Christmas Ribbon Poster

Christmas Ribbon is one word and one colour. The word Christmas is lettered by hand in red across a sage green ground, the strokes running into each other so the letters read as a single continuous ribbon rather than as separate forms. The C opens wide at the left and the final s trails off to the right, and the line swells and thins the way a brush does when it is moving quickly. The green is flat and slightly muted, which keeps the red from shouting. Nothing else is on the sheet, and the word fills it corner to corner.

A wide format and a strong green make this a piece for above something: a sideboard, a bench, a bed or a run of kitchen cabinets. Light oak keeps it soft and holds the green; black makes the lettering look firmer and more graphic. It pairs easily with red candles, green glass and brass, and because there is only one word it reads from across a room. Hang it alone and let the green be the colour in the room.