A piece of working art. Each board is reclaimed pine — offcuts saved from local building work, finished by hand — bearing a close-range photograph of an Australian insect taken around my property in Panton Hill, Victoria. The image is printed directly into the timber surface with UV-cured pigment ink and sealed under a clear polyurethane coat.
The result is intended to live with you. Hang it in a kitchen, a hallway, a studio. Write the week’s shopping across a wing. Leave a note on a thorax. Wipe it clean and start again.
Every board is one of a kind. The pine is reclaimed, so each piece carries its own old nail holes, saw marks and weathered edges. Look at the photos for each listing and pick the board whose history you like.
How to use it
- Write on the surface with any standard whiteboard or dry-erase marker — fine-tip works best.
- Wipe clean with a soft dry cloth. For marks left overnight, a microfibre cloth dampened with water will lift them.
- If a mark has set hard, a small amount of whiteboard cleaner or isopropyl alcohol will release it.
- Avoid permanent markers, abrasive pads, kitchen scourers, and solvents like acetone or methylated spirits — these will damage the clear coat.
The timber
The boards are offcuts rescued from building sites — timber that would otherwise have been thrown away. Pine moves, so expect your board to settle into its surroundings over the first months: slight changes in tone where the light catches it, the occasional fine check along the grain. This is the wood telling its own story underneath the print, and is part of the piece rather than a flaw in it.
Keep it out of prolonged direct sunlight to preserve the depth of the colours, and away from constant moisture (above a sink or kettle is fine; submerged is not).
