#foxandthistle — Public Fediverse posts

I had a gig for a couple of years as a purchasing agent for a vintage boutique in Washington, DC. The items in this drawing document some of the stuff that flowed through my hands from auction to shop.

#foxandthistle #mastoArt #art #designer #pattern #secondhand #upcycling #rendering #illustration #artist

Artemis II finally launched yesterday after a series of delays. I made this six weeks ago wondering what a great America might look like. Yesterday Iran's 'authoritarian' government wrote an open letter to the American people saying they don't hold us responsible for what our government is doing to them. While our 'free' government threatens their people with the very weapon we went to war to keep from them.

#foxandthistle #freedom #iran #democracy #nuclear #artemis #hero

Made this during Trump's first term. Felt relevant to dust off while the billionaires are still pretending to pick sides.

Usually my work doesn't lean so political: https://foxandthistle.studio/

#foxandthistle #Illustration #PoliticalArt #Satire #PoliticalSatire #EditorialIllustration #Mastodon #Art #Resist #Trump #NFLDraft #Washington #Commanders #Redskins #DigitalArt #MastoArt #IndigenousRights

This skeleton is made almost entirely from by-products: a pesto jar, food packaging, corks, twine, chopsticks, mayonnaise caps, guitar strings…

The rose he’s surfing I found on an evening stroll.

#foxandthistle #art #artist #reuse #recycle #upcycling #foundobject #trashtotreasure #sustainability #halloween #death #love #lore

Lately I’ve been working on monograms from some old books I found. This one is a cipher-style monogram of a ‘Krimson Queen’ hoya in bloom, with the moth that pollinates its flowers at night.

#foxandthistle #hoya #bloom #gardening #drawing #monogram #art #artist #cipher #moth #creativetoots

Here is the full issue of this month's almanac. It features: Necessary Limitations, Grief & Guardianship, Winter Pruning, a Poem on Uncertainty, Bronze Age Lentils, & a grim look back at 2025.

The Liminal drops with each new moon.

#Foxandthistle #theLiminal #art #artist #writing #writingcommunity #gardening #moon #motherearth #almanac #design #creativetoots #artstudio #workshop #upcycling

Dolphin & Anchor drawing for my Festina Lente study on Constraint.

I flipped the dolphin so he was breaching while holding and moving against the anchor. The waves are a Greek motif pulling west, while the clouds are pushing east.

Next month will be the Snail Shell & Rabbit.

#theLiminal #foxandthistle #art #artist #dolphin #anchor #lore #festinalente

This month we're exploring the Dolphin & Anchor image adopted by Aldus Manutius for the Aldine Press during the Italian Renaissance. Part one of six.

https://foxandthistle.studio/pages/the-liminal-snow-moon-cycle-january-2026

#foxandthistle #theLiminal #printmaking #printing #letterpress #artist #renaissance #publishing #paradox #visionary #festinalente

We rang in the New Year with a big pot of Gullah Geechee Hoppin' John.

Recipe here:
https://foxandthistle.studio/blogs/recipes/gullah-geechee-hoppin-john

#foxandthistle #cooking #recipes #kitchen #stove #kettle #lowcountry #eastcoast #luck #blackeyedpeas #homecooking

The Wolf Moon will be full in a few days. Here's the terrestrial & celestial happenings this month.

From our newsletter the Liminal this month:

https://foxandthistle.studio/pages/the-liminal-wolf-moon-cycle-december-2025

#foxandthistle #theliminal #moon #fullmoon #wolfmoon #motherearth #art #artist #writing #almanac #chart #design #celestial

Upcycled horn into a table lamp. I haven't done many of these lately. This one is a gift for an old friend.

