Nostos is the old Greek word for the return. Six works, in the order the journey happens, from the man who sets out to the shore he fights to reach.
There is something unsettling about a warrior without features. The helmet becomes the man, armor standing in for identity, the nose guard and cheek pieces erasing whatever expression might have lived beneath. Scratches and dust move across the surface like time itself, wearing the image down to its essential contrast. What remains is not a portrait but a symbol, hollow and upright, still ready for war.
Printed to order with museum grade Giclée technology in 12 colours for lasting depth and detail. Available as Art Print, Framed Print, Stretched Canvas or Framed Canvas in sizes A4 to A0. Arrives ready to hang.
A jagged band of pale cloud splits the composition, dividing the darkness above from the paleness below. There is something ancient in the structure, a myth built from raw material rather than flesh. The coarse ink texture and stark contrast lend it the weight of an old woodcut, as if the image itself had been carved rather than drawn.
Printed to order with museum-grade Giclée technology in 12 colours for lasting depth and detail. Available as Art Print, Framed Print, Stretched Canvas or Framed Canvas in sizes A4 to A0. Arrives ready to hang.
Something is being given, or asked for. The hooded figures could be worshippers, or they could be the price of admission. Rendered in only three colours, the scene feels carved rather than drawn, closer to a woodcut passed down than an image made new. The grain of the paper adds to that weight, as if the piece already carries years.
Printed to order with museum-grade Giclée technology in 12 colours for lasting depth and detail. Available as Art Print, Framed Print, Stretched Canvas or Framed Canvas in sizes A4 to A0. Arrives ready to hang.
The words arrive quietly at the edge: you'd want to hear it too. A warning that sounds like an invitation, or maybe the other way round. Old stories warned of songs sung by women in the water. Here the danger feels softer, almost domestic, a myth rendered in two colours and a steady, knowing hand.
Printed to order with museum grade Giclée technology in 12 colours for lasting depth and detail. Available as Art Print, Framed Print, Stretched Canvas or Framed Canvas in sizes A4 to A0. Arrives ready to hang.
The words arrive low and plain. Can you feel it? Then quieter still, it's been pulling the whole time. Not a warning so much as a confession, as if the water had been waiting to say it. Dust and scratches sit across the surface, evidence of something old being surfaced again, a myth worn smooth by retelling.
Printed to order with museum-grade Giclée technology in 12 colours for lasting depth and detail. Available as Art Print, Framed Print, Stretched Canvas or Framed Canvas in sizes A4 to A0. Arrives ready to hang.
Each eye is engraved in fine crosshatch, patient work of woodcut and letterpress. Something ancient lingers in the arrangement, a language of symbols older than words. The axes suggest protection. The eyes suggest memory, or perhaps warning. Together they form a kind of shield, quiet and watchful, holding its ground without explanation.
Printed to order with museum-grade Giclée technology in 12 colours for lasting depth and detail. Available as Art Print, Framed Print, Stretched Canvas or Framed Canvas in sizes A4 to A0. Arrives ready to hang.
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Two people
We're Jan and Joel. Every piece is made to order on archival fine art paper or cotton canvas, Giclée printed, built to hold its colour for decades. Nothing mass-produced, nothing sitting in a warehouse.
Every piece in the shop started in this room.
Notes from Buyers
What museum-grade actually means
Every art print is Giclée-printed on 200gsm fine art paper, a smooth, natural-white stock, with archival pigment inks built to hold their colour.
Every canvas is hand-stretched and printed to the same standard.
Framed pieces use solid wood frames with clear acrylic glazing, in four finishes: Black, Brown, Natural, and White.
Each piece is printed when you order it. Nothing sits in a warehouse. Nothing is mass-produced.