The Unintentional Icon — Lazarette Piece (UNYC Member Portrait)

Unnamed Yacht Club

The Unnamed Yacht Club is a collection of 12 member portraits made from memories, mementos, and imagery. Photography, graphic design, fiber arts, and woodwork come together to introduce you to people you already know.

The vibe is relaxed. The finish has patina. The members are unapologetically themselves — most certainly flawed, and always patting the seat next to them for you to join in.

Meet This Member: The Unintentional Icon

Her membership is on file. Club number 2699. Mooring: 1973. Guests: usual crew. Server: Phin.

makes an arrival without making one
wears neutrals like a superpower
never plans to stand out
—smiles when she does

Good Standing.

The Lazarette Piece

The lazarette is the locker that runs across the transom — the stern of the boat. It’s where the cushions live between sails. These pieces come home from the water.

Each UNYC portrait begins with photography. Ashley Lippincott deconstructs the image and rebuilds it through graphic design, creating the coastal pop art composition you see here. That design is then digitized and embroidered directly onto Sunbrella — the marine canvas of choice, sourced through the Newport, RI marine canvas tradition Ashley’s husband works in.

The piece is then sewn exactly as a boat cushion would be: with a contrasting welt cord, boxing, and foam — and upholstered to a wood panel for hanging. The result is a portrait that belongs on a wall but remembers the water.

This portrait features her iconic navy croc-embossed bag with red bamboo handles and gold hardware — embroidered in stunning detail on white Sunbrella with a yellow welt cord. Signed TIU in orange-gold in the corner.

18 × 24 inches. Signed and dated on verso by Ashley Lippincott, 2026.

The Bag Is Also Art

This piece arrives in its own custom coastal pop art tote — white canvas with a yellow base, canvas straps with tan leather tabs, and a Lippincott’s leather patch. The front carries the TIU monogram in orange and yellow bamboo-style letters, The Original 1, and Good Standing in red. The back features a miniature embroidered version of the member’s iconic bag — navy croc, red bamboo handles, gold hardware — the piece inside, in miniature.

The bag is not packaging. It is part of the work.

• Collection: Unnamed Yacht Club — Members in Good Standing
• Process: Photography → graphic design → digitized → embroidered on Sunbrella marine canvas → sewn with welt cord, boxing & foam → upholstered to wood panel
• Size: 18 × 24 inches
• Edition: 1/1 — original, no prints or editions of this piece
• Signed and dated on verso by Ashley Lippincott, 2026
• Guest check hangs from a hand-tied monkey’s fist knot in the member’s colorway
• Includes custom coastal pop art tote bag, marked “The Original 1”