‍ ‍The Quiet Wild — Collectible Field Notes & Specimen Archive

Welcome to the living catalog of every creature, and card, wandering through this mythic ecology — each one available for you to bring into your own hands.

Every card carries a simple reflection prompt or lesson inspired by the quiet things animals teach us: presence, patience, grounding, curiosity, and small moments of calm. They’re made to be collected, traded, displayed, and used as gentle tools for personal insight — touchstones you can keep close as you navigate your own inner wilderness.

When a card calls to you, you’ll find its physical form available here.

Each card measures 3 inches square — comfortable enough to rest in your palm, small enough to tuck into a pocket, purse, backpack, or wallet. Pin one to your fridge as a soft reminder waiting between the magnets and the morning routine, or keep one at your desk as a small anchor that steadies you between emails.

No matter how you use them, every deck begins with its roots in the Core Cards and ends with your story.

Each card’s lore is available in the Quiet Wild Lore Library, a place where you can read or print the stories that accompany the artwork.

The Quiet Wild Deck

The Quiet Wild is a growing collection of hand-illustrated animal stories and reflective lessons, designed to encourage clarity, grounding, and emotional resonance.

For now, the recommended place to begin is with the 15 Core Cards: the essential archetypes that anchor the Quiet Wild. They form the foundation of a larger 30 card system, with additional cards being created by hand as the collection grows. This is an open system where new cards are always in the works. While currently I am working to build up to the initial 30 cards once they are completed you can exchange different cards for your personal needs.

The complete system is designed around a 30-day rhythm. As a one-maker studio, I’m steadily bringing each piece into the world, one illustration at a time.

At present, 18 cards are available, including all 15 Core Cards. The remaining cards will join the collection as they are completed.

Each card features human‑made artwork —meticulously drawn, refined, and worded with hours of careful attention before the finished piece is sent to the print house. The Quiet Wild cards are printed in small batches on premium 14pt matte card stock, full color on both sides, with rounded corners and UV coating to protect the artwork over time.

Every batch goes through a 33‑point quality inspection at the print house to ensure it meets the standards of the Quiet Wild project. This is not a mass‑produced product. Each card is meticulously reviewed by several people before it is approved for production.

What Makes This Deck Different

You choose the other 15.

Half the deck is shaped by your needs, your season, your story. You’re not stuck with cards that don’t speak to you. You’re not guessing. You’re not hoping. You’re choosing.

The Quiet Wild is the only deck where 50% of your purchase is intentionally selected by you — not random, not generic, not “take it or leave it.” From the very first card, the deck becomes something that feels like yours.

And it isn’t a closed system. When you outgrow a lesson or feel called toward something new, you can tuck a card away for a while and replace it with another member of the collection. Even the Core Cards can be swapped if your story asks for something different — they’re simply a place to begin.

It isn’t up to me which cards you need. Only you can know that.