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.

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