A storefront on Phyrne
Mertz Animation
Drawings that move, and the ones that stayed still, from Asheville
Asheville Since 2025
Every film I make leaves behind thousands of drawings. The best of them are in the shop, with a note on which scene they come from.
For sale
Made by Mertz Animation
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Slow river, the film to keep
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Flipbook, Paper boats
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Key pose, Slow river
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Storyboard book, Slow river
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Lighthouse tea towel
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Original drawing, Paper boats, frame 1,204
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Sequence print, Paper boats
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Linocut of your boat, cut to order
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Fig postcards
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Night shift, issue three
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Original drawing, Paper boats, frame 303
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Original drawing, Slow river, frame 48
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Key pose, Paper boats
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Flipbook, Slow river
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Nightjar, unique state
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Storyboard book, Paper boats
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Late trains, issue two
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Sequence print, Slow river
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Walk cycle print, old dog
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Original drawing, Paper boats, frame 860
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Laundry line, linocut
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Original drawing, Paper boats, frame 112
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The boatyard, etching
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Paper boats, download
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Slow river, download
To listen to
Released by Mertz Animation
- Slow river A film, 2026
- Paper boats A film, 2026
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How this storefront sells
In the maker's own words
Terms
Prints are made to order or in small numbered runs. Colours are matched by eye to the graded film.
Shipping
Original drawings are posted flat in a rigid sleeve with a sheet of glassine over the drawing.
Refunds
Prints damaged in the post are replaced. Send a photograph of the damage and the packaging.