The Timber | Salvaged Australian Blackbutt
The frames begin in the built environment — not a timber yard. Blackbutt floorboards rescued from local demolition and renovation sites are hand-cut and mitred into frames. Construction offcuts in Spotted Gum are precision-milled in-house into self-standing mounted bases. Two approaches to the same material logic: nothing purchased new when something with a previous life is available.
The grain, character, and minor imperfections of reclaimed timber are not flaws to be corrected. They are evidence of a life already lived — and they make every frame different from every other.
A Sustainable Framework
Material led structural integrity
The Wooden Pin: Each frame is held together by a hand-turned pin sourced from the same Blackbutt board as the frame itself.
The elemental Support: We bypass plastic hangings for repurposed copper wire, providing a durable backing.
The Inset: cardboard salvaged and repurposed from discarded packaging. The waste becomes the backing layer that is pinned in place to seat the artwork within. opting with this simple process allows for a light weight approach designed for self adhesive hooks when wall studs are not available.
The seal: Before mounting, each plot is buffed in organic wax. A thin protective layer that naturally screens against UV, softens the pen indentation left by the plotter, and gives the paper a quiet resilience without altering its character.
The Finish | Reactive & Organic Chemistry
The Organic: Hand-rubbed beeswax polish. Warm, natural, brings out the grain with a low lustre that suits the reclaimed character of the timber.
.The Reactive: An ebonizing process. The timber is bathed in a solution of steel wool and vinegar, which reacts with the natural tannins in the wood to produce a deep, consistent charcoal patina.
The Mounted Base | Spotted Gum
Precision-milled in-house from Spotted Gum offcuts. Designed to hold one, two, or three plots on a single bar. Front and centre, not tucked away. The plots can be swapped out as your collection grows, or cleared entirely to make room for a shopping list. The bar stays. Everything else is flexible. Finished in the same beeswax or reactive ebonizing as the Blackbutt frames, so the two can sit together without competing.
A5 landscape fits an A4 portrait slot. The system accommodates different sizes and orientations on the same bar by design.
Mini Fridge magnet frame
The smallest format. Precision-milled from Spotted Gum offcut, with a magnet backing. The algorithm is tuned tightly for this scale . Only the most essential structure survives, which often produces the most immediate and striking result.
A good subject for a mini is one where the Lock and Key moment is strong and simple: a face, a silhouette, a single native bird, a botanical form. The brain reads it instantly.
The mini is also the most accessible entry point (and the most likely to end up somewhere it is seen every day)
wax on wax off
-Satin
Finished with natural beeswax for a fast and simple approach
Print is framed flush to the edge without a mat.
ebonised
- Darkened Matt
in house oxidising solution to naturally provide darker tones
Shellac
- Gloss
age old natural resin derived from female lac bug secretions
A note on scale and space
Bigger is not always better. The right scale is the one that suits the image, the wall, and the mood intended.
A dense A3 plot of an architectural subject rewards a large, open wall where it can be properly seen. A spare A5 portrait belongs somewhere intimate — a desk, a hallway, a bedside. A mini on a fridge is seen more often than almost anything else in a home.
If you are unsure, describe the space and the image. We will help you find the right combination before anything is drawn, cut, or committed to.