Resurrected Relics: Reviving Paul Pfurtscheller’s Charts
Long before the age of digital imaging, Austrian zoologist and artist Paul Pfurtscheller (1855–1927) created a breathtaking series of zoological wall charts that turned classrooms into miniature cabinets of curiosities. First published in 1902, his works fused scientific precision with artistic elegance, depicting insects, worms, snakes, and other creatures in striking detail. More than a century later, many of these charts survive only through damaged or poorly scanned reproductions—but through careful digital restoration, we’re bringing them back to life one by one.
Vaults of the Unhinged: Fortunio Liceti’s Book of Monsters
In 1616, Italian physician and philosopher Fortunio Liceti published De monstrorum caussis, natura, et differentiis libri duo (On the Causes, Nature and Differences of Monsters, in Two Books). The first edition was largely text-based, but by the time the second edition appeared in Padua in 1634 (often dated 1633)—published by Paulus Frambottus—the work had transformed into something extraordinary: a quarto volume of over 260 pages, illustrated with a gallery of the grotesque.
Decomposition
I’ll leave you the light from my eyes, baby
when they go dim
All the sounds I couldn’t hear but wished I could
I’ll leave you my mother’s will to live
The softest grass for your bare feet
And my father’s peace with surrender
But not the turmoil, baby
We are all gonna die
Stop by, peruse some prints from my large body of work selling cheap, and/or have your photo taken in front of my neon sign which so charmingly reads, WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE.
Despair at Dawn Engraved
Light arrived without warmth, pressing on my chest
Morning bird song too much like sirens
Traveling away from me
Until the silence absorbs them
And I hear only the weeping echo
from the empty room behind my bones
A lifeless aquarium where a heart once dwelled
Or an endless ocean
I couldn’t bear to cross
To face another day
Eve Before the Cosmos
Still the unrepentant tongue. They claim creation was loud, but don’t mention the sweet silence of her becoming. Her inky shadow unraveling and peaking and staining galaxies with the light and dark of being long before God claimed them.
Framed Art Goals
Last year I posted a video stating that only around 25% of the frames we purchased to frame our art for shows were used/vintage. (Roughly 75% were purchased new.) We had a goal to flip those numbers.
Tricolor Carpenter Bee
Our second in this series of 2D photo collage on metallic paper presented in a shadow box frame with a real insect. This one is a tricolor carpenter bee!
“Maybe we should stop selling cards”
That suggestion floated out of Mike’s mouth one day not too long ago as we stood in our kitchen, wiping down countertops and discussing our booth setup for upcoming shows.
Yellow-Vented Hornet
“I believe in process. I believe in four seasons. I believe that winter’s tough, but spring’s coming. I believe that there’s a growing season. And I think that you realize that in life, you grow. You get better.” —Steve Southerland
Introducing Luis Ricardo Falero
We’re super excited to announce the addition of six restored works by the spellbinding Spanish painter Luis Ricardo Falero to our Restored Reproductions collection. Known for his masterful blend of mythology, astronomy, and dark fantasy, Falero captured the 19th-century imagination with richly detailed nudes, witches, and celestial beings rendered in luminous, otherworldly settings.
High Priestess
Hush. The ache before the answer. Hush. Do you feel it? Your ears are like satellites searching for submarines. Single engine planes circling Everest. Challenger Deep is calling. Go. Until you find the keeper of veils and the hollowed truth. Howling the gospel of molecules and wonder at the conquered moon.A moroi is a type of vampire or ghost in Romanian folklore—the origins of the word are unknown but may have come from the old Slavonic word, mora, meaning nightmare.
Gold Foil Embellished QWN Bees
If you’ve seen us at a show anytime in the last yearish, you may have caught a glimpse of one of our striking special edition silver and gold foil embellished QWN Bees in a fancy antique frame (unless it’d already sold, she sells almost every time and we only bring one) but I’ve finally convinced Mike that we should sell limited edition silver and gold foil embellished PRINTS of her. We’re asked at every show.
Mayfest and Little Coincidences
Ocho Años y Cinco de Mayo
We got married cinco de mayo at the Denver courthouse (no witnesses needed); a very impromptu decision after discovering the week before that my health insurance at my new job would charge me extra to add him as a “domestic partner” instead of a spouse. (Super romantic!)I couldn’t tell you everything I was feeling in the moments proceeding the birth of my daughter because there were so many: love, awe, fear, humility, joy…
Innocence That Goes
I couldn’t tell you everything I was feeling in the moments proceeding the birth of my daughter because there were so many: love, awe, fear, humility, joy…
Despair at Dawn
As far back as I can remember, I have struggled intensely with mornings. No matter the state of my mental health—or my life—at any point in time. Even at my (seemingly) overall happiest or most content, my first thought upon waking is: I just want to die. Please take me.
The Last Judgement
In the 1420s and 1430s, when oil and panel painting were still in their infancy, vertical formats were often used for depictions of the Last Judgement, because the narrow framing particularly suited a hierarchical presentation of heaven, earth and hell.
