An engraved desert: far ridges under a deep blue sky

An engraved rider on horseback crossing the plate

We cut brands by hand.

Identity, websites and print, engraved line by line in a small studio.

Plate I · Mojave

Cut 24 / 24

The studio

We draw every mark by hand, then build it for screens that never sit still.

Selected work

Proofs

Proof 04 / 04

Harbour

Identity and signage for a coastal inn

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Coachwork

Campaign and site for a car restorer

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Joinery

Brand and shop for a furniture maker

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Leeward

Website for a sailing school

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All work (24)

3/12Harbour, 2026Burin

PROOF I

4/12Coachwork, 2026Burin

PROOF II

5/12Joinery, 2025Burin

PROOF III

6/12Leeward, 2025Burin

PROOF IV

Index of plates

01 / 05

Meridian

Wayfinding

2026

Lantern

Hospitality brand

2026

Keystone

Property identity

2025

Bridle

Equestrian shop

2025

Plume

Publisher's website

2024

Process

Cutting the plate

01DrawOutlines first, in pencil, until the shape holds.

02CutParallel lines that swell with the light.

03CrossA second pass where the shadows deepen.

04PrintProofed, then built for screen and paper.

State 4 / 4

An engraved desert valley of sandstone buttes

Plate II · Monument ValleyEdition of 12

Disciplines

Four ways in

Identity01

Marks, type and systems that hold their line.

Identity

Websites02

Sites that move like the drawings do.

Websites

Motion03

Line work that animates, for film and screen.

Motion

Print04

Books, labels and packaging, proofed by hand.

Ledger(48)

2026Halden HotelsIdentity and signageCopper plate

2026Northfield PressBook seriesLetterpress

2025SaltworksPackagingEtching

2025Corvid CoffeeWebsiteCode

2025Fennick BikesCampaign filmMotion

2024Arden WoolLabels and siteWood engraving

Kept company with

Halden Hotels / Marrow & Co / Northfield Press / Saltworks / Ondine / Corvid Coffee / Larkspur / Fennick Bikes / Tallow / Greyhaven / Pell Street / Arden Wool

Reel 2026

Plates in motion

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The studio

Four pairs of hands

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Ada Merrin

Founder, engraver

Walter Pike

Type and lettering

Iris Calloway

Design director

Omar Haddad

Print and production

Journal

From the bench

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Craft

5 min

Why we still draw with a burin

Process

6 min

One line weight, every medium

Motion

7 min

Animating an engraving

After dark

The studio, after hours

Type, print and code experiments we make for ourselves.

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