Resurrected Relics: Reviving Paul Pfurtscheller’s Charts
Restorations, Process, History Rebecca Tillett Restorations, Process, History Rebecca Tillett

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.

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Source cards
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Source cards

Did you know that —with the exception of our mini-prints—each of our prints comes with a list of the original historical public domain imagery we utilized to create that piece of art? Some of them are short and may only reference one or two sources (either because that’s all of the PD imagery utilized or because we simply couldn’t track down accurate source info for one or more of the elements), and some, like this one, are rife with sources.

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New Life to Old Frames
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New Life to Old Frames

Just as we’ve preferred to upcycle used cigar boxes for our engraved boxes, we also love to repurpose old frames we find at local thrift and antique stores to display and sell our work at art markets.

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