I love making people laugh with my racy and unexpected sense of humor. So I founded pixies & porcupines in May 2011 by >me< chicago designer and smart aleck savant, Nancy Flemm. Through letterpress and silk screen I spawn rabble rousing goods that are sure to bully you into a twisted smile. I believe you should tell people you care by taunting them at life’s biggest moments!

The beginnings of a silver-tongued minx started when I came across a sun-times ad directing me personally to draw a turtle and send it in for a critique. I did and 6 weeks later my fate was decided. Fancy that. I was a rockstar colorer and freshly critiqued artist so off I went to college for graphic design. After college I fell into 60+ hour work weeks in the viciously flashy world of advertising. I desperately needed to goof off! So I channeled William Shakespeare to write my prolific entrance essay. Weeks later I answered a call from professor Keith Howard, who with his heavy aussie accent, extended acceptance into RIT‘s elite and exclusive non-toxic printmaking program. I spent two glorious years as a brooding artist filling my days etching, figure drawing, talking about the sublime and perfecting my inappropriate wit.

After grad school I decided my best career success hinged on rip roaring belly laughing. In 2011 I took a letterpress class at Evanston Print & Paper and became an addict. pixies & porcupines feeds my need to spend hours looking at vintage art and thinking of snarky greetings. My cards are letterpress printed on a Vandercook with a dash of unicorn blood to make them extra special. I print everything myself on 100% post-consumer recycled paper made in the good ole US of A. Although I have no filter I do have a social conscious. I want people to know by sharing my cards they are kinda like vigilante super heros. People liked that and wanted more. So in 2012 I expanded to include silk screened bags and t-shirts. Who knows next year maybe I’ll expand into neck tattoos!