion soup.
 
Middle schoolers paying with wrinkled-up dollar bills and coins to get their fix.
 
Yes, sure, I’ll play Keno. Why not.
 
We loved Grumpy White’s before it voluntarily closed in the beginning of COVID. A retirement opportunity for the Grump man himself.
 
Someone was always eating it at the ZAM store - couldn’t help it since it was across the street. The smell of the fried food in a styrofoam to-go box made you feel at home, made you feel special.
 
From a young business owners perspective (me), this guy had the perfect, consistent product (him). Something to lookup to.
 
This summer, we pay tribute.

love in mongolian, embroidered hoodie with our customized script. mongolian mainly the uses the cyrillic alphabet, aka russian alphabet. but the traditional (the first) way of writing is by way of vertical script called "Hudum Mongol bichig". learning this language has been one of the more complicated missions for us since resources are a bit scarce... but now we know and it's become one of our favorite