Bitches and Hoes
Our newest postcard has arrived! Thanks to everyone who participated in our contest on Instagram.
The Sin and The Confession
Two years ago I stumbled on this totally scandalous 1880 painting from Heinrich Lossow. It’s called The Sin. I wasted no time in deciding to turn it into one of our postcards and I thoughtlessly, naively landed on Good Night and Good Fuck as the perfect copy to overlay on this instead of, wait for it—
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October 2025
- Oct 2, 2025 Resurrected Relics: Reviving Paul Pfurtscheller’s Charts Oct 2, 2025
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September 2025
- Sep 30, 2025 Vaults of the Unhinged: Fortunio Liceti’s Book of Monsters Sep 30, 2025
- Sep 7, 2025 Decomposition Sep 7, 2025
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August 2025
- Aug 28, 2025 We are all gonna die Aug 28, 2025
- Aug 16, 2025 Despair at Dawn Engraved Aug 16, 2025
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July 2025
- Jul 20, 2025 Eve Before the Cosmos Jul 20, 2025
- Jul 11, 2025 Framed Art Goals Jul 11, 2025
- Jul 6, 2025 Tricolor Carpenter Bee Jul 6, 2025
- Jul 3, 2025 “Maybe we should stop selling cards” Jul 3, 2025
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June 2025
- Jun 28, 2025 Yellow-Vented Hornet Jun 28, 2025
- Jun 18, 2025 Introducing Luis Ricardo Falero Jun 18, 2025
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May 2025
- May 25, 2025 High Priestess May 25, 2025
- May 22, 2025 Gold Foil Embellished QWN Bees May 22, 2025
- May 9, 2025 Mayfest and Little Coincidences May 9, 2025
- May 5, 2025 Ocho Años y Cinco de Mayo May 5, 2025
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April 2025
- Apr 30, 2025 Innocence That Goes Apr 30, 2025
- Apr 20, 2025 Despair at Dawn Apr 20, 2025
- Apr 10, 2025 The Last Judgement Apr 10, 2025
- Apr 6, 2025 Bitches and Hoes Apr 6, 2025
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March 2025
- Mar 23, 2025 The Sin and The Confession Mar 23, 2025
- Mar 10, 2025 Guillotines Mar 10, 2025
- Mar 1, 2025 Antique brass openwork frame Mar 1, 2025
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February 2025
- Feb 26, 2025 What keeps me up at night Feb 26, 2025
- Feb 24, 2025 Science ۞ Myth ۞ Symbology Feb 24, 2025
- Feb 23, 2025 Sublime Déshabillé Feb 23, 2025
- Feb 9, 2025 The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings Feb 9, 2025
- Feb 7, 2025 Embrace the Meaninglessness Feb 7, 2025
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January 2025
- Jan 31, 2025 Mora Jan 31, 2025
- Jan 24, 2025 Blessings abound Jan 24, 2025
- Jan 20, 2025 Môniyâw Jan 20, 2025
- Jan 19, 2025 New embossed gold foil cards Jan 19, 2025
- Jan 11, 2025 Lightning Struck a Flock of Witches Jan 11, 2025
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December 2024
- Dec 30, 2024 Thank you Dec 30, 2024
- Dec 12, 2024 Body of a Flower: Luna Moth Dec 12, 2024
- Dec 11, 2024 Cannabis Dec 11, 2024
- Dec 3, 2024 La Loïe Dec 3, 2024
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November 2024
- Nov 14, 2024 Darkness Creeps in Nov 14, 2024
- Nov 3, 2024 Dreams of Battle and Death Nov 3, 2024
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October 2024
- Oct 28, 2024 Fledgling Folly Oct 28, 2024
- Oct 4, 2024 Lady Longfingers of Sorrow Oct 4, 2024
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September 2024
- Sep 24, 2024 You were raped Sep 24, 2024
- Sep 15, 2024 Can I pick your brain? Sep 15, 2024
- Sep 14, 2024 Behold the Body of the Moon Sep 14, 2024
- Sep 12, 2024 Dementia and Alzheimer’s Sep 12, 2024
- Sep 9, 2024 What the Heck Sep 9, 2024
- Sep 5, 2024 Nightmare Sep 5, 2024
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August 2024
- Aug 31, 2024 Three Years Later Aug 31, 2024
- Aug 29, 2024 Eurasian Grass Snake (Tropidonotis Natrix) Aug 29, 2024
- Aug 27, 2024 Body of a Flower: Spiderwasp Aug 27, 2024
- Aug 20, 2024 Retribution Aug 20, 2024
- Aug 18, 2024 Bounty (Hold onto whatever makes you happy) Aug 18, 2024
- Aug 10, 2024 Body of a Flower: Robber Fly Aug 10, 2024
- Aug 10, 2024 World of the Dead Aug 10, 2024
- Aug 7, 2024 The Parisian and tattoos Aug 7, 2024
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July 2024
- Jul 21, 2024 Follow your heart Jul 21, 2024
