Our Story
Owl and Twig Vintage is a small family studio with one fairly specific obsession: the strange, charming, slightly-too-much objects that decorated American homes in the second half of the 20th century. The Viking Art Glass owls. The hen-on-nest covered dishes. The ceramic black panthers prowling across mid-century living rooms. The lava lamps, the harvest gold mushrooms, the kitsch devil baby figurines, the dog statues nobody knew what to do with but everybody kept anyway.
We make new versions of those objects, designed and produced in our studio in small batches — and we sell the real vintage originals when we find good ones.
The two sides of the shop
The 3D-printed line is what most of our catalog is right now. Same shapes, new materials, made to order. Each piece is designed and produced in our studio, in small batches, and shipped directly from us. Prices stay reasonable because we're not paying for kilns or warehouses. If a Viking Owl from the 1970s now costs $200 at an antique mall, our 3D-printed homage costs $15. That's not a copy — it's a continuation.
The vintage line is where we're headed next. Original mid-century pieces we've sourced, cleaned, and verified — the real ceramic panthers, the real hen-on-nest dishes, the real Viking Art Glass owls. Curated, photographed properly, and priced fairly. If you've ever scrolled Etsy or eBay looking for the real thing and given up because everything was either overpriced, broken, or shipped in a sandwich bag, that's the gap we're trying to fill.
Where it started
The Viking Owl came first. Viking Art Glass made a small owl-shaped fairy lamp in the 1970s — a two-piece tealight holder that ended up on mantels, windowsills, and the back shelves of antique shops for the next fifty years. The glass version became collectible. The shape stuck around longer than the company that made it.
We started by 3D-printing that owl. Same silhouette, plastic instead of glass. People kept buying them, so we kept making them. Then we made them in more colors, more sizes, on napkin rings, on stash boxes, on dog accessories. Then our daughter A.P. drew a little devil baby keychain inspired by the 1950s ceramic figurines, and we printed that too. The brand grew the way old collections do — one weird object at a time.
What you can expect from us
- 3D-printed pieces ship in 2–3 days. Pre-orders ship in 4–6 weeks.
- Vintage originals ship in 3–5 days, packed properly.
- 30-day returns on anything that arrives damaged or isn't what you expected.
- If something breaks in transit, email us. We usually just send a replacement.
- Questions about a piece, a color, a custom request, or whether we have an item you've been hunting? hello@owlandtwigvintage.com
Why we do it this way
The objects we make and sell are, by any reasonable measure, not necessary. Nobody needs a 3D-printed devil baby keychain. Nobody needs a ceramic panther. But the people who want them really want them — and they're usually the same people who can name every Pyrex pattern from 1962 and have strong opinions about milk-glass styles. We're making the shop for them.
Thanks for being here.
— Matt and family