POSH Graffiti Painted Black Wooden Open Crown Symbol
£9.50
POSH Graffiti Painted Black Wooden Open Crown Symbol
- Hand carved from sustainable Albizia wood
- Hand painted waxed black
- Original design by Emily Readett-Bayley
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POSH Graffiti Painted Black Wooden Open Crown Symbol
This ethically made, black wooden wall open crown symbol is hand carved from wood and has a traditional hand painted wood finish. The top side has a black finish and the wooden symbol is bevelled but the back is flat and the surface is slightly rough. They are surprisingly light and easy to attach to a wall using good quality adhesive pads, Velcro tape or suitable adhesive. They can be also be secured with nails using a similar method to hanging a China plate or they look good just leaning up against a wall. The symbols can be used to great effect on a gallery wall. The open crown symbol is also free standing but we recommend you secure it with a small piece of sticky tack to prevent it from falling over.
We supply the full alphabet, plus numbers and symbols, in UP TO 4 sizes, so you can choose which sizes suits your space and really personalise your message or gift. They make smart painted wooden monograms and personalised gifts and look great on a feature wall. They have also been used successfully for exterior signage but need to be given an extra coat of waterproof varnish, front and back, before fixing.
The POSH Graffiti Old English symbol style is an original design by Emily Readett-Bayley based on the medieval Caslon Old Face font and traditional English shop front signage. Each wooden open crown symbol is unique as our symbols are handmade by artisan woodcarvers in Bali with whom we have worked for over 25 years. Once the wall symbol woodcarving is complete and the paint is dry, the symbols are packed in a special POSH Graffiti box to protect them and they are posted to the customer in the same box to avoid wasteful double packing. No plastic is used. They are designed to be as environmentally friendly as possible.
| Finish | Waxed Black |
|---|---|
| Symbol | Open Crown |
| Material | Albizia Wood |
| Method | Hand Carved, Hand Painted, Plaster Base |
| Size | 12 cm |
| Style | Symbol, Wall Symbol |
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The POSH Graffiti Old English wall symbols are created by British designer Emily Readett-Bayley and a group of highly skilled woodcarvers and painters on the Indonesian island of Bali with whom we have worked for over 25 years. The artisans are part of an ancient rice farming community who cultivate Albizia trees around their rice fields to provide a sustainable wood source. The men and women use traditional artisan skills passed down from generation to generation to create their woodcarvings. Albizia is a hardwood but as it grows very fast it has a wide grain and is soft and light. The woodcarvers are masters at shaping the wood with a knife and sanding it smooth. Once the wood is smooth it is coated with a layer of white plaster ready for painting and gilding. Hand gilding wood takes great skill but it is this that gives our gold and silver wooden numbers their distinctive look and superior shine.
The craft industry provides an important secondary income to many people living in this rural farming community and uses the same agrarian labour sharing principles. This enables men and women to work the land and use their traditional artisan craft skills to earn a living.
Other designers and importers on the island manufacture with cheaper wood composites such as MDF but we never ask our craftspeople to use these because they produce dangerous carcinogenic dust during the cutting process and expensive, hi-tech safety measures are required which are not generally used in a traditional craft workshop.
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