Moonleaf
€9digital download, nothing is posted
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What you get
- The artwork at full resolutionPNG, 3328 by 4864 pixels, 300 dpi, prints to 28 x 41 cm
- A printing guidepaper, quality setting and actual size, written for this kind of art
- A licence for personal useprint it as often as you like for your own home, and as a gift
- Immediate downloadthe file is there at once and by email, nothing is posted
Sizes it prints at
One file, several sizes. The largest is 28 x 41 cm, which is the master at its full 3328 by 4864 pixels. Printing it smaller only raises the density, so anything below that size is sharper again.
- 28 x 41 cm301 dpi, the full file, nothing trimmed
- 21 x 30 cm403 dpi, close to A4, a thin trim on one edge
- 13 x 18 cm650 dpi, small frame or a card
What is in the picture
A single hairline arch is drawn in white and stands upright on a warm clay ground. Around its lower two thirds grow rounded eucalyptus leaves in sage and soft green, thin branching stems, small closed buds and open blossoms with pale petals and a darker centre. The planting is heavy at the bottom and thins towards the crown, so the arch appears to be resting in it rather than sitting on top of it.
Inside the arch nothing is drawn at all. It is left as plain clay colour.
What the open middle is for
That empty area is the point of the piece. On a wall that already carries furniture, books and pictures, a space with nothing in it is what gives the eye somewhere to rest. It is also the obvious place for a name, a date, a short line or a verse, added by hand or by a print shop, without anything having to move out of the way.
Left as it is, the piece reads as decoration. With a few words in the middle it reads as something made for one particular person, which is why this is the design people think of for a wedding, a birth or an anniversary.
Printing this one
The clay ground covers the whole sheet, so this one wants paper with some weight. Thin paper cockles when it is inked edge to edge, and those ripples show through glass. Heavier matte stock lies flat. A wide paper mount suits it, since the border repeats the calm of the open centre, but keep the mount warm white rather than bright white, which drains the clay and makes it look grey.
What is in every download
The artwork at its full resolution, a printing guide written for this kind of art, and a licence for your own walls. Nothing is posted. The file is yours to keep and to print again whenever a room changes.