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The Bird Machine

@thebirdmachine.bsky.social

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Small screenprint shop just outside Chicago, driven by Jay Ryan. Instagram @ thebirdmachine is more thorough, for now.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Backlit illustrator with the actual-size Titanoboa I worked on for about a week during the spring. Currently up at Chicago’s Field Museum.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Since mid-January, I’ve been working almost exclusively on the largest single project of my 30 year career. “After the Age of Dinosaurs” opens August 39 at Chicago’s Field Museum, and includes almost 70 illustrations (by me) of the rise of mammals, birds, and reptiles starting 65 million years ago.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

New poster for Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at the beautiful Coronado Theatre in Rockford, IL on July 12, 2025. Five screens, 18 by 24 inches. Available next week at thebirdmachine dot com.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

In other news, this sort of stuff will be around on May 2. Details to follow.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Chicago

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Chicago. HCR sign carrier is 14.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

"Toshiro Action" was released early in 2024, based on our new kitten, who often comes to work with me (like today). Three screens, 18 by 24 inches. Signed and numbered edition of 200.

Screenprinted poster. A fluffy white "Rag Doll" kitten, full of energy and mischief, runs across a blue background.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

"Out at Dawn" was made in October 2024 to raise money for the Penland Post Office building in Penland, NC. The charismatic old structure narrowly avoided being carried off my Hurricane Helene's floodwaters. Six screens, 18 by 24 inches. Signed and numbered. thebirdmachine dot com.

Five small mammals in life vests and carrying rescue gear ride a swimming woolly mammoth and a grebe (bird) through calm green floodwaters, above submerged tree tops.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

"Wide Awake" from 2023. Six screens, 18 by 24 inches. Signed and numbered edition of 250. "He just needs some space and a lot of trees / A place to sleep / A place to breathe"

A remarkably large rusty Rhinoceros plods through a valley. A small cluster of trees grown from the back of the animal.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

“Monthly”, 2024. Four screens. 18 by 24 inches. Signed and numbered edition of 200.

A dozen woolly mammoths are nonchalantly arranged in a grid, each facing a different direction.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit in Duluth MN (2024). Screenprint. 18 by 24 inches. Signed and numbered edition of 225. thebirdmachine dot com.

A concert poster for Jason Isbell featuring a ladder leading up to a red pickup truck and a small cabin wedged into a tree.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

First post to Flashes. Hello! “Plans”, 2025. Five screens, 18 by 24 inches. Signed and numbered edition of 240. Available at thebirdmachine dot com.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

This is the new set of fourteen 4 by 6 inch screenprints available at thebirdmachine.com. I’ll post some cat photos later.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

One of the fourteen different small screenprints included in the new sets which will be available at noon Chicago time on Friday Feb 14 at thebirdmachine.com .

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Section of a mural, still in process. Trying to add some positivity to the world.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I’ve added two new screenprints (and several old ones) to thebirdmachine dot com

A small yellow mammal reads a book while riding upon the back of a large orange cat.

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The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Drawing in process for a thing that won’t be seen until third quarter 2025, if at all. Trying to set a tone on this app, since I’ve only got like 30 followers at the moment.

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