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The Secret Tale of Miner Birds & Magpies

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The Secret Tale of Miner Birds & Magpies: A5 to A1, true relative scale

The Secret Tale of Miner Birds & Magpies, all five sizes, true relative scale

All 5 sizes, true relative scale.

What it's made of

Archival paperHahnemühle 310gsm, acid-free cotton rag.
Giclée inkFade-resistant 100+ years indoors.
Open EditionPrinted to order, unsigned.
Drawn firstEvery line starts on paper.

The Story

May I ask a question

Are you kind? Not ordinary, run-of-the mill vanilla-kind but really, truly kind?

You may wonder how you can know? Well, there is a test.

If you're kind to miner birds and magpies (the least loved of all living creatures and famous for their bullying ways), well, this is true kindness — the kindness that when shared can change a whole town.

If you find this hard to believe let me help change your mind.

Now, you probably don't know this but miner birds and magpies aren't really birds. Or rather, they once weren't. You see, every day when the sun shines with just the right brightness, the trees sway at just the right rhythm and the breeze whistles with just the right melody, a strange thing happens. In this moment, people who take without asking or receive without gratitude are struck by a mysterious curse, instantly becoming magpies and miner birds.

So, please understand this: when magpies and miner birds attack be thankful. It's their way of warning you to avoid their fate. So take after asking and receive with gratitude. Soon you'll forget you ever didn't. Kindness will blanket your town and maybe, just maybe the curse of the magpies and miner birds will be broken.