More of my upcycling at:https://foxandthistle.studio/pages/upcycled-gallery

#foxandthistle #art #artist #upcycle #upcycling #sustainability #repurpose #reclaim #reuse #creative #artstudio #workshop #creativelighting #music #musik #musica #musician #sculpture #functionalart #interiordesign #bohemian #cottagecore

Not Tonight

The art of saying no—one night at a time, every night, with framed scrabble tiles.

https://foxandthistle.studio/

#foxandthistle #scrabble #marriage #divorce #breakup #nottonight #nosex #handsoff #repurposed #framedart #foundobject #psychology #shadow #shade #leavemealone

Each day is better than the next.

The phrase, often misremembered as hopeful, flips into a dark little joke—one that acknowledges decline, sarcasm, or burnout. The wilted rainbow suggests something beautiful that’s been neglected or drained, yet it’s still extended forward, like a token of resigned affection and an acknowledgment that things aren’t getting better from here (at least not without some effort and change).

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#art #artist #foxandthistle #encouragement #love

New Liminal issue is out. This one is catalog style with lots of historical details on some of our designs including Toulouse-Lautrecs tomb, Iranian archaeology, Baroque depictions of death, an upcycled piano bar and more.

Full issue here: https://foxandthistle.studio/pages/the-liminal-cold-moon-cycle-november-2025

#foxandthistle #theliminal #art #artstudio #design #playlist #holidays #history #museum #vintage #catalog #moon #lunar #calendar #almanac #reading

This is one of our favorite family recipes. A deliciously aromatic take on a cold-weather classic: sweet potatoes baked in a buttery, maple-vanilla glaze with warming spices, finished with a hint of rosemary and sea salt for a subtle herbal note.

From our latest newsletter:

https://foxandthistle.studio/pages/the-liminal-cold-moon-cycle-november-2025

#foxandthistle #theliminal #recipes #cooking #homekitchen #thanksgiving #turkeyday #coldweather #cuisine #artstudio #recipecard #kettle #crumb #sweetpotato #holidays

Champion authenticity and the courage to perform your own tune—without bending for applause or approval. True art and self-expression happen away from the crowd, free from judgment or expectation. Sometimes the loudest voices aren’t the truest ones, and the most meaningful expression is the one only you hear.

https://foxandthistle.studio/

#foxandthistle #selfhelp #expression #authenticity #art #medieval #truevoices #courage #artstudio #design #musician #music #musica

One of our instrument lamps. This lamp was from a pair made from student instruments and matching brass ashtrays as the base.

https://foxandthistle.studio/

#foxandthistle #upcycling #creativelighting #instrument #instrumentlamp #musica #music #classical #classicalmusic #sustainableStyle #sustainabledesign #trashtotreasure #reclaimed #upcycled

A few upcycling projects from Fox & Thistle Studio.

https://foxandthistle.studio/pages/upcycled-gallery

#foxandthistle #sustainability #upcycling #foundart #art #artist #artwork #greenliving #trashtotreasure #reclaimed #repurposed #remade

Waves rise and fall with ceaseless motion, surging with power and retreating into abyss. They envelop silently and erode that which seems immovable, blurring the boundary between the way things seem and the way they are.

https://foxandthistle.studio/

#foxandthistle #theLiminal #design #artist #handdrawn #illustration #inktober #sharpie #masquerade #mask #halloween #spooky #spookyseason #theveil #thevoid #secrets

Fox & Thistle Studio is blasting into 1999 technology with an RSS Feed.

Follow our monthly newsletter the Liminal, with your favorite feed reader!

https://griefngravy.github.io/liminal-rss-feed/liminal-rssUpload.xml

#foxandthistle #TheLiminal #rss #rssfeed #almanac #sustainability #upcycling #creativewriting #monthly #moonphases #lunarcalendar #vintage #cooking #symbolism #americana #folklore #microbusiness #indie

See the Harvest Moon 2025 issue of the Liminal, a creative almanac from Fox & Thistle Studio that drops with the new moon each month.

Sign up to receive the Liminal to your inbox each month!

https://foxandthistle.studio/pages/the-liminal

#foxandthistle #lunar #moon #moonphases #almanac #creativealmanac #sustainability #art #design #creativewriting #artstudio #discoverart #recipes #upcycle #americana #astronomy #celestial #terrestrial #skyward #freelance #timetravel

It's a new moon again, that means the Harvest Moon issue of the Fox & Thistle Liminal just dropped.

