Time is the Devourer of Things

Keeping in the spirit of creating art inspired by local Tulsa businesses, this one is called Time is the Devourer of Things and is dedicated to the lovely Maris Blanchard, her staff and our favorite shop to spend it all down to our last dime in, Black Moth — really though, I basically walk into that place and yell “take my money!” Oh, if only we had more of it. We could be their only customers and that shop would still be hugely profitable each year. Speaking of, have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? No? You should go there. And visit our Etsy shop too.* We need money so we can spend more of it at Black Moth.



P.S. Here’s a fun fact: I’ve been working on this piece for a while and it’s definite contender for top personal favorite. And you know what? The layered file of this piece is nearly a GIG in size. A gig! Holy shit, guys. Every time I’d hit Save I could feel my hard drive struggling. I prayed silently to myself quite often throughout the creation of this one.



*We can’t guarantee any shipments would arrive by Christmas at this point however. Sorry slackers!

Time is the Devourer of Things

Historical sources utilized:

Iconographic Encyclopedia of Sciences, Literature and Art by Johann Georg Heck. 1851 (many elements came from this publication) 



Twelve different species of bees swarming a flowery meadow. Coloured etching by J. Bishop. 1855



Mice, Mouse by U.S.P.R.R Mammals Survey. 1853



Nyctipao Moth by Edward Lloyd. 1896



Trigla Lyra by Polperro Cornwall. 1862



‘Oken’s Naturgeschichte’ (Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände by Lorenz Okenfuss; illustrations by Johann Susemihl. 1841



Organs of Sense – Ear by Abraham Rees. 1800s



Hummingbird - source and year unknown
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