prov oc ateur ▁K aty ▁Be a ▁Mart ine z - A riz ala ▁K eller ▁( K aty ▁D ' A qu ino ). ▁They ▁live ▁and ▁work ▁together ▁in ▁wed ded ▁bl iss ▁- ▁along ▁with ▁their ▁three ▁pu ps ▁and ▁two ▁hair less ▁c ats ▁: ▁P ork y , ▁Pear l , ▁Spo ok y , ▁I gg y , ▁and ▁D ink . ▁ ▁M ini atur ist ▁Method ology ▁& ▁The ▁Found ▁Object ▁▁ ▁D ' A qu ino ▁is ▁an ▁obs ess ive ▁collect or ▁of ▁sentiment al ▁surfaces ▁and ▁found ▁objects : ▁ant ique ▁books , ▁v int age ▁led gers , ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁animal - sk in ▁v ell um , ▁and ▁human ▁sk ull ▁fragments ▁to ▁name ▁a ▁few . ▁His ▁constant ▁h unt ▁for ▁these ▁found ▁objects ▁has ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁un cover ▁some ▁exception al ▁tre asures . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁he ▁discovered ▁a ▁hand - qu illed ▁illustrated ▁wh aling ▁manuscript ▁from ▁St . ▁Petersburg ▁Russia , ▁which ▁was ▁so ▁valuable ▁he ▁sold ▁it ▁at ▁Christ ie ' s ▁Au ction ▁House ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁N umer ous ▁forms ▁of ▁historical ▁e ph em era ▁are ▁transformed ▁from ▁forgotten ▁nost alg ia ▁into ▁ill umin ated ▁master pie ces , ▁as ▁D ' A qu ino ▁skill fully ▁applies ▁his ▁graph ite ▁illustr ations ▁to ▁them . ▁He ▁must ▁rout in ely ▁frequent ▁fle a ▁mark ets , ▁estate ▁sales ,