{"title":"Prints","description":"\u003cp\u003eFine art giclée and risograph prints, shipped worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"darling-always","title":"Darling Always","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpen edition giclée print. 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in), £35.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpen edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e Printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper by our print partner and shipped direct to you, with a 0.6 cm white border so nothing is cropped. Not numbered, and always available, unlike the limited Safe Home editions. 11 × 14 in is a standard frame size.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA study in loss, and how the memory of loved ones who have passed stays on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis piece started with an image I found online, an old Irish man with a goat on his back. It catches the eye for the obvious reasons, but it was the look in the man's eyes that took me off guard. At first glance he seems happy, which he is, but there is a layer of sadness underneath, the kind of look you see in someone speaking fondly about a loved one who is no longer with them. Joy in the memories, anguish in their absence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo I built a story around that universal feeling. The man has lost his wife and cannot bear the weight of her absence; there is no joy left, and no meaning in a life without her. Then, one day in his grief, he realises there is a goat in his house with no idea where it came from. He shoos it out. It doesn't work. Over the following days the goat keeps appearing, following him to the shops, sneaking back inside, turning up in his local pub. Each time, he pushes it away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as it keeps returning, he develops a fondness for his new friend. He lets it walk with him, keep him company as he drowns his sorrows, sleep beside the fire. The goat is not just a pet he comes to tolerate: it represents loss, pain, and learning to live with grief. We never \"get over\" losing someone. We learn to live with it, and find ways for their memory to keep bringing us joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe typography tries to complement that feeling. \"Darling Always\", the whole of it, in two words.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PUCA Archive","offers":[{"title":"28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in)","offer_id":58265531744604,"sku":"PUCA-DA-11X14","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1037\/7140\/6684\/files\/Darling_Always_4287d592-30b0-45b1-9451-ab4f88afb442.jpg?v=1785318546"},{"product_id":"leas-mheangadh-na-greine","title":"Léas mheangadh na gréine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpen edition giclée print. 35.6 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in) landscape, £35.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpen edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e Printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper by our print partner and shipped direct to you, with a 0.6 cm white border so nothing is cropped. Not numbered, and always available, unlike the limited Safe Home editions. 14 × 11 in is a standard frame size.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Léas mheangadh na gréine\" is an Irish phrase, loosely translated as \"a ray of the sun's smile.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inspiration came from walking past the Plimsoll pub in North London. If you know it, you'll recognise how, on a sunny day, its patrons sit and stand on the street outside. It is lucky enough to catch the evening sunlight, and the scene is one of pure joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLast spring, on the first sunny day of the season, I was sitting outside the pub and felt the warm sun hit my skin for what felt like the first time in years. The happiness it brought was something I couldn't describe. Then, reading the works of the late Manchán Magan, I came to understand the power of the Irish language in describing feelings tied to the natural world around us. Finally I could put words to what I was feeling, all the more special being my native language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo the work tries to capture it all: the sun, the happiness, the patrons of the Plimsoll pub, and the beginning of spring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PUCA Archive","offers":[{"title":"35.6 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in)","offer_id":58265535119708,"sku":"PUCA-LMG-14X11","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1037\/7140\/6684\/files\/Scan4adj_affbf40a-34d9-41c5-9707-461d9f948cdf.jpg?v=1785318560"}],"url":"https:\/\/pucaarchive.co.uk\/collections\/prints.oembed","provider":"PUCA.Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}