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when birds do sing (blue)
  • when birds do sing (blue)
  • when birds do sing (blue)
  • when birds do sing (blue)

  • when birds do sing (blue)

  • square greetings card with design detail inside
  • £3.00

:  at  £3.00  each


This design was inspired by a song from Shakespeare's comedy 'As You Like It'

It was a Lover and Lass,
With a hey and a ho and a hey nonino...
...When Birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding,
Sweet Lovers love the Spring.

A chorus of English songbirds in a coppiced tree, in a style which echoes that of Jacobean embroideries and the 'typeface' is copied from a 1714 edition of the play.

 

All my cards are designed by me in my studio and printed for me by a local small print business which is based in a nearby village.


Scanned from an original linocut print.
Each card measures 5.75 x 5.75 inches.
Printed on ivory parchment card.
With a kraft paper envelope.

The price includes FREE shipping to a UK address. An additional charge will be added at checkout for overseas shipping.