At Burdock & Bramble, we create handmade block prints by mixing a generous pinch of humor with sincere appreciation for the wildlife around us. Burdock & Bramble block print greeting cards and limited edition prints are all original designs that we carve by hand and letterpress print in our studio in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania.
grackles
Every Burdock & Bramble card is an individual, handmade, original block print. Our signature designs feature curious and wily birds called grackles. Like crows and ravens, grackles are known for their intelligence, personality, and occasional mischief-making.
our story
Burdock & Bramble began in Baltimore, Maryland in 2014 with a series of 7 grackle-inspired block prints. Since 2014, Burdock & Bramble has grown, now with over 200 original block print designs featuring personalities from around the birdfeeder and beyond. In 2017 we moved to Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania where we run our press on ten wooded acres that are home to songbirds, many toads, and an occasional visiting coyote or flock of grackles.
Heather O'Hara
Heather studied drawing and printmaking at Carleton College in Northfield, MN and has an MFA in printmaking from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Before starting Burdock & Bramble, Heather was the head printer for Plunger Press and taught bookbinding and printing. In 2007, while spending a year in New Mexico at the Roswell Artist in Residence Program, Heather encountered a flock of grackles making mischief all around her workspace. She hatched the idea for Burdock & Bramble many years later after meeting more mischievous grackles in a Baltimore backyard.
Jay Jarvis
Jay was born on an Air Force base in southern Georgia, and traveled around the world as part of a military family stationed in Japan, New Mexico, Germany, and Texas. Jay received a BFA in painting from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX and was a founding member of the Texas DIY artists group Big Snuff. After moving to Baltimore, he had twenty-year career in the exhibit departments at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore and at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. In Jay's spare time, he enjoys birdwatching and yelling at the Baltimore Ravens.
contact us
If you have any questions about Burdock & Bramble, please contact
Heather O'Hara at heather@burdockandbramble.com
or call us at 410.246.4260
good works
We contribute to the West Shore Wildlife Center in support of their wildlife rehabilitation and educational work in central Pennsylvania.