- Jul 17, 2024 Word Salad Jul 17, 2024
- Jul 12, 2024 Body of a Flower Jul 12, 2024
- Jul 4, 2024 Thus Always to Tyrants Jul 4, 2024
- Jul 1, 2024 Mrs. Maud Jul 1, 2024
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June 2024
- Jun 29, 2024 Gloaming Jun 29, 2024
- Jun 21, 2024 Specter Sorceress Jun 21, 2024
- Jun 14, 2024 The human + animal bond Jun 14, 2024
- Jun 10, 2024 No womb. No gloom. Jun 10, 2024
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May 2024
- May 28, 2024 Going Stag No. 5 May 28, 2024
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April 2024
- Apr 29, 2024 Basic human decency stuff Apr 29, 2024
- Apr 22, 2024 All Storms Now Laid Apr 22, 2024
- Apr 7, 2024 Upward to Heaven Apr 7, 2024
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March 2024
- Mar 4, 2024 Human Dissections Mar 4, 2024
- Mar 3, 2024 Femina Luna Mar 3, 2024
- Mar 2, 2024 Friendships Mar 2, 2024
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February 2024
- Feb 26, 2024 Surrender Boxes Feb 26, 2024
- Feb 25, 2024 The Land of Entrapment Feb 25, 2024
- Feb 19, 2024 Lilacs and brain cancer Feb 19, 2024
- Feb 17, 2024 Divorce and Break-Ups Feb 17, 2024
- Feb 11, 2024 QWN Bee Feb 11, 2024
- Feb 6, 2024 A story and a warning to creators Feb 6, 2024
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January 2024
- Jan 2, 2024 Woody Guthrie, Cherokee Bill and Bass Reeves Jan 2, 2024
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December 2023
- Dec 26, 2023 Tulsa Mayfest Dec 26, 2023
- Dec 17, 2023 25 Years Ago Dec 17, 2023
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November 2023
- Nov 21, 2023 Santa’s Happy Pills Nov 21, 2023
- Nov 11, 2023 Death and Feather Plucking Nov 11, 2023
- Nov 11, 2023 Pretty Boy Floyd Nov 11, 2023
- Nov 5, 2023 Grave Hunting Nov 5, 2023
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October 2023
- Oct 19, 2023 Lenticulars Oct 19, 2023
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August 2023
- Aug 26, 2023 Fire’s Remorse Aug 26, 2023
- Aug 7, 2023 Memento Mori Aug 7, 2023
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June 2023
- Jun 7, 2023 Source cards Jun 7, 2023
- Jun 6, 2023 The morbs Jun 6, 2023
- Jun 3, 2023 Touch Grass Jun 3, 2023
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May 2023
- May 30, 2023 Femina Marina May 30, 2023
- March 2023
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December 2022
- Dec 20, 2022 Time is the Devourer of Things Dec 20, 2022
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October 2022
- Oct 13, 2022 Going Stag No. 2 Oct 13, 2022
- Oct 6, 2022 Childbirth and Puerperal Fever Oct 6, 2022
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September 2022
- Sep 30, 2022 Gaunt Jaunt Sep 30, 2022
- Sep 16, 2022 New Life to Old Frames Sep 16, 2022
- Sep 13, 2022 Paper and the Birdcage Sep 13, 2022
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August 2022
- Aug 25, 2022 Going Stag Aug 25, 2022
- Aug 5, 2022 Anatomicam Cardiocorum Nervorum Aug 5, 2022
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July 2022
- Jul 31, 2022 Insect and Terrarium Building Jul 31, 2022
- Jul 27, 2022 Maria Celeste Jul 27, 2022
- Jul 20, 2022 Eye and Amazonite Jul 20, 2022
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June 2022
- Jun 28, 2022 Nitimur in Vetitum Jun 28, 2022
- Jun 6, 2022 Surrender Box Jun 6, 2022
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May 2022
- May 1, 2022 Who were you— May 1, 2022
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September 2021
- Sep 4, 2021 Tulsa Punk Rock Flea Market 2021 Sep 4, 2021
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August 2021
- Aug 25, 2021 Notebooks Aug 25, 2021
- Aug 9, 2021 Death and Pollination Aug 9, 2021
- Aug 4, 2021 Topographical Maps Aug 4, 2021
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July 2021
- Jul 31, 2021 Jewelry Jul 31, 2021
- Jul 27, 2021 Dark Bird Jul 27, 2021
- Jul 24, 2021 You’re the Moon Jul 24, 2021
- Jul 13, 2021 Saudade Jul 13, 2021
- Jul 11, 2021 Memento Mori Jul 11, 2021
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June 2021
- Jun 26, 2021 Engraving on Agate Jun 26, 2021
- Jun 24, 2021 Engraving on Canvas Jun 24, 2021
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May 2021
- May 19, 2021 Heart and Soul May 19, 2021

