upcycled art prints 2014 Beautiful hand drawn & painted studies combined with original photography upcycled onto Antique & Vintage book pages
nautical....
Get the seaside vibe! Victorian dictionary pages from 1860 are upcycled with our own original drawings.
lobsters rock!...
And this one’s a local boy.....found in the Old Portsmouth fishmarket. Lobster print is available in red or blue. Starfish as it comes.
butterflies...
We adore butterflies, these are hung using vibrant yellow washi tape
for bugs, bee, moth, spiral and beetle show as set of four mounted into one large frame garden string seeds small pots plants or 4 ginger beer, 4 sml bug printscas labels and string poss with pot lids bugs galore!... Lovely bugs, our favourite’s the bumble bee shown here on minature antique french literature book pages and simply tied onto antique ginger ale bottles using raffia.
country folk...
Stag and moose gentleman love roaming around the countryside, why not let them adorn your walls? Above: Stag with roses and Stag with birds.
work & play...
Whether you work in the city or are a homeworker these playful prints are fun. The inspiration came from the retro tv programme ‘Butterflies’ where one of the main characters was a city gent and a butterfly collector.....
curiosities...
Above: Owl in a top hat with Skull & roses prints on dictionary paper in vintage black lacquer frames. Right: Tattoo lady, Strongman & Airballon prints on Victorian poetry book pages mounted onto distressed antique book covers and hung with wide silk chiffon and taffetta sashes.
little birds...
Above: Lovebirds on birdcage upcycled onto vintage music paper. Right: Antique sewing machine and Sewing bird prints on Antique dictionary pages for all those crafty folk.
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book frames
We’ve used antique book covers to make some interesting frames which have glass fronts and brass hangers, all made by hand.