Books of Kell's Shop

Illumination:

1. the decorating of a manuscript using bright colors and gold leaf

2. the act of making or becoming clear in the mind.

Boxed Set of 8 Greeting Cards $30 USD

“There is grandeur in this view of life”

Original calligraphic design by Kelly Houle

Full quote by Darwin printed on reverse

“There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.”

—Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species, 1859

Poem of the Gifts, Miniature Book $100 USD

Copyright Kelly M. Houle, 2011

Boxed set includes:

* 8 blank greeting cards

(6.25in X 6.25in)

* 8 white envelopes

(6.5in X 6.5in)

* 8 gold foil seals

Kelly M. Houle, Artist and Bookmaker, kelly@illuminatedorigin.com

Leptinotarsa lineolata

Photuris lucicrescens “Firefly”

Phanaeus vindex “Rainbow Scarab”

Chrysochroa buqueti

Chrysina gloriosa

“Glorious Scarab”

Framed Miniature Illuminated Beetle Print $75 USD

*High-quality 3”x5” giclée print

*Signed and numbered

*Limited edition (50 prints)

*Hand-embellished with iridescent watercolors and 23-karat gold

*Framed in 5”x7” shadow box as shown above

Suggest a beetle for me to include on the table of contents pages of

The Illuminated Origin of Species and receive

an ORIGINAL, signed, hand-illuminated 8x10 watercolor painting

of the beetle you choose. Your contribution will be acknowledged

in a special section of the illuminated manuscript.

Adopt-A-Beetle! $250 USD

Illuminated Hummingbird Print

Allen's Hummingbird Family

Kelly M. Houle, 2009

Hummingbirds are printed life size

*High-Quality 6” x 8” Giclée Print

*Hand-Painted iridescent Details

*Signed and Numbered

*Limited Edition of 25 Copies

*Matted and Framed to 8” x10”

(frames vary)

Chalcosoma

mollenkampi*

A Miniature Book of Illuminated Beetles

Illustrations by Kelly Houle

Signed, Limited Edition

Second Printing, 30 copies

Book size: 2 11/16" x 2 1/16"

Box size: 2 13/16" x 2 1/16"

This accordion-fold book features reproductions of eight original watercolor paintings of beetles with their scientific names. The boards and slipcase are decorated with black and gold filigree and crushed velvet paper in "1898 beetle black" with gold leaf beetles on the cover and spine.

The illustrations were giclée printed on watercolor paper, then hand-embellished with iridescent watercolors and 23.5 karat gold, so that when viewed under direct light they shimmer and shine like real beetles.

A Miniature Book of Illuminated Beetles $250 USD

OUT OF PRINT

Frontispiece and Title Page Prints $300 USD each or $500/pair