Two Peacocks On Tree Bran

Delivery

Delivery is free of charge to Mainland UK. The Channel Islands and Isle of Man is charged at £2.99, regardless of the number of items, and free if over £100.00. Delivery to the island of Ireland is £4.99, regardless of the number of items, and free if over £100.00.

Goods are normally dispatched on the next working day by Next Business Day although this can take up to two days in practise and longer for the islands.  Canvases can take longer to allow the lacquer we apply to dry properly.

Collection

You can collect free of charge from our Market Harborough Store which is open from 9am to 5pm on Monday to Friday or by appointment. 

The address is Unit C4, Welland Business Park, Valley Way, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 7PS, where you can view another 1,200 prints to take away. 

One of the great printmakers of the 20th century, Ohara Koson was most famous for his kacho-e (prints of birds & flowers). He was born in Kanazawa in 1877 and later became a teacher at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts around 1900. Here he met the American professor, Ernest Fenollosa, a huge advocate of traditional Japanese art. With the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, photography went out of fashion and war prints were in high demand. This was a great opportunity for Koson to earn a good living from his trade alongside teaching, but he never forgot his love for birds and flowers. Under the encouragement of professor Fenollosa, Koson began creating kacho-e designs predominantly for Western tastes and was therefore pushed outside the local circle by his Japanese designer neighbours. However, his prints received great success in the United States and Europe! He created prints under three different artist names over his lifetime; Ohara Hoson, Ohara Shoson and Ohara Koson.

We use 2mm cast acrylic, which is visually indistinguishable from glass and virtually unbreakable. 

We specifically do not use styrene, as, though cheaper, it is normally only 1mm thick, offers far less support, and goes yellow over time. 

We use MDF backboard for strength. As MDF is a wood product, it can contain acids. To safeguard against these leeching out and affecting your print, we insert an acid free sheet of conservation barrier board between the back and print. 

All of our prints are delivered ready to hang.