Keap x Studio Fishball Matchbox Set
The set contains three jumbo matchboxes, each featuring a unique illustration by Studio Fishball.
Each matchbox contains 40+ extra-long (4-inch) wooden matches.
The limited-edition series celebrates three plants native to the Hudson Valley.
Depicted in Studio Fishball’s signature style with nods to traditional printmaking techniques, each plant is shown in various phases of its lifecycle from flower to fruit and joined by a fluttery symbiotic partner.
Only 100 sets were assembled. Available while supplies last.
About the Collaboration
Inspired by edible fruits native to New York’s Hudson Valley, this limited-edition matchbox series was created in collaboration with Studio Fishball.
The Keap team was drawn to Yiting and Justin’s unique illustrative style, which honors traditional printmaking techniques and expresses a yearning for a return to nature.
The Matches
Each box contains 40+ extra sturdy, long matches. The matchsticks are 4 inches perfect for lighting your candles all the way to the bottom with ease.
Subscribers will recognize the Jumbo format from your anniversary shipments.
The Mayapple
Visited by the White Slantline Moth
A Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) blossom offers camouflage to a White Slantline Moth (Tetracis cachexiata), who uses its umbrella-like white petals to conceal itself.
The PawPaw
Visited by the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) leaves are toxic, and it’s able to pass that quality on to Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly (Protographium marcellus) caterpillars that feed exclusively on its leaves, making them unpalatable to most predators.
The Virginia Strawberry
Visited by the Gray Hairstreak Butterfly
The Gray Hairstreak Butterfly (Strymon melinus) lays its eggs on newly emerging leaves of Virginia (Fragaria virginiana) trees, leaving just one egg per leaf.
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Reverse
About Studio Fishball
Yiting Nan and Justin Zhang
We were captivated by Yiting’s printmaking-inspired style, and gentle, yet striking approach to illustration and design. She and her creative partner, Justin Zhang, were ideal collaborators to help us celebrate our local native plants and the companions they nourish.
Studio Fishball’s emerging body of work has already collected an impressive array of awards and been covered by renowned design publications.
February 2024
A Piece of Art in Themselves
“The long matches somehow make the lighting of the candle seems like a long forgotten ritual and so much more purposeful.”
Dear Keap,
I just wanted to weigh in on the long matches and the beautiful boxes—they are a piece of art in themselves!—that come with my subscription: I love them!
I place them next to my Keap candle and use only them to light the candle each evening.
The long matches somehow make the lighting of the candle seems like a long forgotten ritual and so much more purposeful.
Thank you so much for including them.
— Susan, Pennsylvania
