Earthy Floral Poster

Earthy Floral cuts a single large bloom and its surrounding leaves from one rust brown block and sets them against bare kraft, with the stems running the full height of the sheet. The shapes are broad and slightly lopsided, as if trimmed with scissors rather than drawn, and pale flecks are left inside several of the leaves where the ink did not take. That unevenness is what keeps the motif from looking machine made, and it is the only thing in the picture that was not decided in advance. Two colours, no outline and no shading anywhere, with the kraft doing the work of the background.

Dark wood could work well here, since it follows the rust and keeps the kraft ground warm. Light oak lifts the whole thing if the room runs dark. Leaning against a wall or hung above a bed the single bloom gives the eye one clear place to land. It pairs nicely with raw linen, terracotta and furniture in pale wood.