Every work and every poem exists only once.
Made for your place, from the same signature as your scent and your music. Signed, numbered and framed, ready to hang.
Not from stock. There is only one.
Every work exists once. It is a composition of our own, not a stock image and not a copy of existing work. The Tone is the muted colour with a steady grain. The Trace is one fine line that follows the forms.
The poem is a work of its own, made its own way. The second part of this page is about the poem: a complete example and how it was designed.
From the place to the wall.
We read the place
The colour, light and material of the space set the tones and the line of the work.
We make the work
A composition of our own in Tone and Trace. At the bottom right the mark and the work number.
We frame and ship
Printed on a surface that suits your place, in the size of your wall. Signed, numbered and framed, it reaches you ready to hang.
- Work
- One of one
- Size
- Made to measure, from small to large, for example 80 × 120 cm
- Signed
- Mark and work number at the bottom right
- Surface
- For example fine art paper, canvas, wood or aluminium
- Frame and shipping
- Included
Not decoration. Part of who you are.
- Every work exists only once
- From the same signature as your scent and music
- Signed and numbered
- Framed and ready to hang
- A print from a catalogue
- An image you can find online
- A poster from a homeware shop
- Something to fill an empty wall
One poem. Only for your place.
Every poem starts with the place itself. For this example we imagined Het Zilverhuis, a boutique hotel in an old silversmith's workshop on the Oudegracht. What you see and feel there, from the wharf cellar to the baker on the corner, carries the poem.
Five stanzas, each with its own task: the place, the materials, the people, what the house stands for and what you take with you. The lines rhyme every other line and run on, so it reads like someone telling a story. Images instead of explanation.
The ending follows from what a guest should feel. Here that is coming home: not a hotel, but a home you know.
Written in Dutch, the language of the place.
Aan de Oudegracht, waar het water traaglangs de werfkelders schuift, sloeg eens een smidhet zilver dun, slag na slag, dag na dagtot elke schaal een handvol vasthield van het licht.
De hamers hangen nog, hun koppen matvan honderd jaar raken. Onder de boogligt op de oude polijstbank de sleutel klaar met water verder nodig is: linnen, gestreken en droog.
Wie binnenkomt draagt nog de stadin de jas, de trein en de regen van vandaag.Hij wordt aangenomen. Koffie staat op het bladvoor iemand iets bestelde. Niemand stelt een vraag.
Niets gaat sneller dan een hand het kan:het brood komt van de bakker op de hoek,de lepels zijn gesmeed door iemand die ervanhield. De tijd laat zich hier niet zoeken.
's Nachts, als de gracht het donker draagten de lampen hun zilver leggen op je hand,weet je het eerder dan je het jezelf vraagt:dit is geen hotel. Dit is een huis dat je kent.
From the place to the page.
We read the place
What you see and feel, what you stand for and what your guests should feel decide the words and the structure.
We write the poem
A poem of its own, with or without rhyme. Tested on sound, image and coherence with your scent, music and art.
We print, frame and ship
Printed on a surface that suits your place, in the size of your wall. Framed, it reaches you ready to hang.
- Poem
- One of one
- Size
- Made to measure, from a card at the table to a large surface on the wall
- Surface
- For example fine art paper, canvas, wood or aluminium
- Frame and shipping
- Included
Not a ditty. Part of your story.
- Written for your place alone
- From the same signature as your scent, music and art
- Framed, on cards at the table or in your own print
- With or without rhyme, typeset or handwritten
- A saying off a tea towel
- A rhyme for an occasion
- A text that would suit someone else too
- A slogan or an advertising line
What hangs on the wall says who you are.
Once. Yours for good.
Scent and music run per month. Art and poems do not: you pay for them once. No monthly fee and no term: the work is yours. Framing and shipping are included and we make every work in the size that suits your wall.
€ 250
per work, framed and shipped
Any size made to measure, from small to large
- Every work exists only once
- Signed and numbered
- Framed
- Shipping included
€ 250
per poem, with one framed version
Menu-size cards and other print can be added, made to measure
- Written for your place
- Typeset or handwritten
- Framed
- Shipping included
All amounts excluding VAT.
Work out your whole package