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The Kenyan Portraits 8 Jul 2013 | 09:50 pm
Last July, our very own Ptarmakian, Jake Rutherford, traveled to rural and urban slums of Western Kenya to document Christian Relief Fund’s (CRF) relief/aid work for orphans–orphans mostly effected by...
Radio Station-ary 20 May 2013 | 11:00 pm
The third installment of inspiring vintage QSL cards (post cards sent to and from amateur radio operators) passed down from my grandfather, who collected them during his days in the golden age of radi...
The Fall of Winter 28 Mar 2013 | 12:07 am
Spring is here, no doubt. As winter departs us, we wanted to give a nod to Old Man Winter. These images, captured in the thick of a blizzard on the TX Panhandle, parade the fierce bleakness and chilli...
Natural Products Expo West 13 Mar 2013 | 11:16 pm
We’re so proud to have been a part of the the world’s largest natural and organic products tradeshow, Natural Products Expo West 2013, last week in Anaheim, California. It was truly a mesmerizing expe...
Stop and Smell the Rosebuds 21 Feb 2013 | 10:24 pm
I’ve recently been on an old-timey movie kick and decided to watch Citizen Kane, a movie lauded as the greatest film of all time, to see if the claims were true. And by jove! It struck a chord! What a...
BY THE POWER OF GRAYSCALE 10 Jan 2013 | 10:47 pm
It has been some time since we put up a blog post. What better way to announce our return to blogdom then by paying homage to the great Masters of the Universe. Wow. It’s hard to believe these are ant...
Make Your Mark 1 Nov 2011 | 10:26 am
A collection of interesting maker’s marks found on the back of fine china. Check the backside of your Mom’s china and you might find a sweet surprise. It’s ironic that the most beautiful detail of fan...
Mr. Tovar’s Travelogue 18 Oct 2011 | 05:19 am
Jimmy Tovar, our good friend and an ultra-hyper-talented illustrator & animator, recently returned from a road trip through the Dirty South, traversing the benevolent wilds of Texas and Louisiana and ...
Frantic Friend Fronds 11 Oct 2011 | 10:48 am
These are some of the tedious little paintings I do in my ‘off’ hours to work out the art of seeing. These paintings provide a space for me to focus on the depth and particularities of an object, and...
Royal Writer 22 Sep 2011 | 02:43 am
A 10-minute experiment in broadcasting the macro typewriter with an available light bulb.