Tiles, magnets, wall prints, sandstone coasters, and tempered glass serving boards vividly showcase flowers, vegetables, seeds, and small animals. “Our collection includes over sixty designs,” says owner Richie Bittner. “I use Photoshop and Illustrator to do our illustrations, but they all start with pencil. Everything begins with a pencil drawing.”
Wildflower Graphics offers a handcrafted alternative to today’s Amazonsaturated world. Trillium, poppy, fiddleheads, beans, corn, and beets—paired with authentic Arts and Crafts fonts—are just a few of their unique designs.
Bittner’s studio sits on 18 acres of pristine pastoral land that both comforts and inspires. “I walk outside at night, and I can’t see another light; I can’t see another house,” Bittner says. “We’ve got wildflowers galore.”
The creation of Bittner and his first wife, Lynne, Wildflower Graphics had its genesis in a confluence of varied interests and vocations. Happenstance played a large part.
Bittner and Lynne, both musicians, ran a successful custom cabinetry business and were seasoned professionals at designing and building recording studios in New York City in the 1970s and ‘80s. While designing a studio for renowned sound effects artist Tom Clack, they were introduced to the Arts and Crafts movement.
This story is from the Issue 99 Fall 2019 edition of American Bungalow Magazine.
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Stickley, HARLEY-DAVIDSON, and The Road Taken
LONG-TIME READERS MIGHT remember an article about my family’s house in the Adirondacks in American Bungalow No. 58.
NATURAL WORLD, DIGITAL LENS: AT HOME WITH WILDFLOWER GRAPHICS
FROM A SMALL STUDIO in Greenwich, New York, Wildflower Graphics creates stunning botanical illustrations with little more than a pencil and a computer.
PERIOD PIECES
The Hanifan residence not only exemplifies how to expand a modest Craftsman, but is a treasure-trove of vintage and salvaged finds.
LOSE YOUR HEART
JANIS HALL LOVES OLD HOUSES.
AND A FEELING RUNS THROUGH IT
Old houses and old people, their histories and their mysteries, are inscribed deep inside their old bones.
Lose Your Heart
Janis hall loves old houses.
Stickley, Harley-Davidson, And The Road Taken
Long-time readers might remember an article about my family’s house in the Adirondacks in American Bungalow No. 58.
Period Pieces
The Hanifan residence not only exemplifies how to expand a modest Craftsman, but is a treasure-trove of vintage and salvaged finds.
Natural World, Digital Lens: At Home With Wildflower Graphics
From a small studio in Greenwich, New York, Wildflower Graphics creates stunning botanical illustrations with little more than a pencil and a computer.
And A Feeling Runs Through It
Old houses and old people, their histories and their mysteries, are inscribed deep inside their old bones.
