Enduring Geometry — White — Wood

Three tombs, one watcher, and the oldest straight line on earth.

There is a reason the pyramids still stop people, and it is not scale. It is accuracy.

I trained as a toolmaker, so the first thing I looked for in this piece was the edge. The base of the Great Pyramid sits level to within a couple of centimetres across thirteen acres, and its four sides face true north, south, east and west to within a fraction of a degree. Someone set that out by hand, four and a half thousand years ago, and it has not moved since. That is the kind of work I understand.

So I drew it the way it was built — one line at a time. The stone faces are cross-hatched in thousands of short strokes, each following the slope of the casing, so the surface reads as weathered block rather than flat grey. The Sphinx sits low in the middle ground, deliberately small, doing what it has always done. The palms in the foreground are the only living thing in the frame, and they are there for exactly that reason.

It is drawn in portrait so the sky carries the upper half of the frame. On a wall, that open space is what lets the piece breathe.

WHITE

● The White Edition (Line): Pure linework on clean white, with the sky left completely open. This is the drawing before any tone is added — closest to an engraver's plate, and the version that shows the hatching most honestly.

WOOD

Wood Print: An organic, textured alternative for a modern industrial feel.

Depth Beyond the Line

The thousands of strokes in my digital crosshatching find a perfect partner in the natural texture of birch wood. Our wood prints offer a tactile, rustic experience that paper cannot replicate. By revealing the wood grain through the highlights of the artwork, each piece gains an extra layer of warmth and depth.

FSC-Certified: Sustainably sourced wood for a conscious home.

Thickness Options: Select 10mm for a subtle profile or 20mm for a substantial gallery presence.

Uniquely Yours: The natural variation in the wood grain makes your specific print a unique original.

Product Details

30 x 45 cm (12 x 18 in) — 10mm $160 / 20mm $240
40 x 60 cm (16 x 24 in) — 10mm $210 / 20mm $320
50 x 75 cm (20 x 30 in) — 10mm $250 / 20mm $375

Orientation: portrait. Hanging fixture pre-installed. No glass, no glare.
Made to order and produced at the facility closest to your delivery address.
Care: hang away from direct sunlight, steam and damp. Dust with a dry soft cloth only — never water or solvents.