Inside this issue: Tossing Shade on the Wall, Arabic Calligraphy, Chinese Cosmology, A Wine Journey Down the Rhine, The Spirits of Leisure, Self-Discovery Through Masquerade, Mirror Games, Pumpkin & Spice, The Untold Parable of the Buddha with a Lame Foot

See the full issue:
https://foxandthistle.studio/pages/the-liminal

#foxandthistle #newsletter #art #artist #SilentSunday #design #reading #sustainability #poetry

Fox & Thistle Studio was recently featured in a Q&A with Sarah Swartz at The Paper Nerd.

Discover the story behind our Fortnight Calendar and Offhand Cards.

https://thepapernerd.com/reimagining-the-calendar/

#foxandthistle #art #artist #design #thepapernerd #calendar #card #illustration #article #studio #workshop

Scrabble & Shade

Declarations for the unashamedly discerning, the boldly candid, and anyone who understands that sometimes a bit of coldness is the price for justification.

See the collection at:
https://foxandthistle.studio/pages/scrabble-and-shade

#foxandthistle #games #art #artist #reclaimed #reuse #psychology #relationships #sustainability #scrabble #shade #private #gifts

New issue of the Liminal dropped over the weekend.

Inside this Issue: Censorship in the Second French Republic, gritty yard art, an old-world apple cake recipe, greeting cards for aimless avoidants, absurdist t-shirts with a literary flair, toxic messaging for the male ego & more!

See full issue at:

https://foxandthistle.studio/pages/the-liminal-corn-moon-cycle-august-2025

#foxandthistle #art #artist #TheLiminal #writing #blog #newsletter #original #content #creative #creativetoots #censorship #cake #recipe #selfhelp #tshirt #GraphicDesign

I've resurrected my email newsletter 'the Liminal'. It drops on each new moon.

It is a creative almanac exploring art & design, and is inspired by nature.

The full Sturgeon Moon Issue for July 2025 is here:

https://foxandthistle.studio/pages/the-liminal-sturgeon-moon-cycle-july-2025

#foxandthistle #art #design #stargazing #almanac #nature #natural #newmoon #sturgeon #moon #cycle #magazine #artist #indesign #adobe #vintage #tshirt #cartoon

A moment lost, a chance missed, a future never realized — the haunting refrain of hindsight echoes in every step. Steinbeck understood it well: “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are…

it might have been."

https://foxandthistle.studio/collections/pantagruels-reverie

#art #artist #uncertainty #haunting #horror #melancholy #sad #selfhelp #psychology #loss #grief #pain #hardship #resilience #foxandthistle #design #tshirt #occult

Feeling troubled? A bit harried? Is "too much is too much” — just too much sometimes? Or maybe you’re wildly aware that everything’s been going a little too well as of late. It’ll all come crashing down at any minute. There is only one thing for certain, and that is:

Uncertainties Await!

https://foxandthistle.studio/collections/pantagruels-reverie

#foxandthistle #art #artist #artwork #design #uncertain #time #negative #accept #folk #mystic #tshirt #death #divorce #horror #escape #ink

Confidence isn't about fitting in - it's about embracing your quirks. And in the words of Bill Murray, "The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything."

Let your freak flag fly!

https://foxandthistle.studio/products/enjoy-what-you-are

#foxandthistle #freak #selfcare #confidence #positive #accept #art #artist #design #philosophy

Movement is often mistaken for progress. Wandering can be aimless, chaotic, revelatory—or pointless. Not every journey leads to a shining truth, and not every traveler finds what they’re looking for — regardless of how noble or charming they may appear.

https://foxandthistle.studio/products/wandering-lost

#foxandthistle #art #artist #tea #stars #wandering #wisconsin #folk #travel #lost #beard #mystic #design