The studio
We take the smallest pictures in the world seriously
Glyph Gallery began as an argument about whether emoji could hold a wall. Five collections later the answer seems to be yes, provided you treat them like paint rather than punctuation.
One square, a handful of glyphs, no shortcuts
Nothing here is generated in bulk. Each composition is placed by eye, and most pieces get abandoned somewhere around version thirty. The ones that survive tend to share one quality: they read as a shape from across the room and as a joke up close.
Collections are built in threes so they hang together, and palettes never repeat between them. If a piece cannot survive being printed at A2 and pinned above a desk for a month, it does not make the shop.
- Pieces released
- 15
- Prints shipped
- 400+
- Countries
- 31
How a piece gets made
- 01
Composed on screen
Every piece starts as a blank square. Glyphs get placed, rotated and resized by hand until the balance is right, which usually takes somewhere between forty and two hundred versions.
- 02
Proofed on paper
Colour on a screen and colour on cotton rag are two different things. Each artwork is proofed at full size and the gradients are adjusted until the print matches the intent.
- 03
Printed in small runs
Editions are capped between 60 and 150. Prints are pulled in batches of ten on a twelve-ink pigment printer, then signed and numbered on the reverse.
Shipping
- Prints and framed editions are dispatched within three working days.
- Flat rate of $12 worldwide, free on orders over $150.
- Prints travel rolled in a rigid tube. Framed editions ship flat, double boxed and insured.
- Digital downloads arrive by email the moment the order is placed, with no shipping charge.
Returns
- Thirty days to change your mind on any physical piece, unframed or framed.
- Send it back in its original packaging and we refund the full amount including original shipping.
- Anything that arrives damaged is replaced immediately. Send a photo and skip the return entirely.
- Digital downloads cannot be returned once the file has been sent.
Questions about a piece, a frame, or a commission
Emails are answered within a working day. Commissions are open a few times a year, usually for spaces that need a specific palette or an unusual size.