{"id":35,"date":"2026-09-09T23:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T23:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weird.whaleworx.com\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-09-09T23:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T23:27:01","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/weird.whaleworx.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-color has-accent-3-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-70f93cbe wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:7rem;padding-right:1.5rem;padding-bottom:7rem;padding-left:1.5rem\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/weird.whaleworx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"Svale whale mark \u2014 flat blue cartoon whale with charcoal outline\" class=\"wp-image-14\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.589989350372737;width:52px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weird.whaleworx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image.png 821w, https:\/\/weird.whaleworx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-600x232.png 600w, https:\/\/weird.whaleworx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/weird.whaleworx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-768x297.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-ibm-plex-mono-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.8rem;letter-spacing:0.16em\">WHALEWORX \u00b7 SOUTH DOCK, CHICAGO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1.5rem\">A whale surfaced on the South Side.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:1.15rem\">Nobody\u2019s put it back. Whaleworx is everything that turned up around it \u2014 sold the way it was found, one enormous object at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-color has-text-color has-border-color has-base-border-color wp-element-button\" href=\"\/shop\" style=\"border-width:1px\">View the collection<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9f4937dc wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:5rem;padding-right:1.5rem;padding-bottom:5rem;padding-left:1.5rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-source-serif-4-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:1.6rem;line-height:1.35\"><em>Everything here reads like a found-object catalog, not a product grid.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Objects are presented enormous, numbered like specimens, and described the way a warehouse foreman or a museum registrar would \u2014 plainly, by material and dimension, never by marketing adjective. No grid of thumbnails competing for attention. One object at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collection is still being catalogued. New specimens are tagged and added as they\u2019re recovered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-accent-5-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a23c751a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:3.5rem;padding-right:1.5rem;padding-bottom:3.5rem;padding-left:1.5rem\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-ibm-plex-mono-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.78rem;letter-spacing:0.08em\">DOCK 3 \u00b7 NEW THIS WEEK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Specimens are being catalogued.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Check back soon, or get in touch to hear when the first lot goes up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHALEWORX \u00b7 SOUTH DOCK, CHICAGO A whale surfaced on the South Side. Nobody\u2019s put it back. 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