Abu Dhabi- Christopher M. Davidson

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Keys to my heart...

I have a fascination with keys and doors. Not every key or door, it has to be old and interesting. I don’t know why, but, part of it must be from early memories of my childhood at my great aunts/uncles house in Zanzibar.

Zanzibar’s doors need no introduction but the locks and their clever, simple locking systems and the keys that lock away such precious items and homes are above all, beautifully crafted and often never seen. Then like many other coastal towns in East Africa, it has the same traditions and cultures as you would find down in Mombasa or Malindi and so are their traditional ‘locks’. I remember friends of the family or local market delivery boys knew how to open the door and secure it back on their way out (without the key!!) and friends who let themselves in and wait for my aunt/uncle in the ‘living room’.

Then there were others who lived up so ‘high’  they would put the key in a hat or basket tied to a rope and lower it to you to let yourself in. I used to look up and think of Rapunzel stuck in a tower but in fact it was only a few flights of stairs to and from the front door but who’s gonna walk up and down eh? Besides, no one really locked their doors then…

Wall Print on handmade flower pressed paper

Mini Card (gate-fold) printed with Silver on handmade paper

Envelopes printed in silver and copper ink

 Greeting Card (blank inside) printed on ribbed brown card

 Postcards printed in blue and copper ink

 

Wrapping paper hand-printed in various colours

Envelopes

 

Wall prints on high quality hand-made paper. Sold framed or unframed.

 

 

Materials: Hand cut & printed using non-toxic water based inks, or metallic silver, gold or copper ink, on water colour paper, hand made flower pressed paper, recycled paper, textured cards etc.

Available in various colours and materials of your choice as greeting cards, postcards or prints for framing, wrapping papers etc.

Please order in advance allowing time for hand-printing, handmade paper and postage etc. For more queries or customisation, please get in touch. Please note, hand printed/painted items, products vary as they are not mass produced on a machine making each item unique in its own rights.

Thank you for looking! x

 

You can now purchase prints it on my Etsy store..

Henry the Owl who was afraid of the dark by SamphireArts on Etsy

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From Mao to Market- Robin Porter

 

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From Mao to Market: China Reconfigured (Columbia/Hurst) 

The Will to Survive by Bryan Cartledge

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The Will to Survive: A History of Hungary

Xmas Greeting Cards 2010

So, they are finally here... Arrived on Saturday but had way too much to do and only just got round to taking photographs of the final product which is printed on FSC certified stock, satin coated outside for better colour reproduction (and because I can't stand gloss (Most of the times!)) leaving the insides uncoated so that you can scribble your lovely wishes!

P.S: Excuse the look of the photos,  I am yet to invest in a 'photography studio' ;-p

Skatebirdy, Birds & Bows, Twirling Pines and Fontmas Cards

All cards are now available to buy accompanied with a white envelope in various quantities. 

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47 Days to get those cards out in time for Christmas!

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Quantities

Single Greeting Card+Envelope £2.00 Assorted Box of 25 Xmas Cards+Envelopes £30.00

Henry Part II

A variety of paper stock and colors are available. Including one-off prints created on hand made flower pressed paper, water colour paper and recycled ("up-scaling") paper! For hand printed/painted items, products vary as they are not mass produced on a machine making each item unique in its own rights. Please see the next post to see what is available and if you don't see what you would need, please get in touch!

 Hand cut & printed using non-toxic water based inks, or metallic silver, gold or copper inks,  on water colour paper, hand made flower pressed paper, recycled paper, brown ribbed cards etc. Available as greeting cards, postcards or prints for framing. 

"Upscaling" Henry print on grey card (recycled) with blue background non-toxic 

ink and metallic silver print. A one off print

Greeting cards + envelope printed on white stock card and metallic inks

Printed on handmade paper on various colours, orange, green blue/purple etc.

  3 colour, hand cut & printed wall art on handmade paper (sold unmounted/unframed)

Please order in advance allowing time for hand-printing, handmade paper and postage. For more queries or customisation, please get in touch. Please note, hand printed/painted items, products vary as they are not mass produced on a machine making each item unique in its own rights.

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Henry Part I

Henry, is a young Owl whose mother died or left under mysterious circumstances that no one knows about. All he has of her is a woolly jumper she knit for him to keep him warm as an Owlet. It has a red stain on it and a furry collar made from her very own small, soft under wing feathers.

Henry is a happy, playful and considerate owl but with every sunset, his heart sinks and sometimes it makes him cry and the red stain on his jumper turns bright and glows and takes on a shape no one in the forest has seen. You see, Henry is the only Owl in the forest that is afraid of the dark and all the nightly creatures and critters that come out to play laugh at Henry…

Henry handpainted in various mediums (water colour, pen & ink etc) on acid free 300gsm water colour paper 

 

Henry hand carved and printed using non-toxic, environmentally friendly water based inks on acid free 300gsm water colour paper 

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A variety of paper stock and colors are available. Including one-off prints created on hand made flower pressed paper, watercolour paper and even recycled ("up-scaling") paper! For hand printed/painted items, products vary as they are not mass produced on a machine making each item unique in its own rights. Please see the next post to see what is available and if you don't see what you would need, please get in touch!

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