Reverie, Ritual & Reassurance
Fox & Thistle Studio presents a collection of works that blend historical reinterpretation with contemporary vision. This page highlights three distinct ongoing projects:
- Pantagruel’s Reverie
- Fortnight Solstice Calendar
- Offhand Cards for Common Situations

Pantagruel's Reverie
Reinterpreted 16th-century woodcuts from Pantagruel’s Dreams, infused with dissent and satire. These designs blend historical absurdity with contemporary resonance and ambiguous dilemmas.

Fortnight Solstice Calendar
This calendar series offers an evocative bird's eye view of the year, with the 2025 'Warm Arc' edition centering on the Summer Solstice. Divided into fortnights, it tracks moon phases and celestial events, aiding agricultural planning from frost dates to harvest times.

This project is an ongoing series, with a 'Cold Arc' edition which covers the 2025-2026 academic year slated to come out later this summer. This series is produced twice a year.

Offhand Cards
Crafted for unscripted moments—mercies, summons, & farewells—these greeting cards defy the conventional 'thinking of you' with candid sentiments somewhere in between soothing & provocation. Layered with shifting meaning, they resonate uniquely with the giver, recipient, & occasion.

Stasis Encouragement Card
Inside: It’s never too late to be the person you could have been.
Suggested recipients: late bloomers, recovering perfectionists, friends in transition, or anyone who needs a friendly nudge that it’s not too late.

Keep It Simple Greeting Card
Inside: Keep it simple, stupid.
Suggested recipients: thinkers, minimalists, over-doers, perfectionists, or anyone needing a reminder not to take themselves too seriously.

Never Play to the Gallery Card
Inside: Never play to the gallery.
Suggested recipients: creatives, free spirits, anyone needing encouragement or a reminder to stay true to themselves.

Defiant Crossroads Greeting Card
Inside: May the bridges I burn light the way.
Suggested recipients: those leaving toxic jobs, giving up on bad relationships, or leaving old versions of themselves behind—anyone ready to torch the past and step boldly into what’s next.

Lost Compass Greeting Card
Inside: (blank)
Suggested recipients: the aimless, the avoidant, the ones who pretend the journey is the destination when they’ve long since lost the map.

Peacock Farewell Card
Inside: Count the stars without me.
Suggested recipients: former lovers, self-important flirts, or anyone you’re stepping away from—for your own peace.

Wilted Flowers Sarcasm Card
Inside: Each day is better than the next.
Suggested recipients: coworkers running on fumes, cynical friends, or a fellow commiserator. Also can be used as a wake-up call.

Cat's Cradle Breakup Card
Inside:
Busy with the Work
& busy with the Play.
Busy with the Others
& too busy for Today.
Busy with the Stories
& busy telling Lies.
Busy is as busy does.
I’m busy too, Goodbye!

Fool at the Banquet Card
Inside: To be a fool at the right time is an art.
Suggested recipients: friends, coworkers, or anyone in need of encouragement to loosen up and embrace life’s lighter moments.

Each Our Own Devil Card
Inside: (blank)
Suggested recipients: close friends navigating change, reflective souls, or those unaware of their own role in their circumstances.

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