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Micrography prints

One letter. A room with a centre.

Fine ink drawings built entirely from the alphabet itself — every stroke made of thousands of smaller letters. Hung above a desk or a sideboard, a single piece gives a whole wall its focal point.

A — Micrography — Old English capitals, hand-set
A — shown at 40 × 50 cm in a slim frame with a wide mount

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Two alphabets, one hand

The English alphabet is complete — twenty-six finished pieces, each with a palette of its own. Collect one, or hang three together and let the wall do the talking.

See all twenty-six English letters

Home and office

What it does to a room

These are quiet pieces. They hold a wall without raising their voice, and they reward anyone who steps closer — which makes them good company in the places where people wait, work and talk.

  • Above a desk

    Detailed enough to rest your eyes on between tasks, calm enough not to compete with a screen.

  • Along a hallway

    Two or three letters in a row turn a corridor into something worth slowing down for.

  • In a meeting room

    Warm neutrals and fine texture soften glass and grey without pulling focus from the table.

  • Over a sideboard

    One large piece, centred, is usually all a long wall needs.

The craft

Set by hand, letter by letter

Every piece begins as a single letterform and is filled, by hand, with thousands of miniature letters — the alphabet written out over and over — until the shape holds from across the room. The colour is built the same way: no gradients, only letters in different inks.

A — Detail — a band through the middle of the piece
Detail — a band through the middle of the piece