The Wave Luxury Safety Matches

Description

The Wave luxury safety matches bring a famous piece of Japanese artwork into your home in miniature! Put the matchbox on display to show off the artwork and keep the matches handy for when you need them.

The matchbox is printed with a section of the famous woodcut The Great Wave off Konagawa by the renowned Japanese printmaker, Hokusai. The matches are approximately 10cm long so you can finally get to the bottom of that pillar candle, jar or tealight holder without risking your fingers.

Please note: colours of the matches may vary from the image due to colour shortages.

The matchboxes are designed and printed in the UK by Archivist. They use traditional letterpress printing a technique thats remained almost unchanged since Johannes Gutenberg first invented the printing press in the mid-15th century. An inked stamp or engraving is pressed onto a sheet of paper to reveal the design. The force with which the paper and stamp meet can leave indentations in the paper, giving letterpress prints a unique texture.

Litho printing is another technique Archivist use. This involves the image being placed on a plate which is then covered in ink and used for printing.

Average contents: 125 matches