This unique, wearable SHADE Edition is an iconic symbol of the builders of That Thing in the Desert (iykyk). When worn on playa, it indelibly marks one as SHADE, for better or worse. The SDS screw known to the community as a "badassner" is (as written in artist Ian Henderson's "Book of Shade") "a quintessential component of building Shade technology and part of the group's core iconography. Its durability, versatility, reusability, and general idiot-proof-ness has made it the literal and figurative lynchpin in all Shade technology." 80% of proceeds from the sale of SHADE editions go directly to MUTUAL SHADE, a mutual aid and advocacy project run by the artist to support the needs of workers in this community.

SHADE Editions is part of a multi-stage project by artist Ian Henderson produced in collaboration with The Ritual Division, an artist-run space and fabrication studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Shade is one of the many groups of largely volunteer laborers that produce the critical infrastructure each year for That Thing In The Desert, which takes place annually on public lands in Nevada (iykyk). For years, the artist and those close to them have taken part in this dangerous but necessary work, which supports the creation of a temporary infra-nation and in the process, creates deep camaraderie and a self-initiating magical awakening in the initiates of its crew.

Through this project, Henderson seeks to document the history, practices, philosophies, secret rites, and rituals of these workers, and represent them publicly through artistic monuments to their work. Each artwork uses the same folk craft techniques that Shade employ on playa and call attention to the material components of their workings, from the tools that transform into sacred implements to the distinctive cloth that becomes a lifesaving barrier in the harsh desert environment. The artworks also gather the group's collective knowledge and history through re-performance of community rituals and the illuminated manuscript of "The Book of Shade." And most importantly, every aspect of the project seeks to return attention to the often-overlooked workers of the larger Thing In The Desert community, whose precarity and solidarity are deeply intertwined with the history and practices of this cultural movement.