Gulf Coast bookmark | Seashells | Field Guide to Nature | Naturalist

For the reader who is also a naturalist. For the naturalist who is also a reader. For everyone who keeps a field guide on the same shelf as their novels because both are ways of paying careful attention to a world that rewards careful attention. This bookmark is for all of you. ✦ ABOUT THIS BOOKMARK A richly illustrated naturalist field guide plate in the tradition of the mid-century Roger Tory Peterson Field Guide series and the great Victorian natural history illustration tradition — clean flat watercolor washes, confident ink line work, warm aged cream field guide page background, the graphic clarity and scientific accuracy that made the great American field guides the most beloved nature references ever published. This plate features Seashells of the Gulf Coast — six beloved shells of the Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Carolina — rendered with the flat wash and confident ink line of the field guide illustration tradition, each specimen labeled with its common name and scientific name in clean warm serif typography. Part of The Nature Series — a complete collection of naturalist field guide plate bookmarks celebrating the birds and the wildflowers and the mushrooms and the butterflies and the moths and the trees and the ferns and the seashells and the nocturnal animals of the American South and Eastern North America. ✦ BOOKMARK DETAILS — Size: 2.15 inches wide by 6.75 inches tall — Printed on premium card stock — Full color illustration front with matte finish — Arrives in a kraft envelope — Ready to use in your current read or to give to the nature lover in your life immediately ✦ PERFECT FOR — Nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts of every kind — Readers who love natural history writing — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Annie Dillard, Robert Macfarlane, Merlin Sheldrake, and every other nature writer whose books deserve a bookmark this beautiful — Anyone who keeps a field guide and uses it — Nature journalers and field sketchers who love the visual language of natural history illustration — Gifts for the naturalist in your life at any occasion — Teachers and naturalists who want something beautiful that honors the field guide tradition — Book lovers who are also outdoor enthusiasts — hikers, birders, foragers, beachcombers, gardeners — Birthdays and holidays for the nature lover who has everything except this ✦ THE NATURE SERIES This bookmark is part of The Nature Series — a complete collection of naturalist field guide plate bookmarks. Current titles in the series include — Birds of North America · Birds of the American South · Wildflowers of the American South · Mushrooms and Fungi · Butterflies of North America · Moths of North America · Trees of the American South · Ferns and Mosses · Seashells of the Gulf Coast · Nocturnal Animals See our shop for the complete series. Collect them all or give them as a set — the complete Nature Series makes an extraordinary gift for the naturalist who loves beautiful things. ✦ SHIPPING Ships within 3 to 5 business days. Arrives in a kraft envelope so your bookmark comes to you simply and beautifully — ready to use immediately. Go outside. The [SUBJECT] is out there somewhere. Bring a field guide. Bring this bookmark. ✦ ABOUT OUR SHOP Every bookmark in our shop is designed and produced professionally by us — made with care in our own studio and printed on premium materials we stand behind completely. We are a small passionate operation and we treat every order like it matters because it does. We are committed to five star service on every single order — from the moment you click to the moment your bookmark arrives at your door flat and perfect and ready to live inside your favorite book. If anything is ever less than exactly right please reach out and we will make it right immediately. We respond to every message promptly and we mean it — real people, real responses, no automated runaround. Thank you for supporting a small independent bookmark maker. It means everything to us and we do not take it for granted. We hope this bookmark finds exactly the right book and exactly the right reader. Michelle and Julie The Luna and Loom 📚 ETSY TAGS: [subject] bookmark, nature lover gift, naturalist field guide art, [subject] gift, science art book lover, nature series bookmark, field guide bookmark, natural history gift, nature book lover, naturalist bookmark, [subject specific tag], nature illustration gift, field guide art gift, nature lover bookmark, unique nature gift