"JAPAN IV" Print by Guy Gee

Each artwork by Gee has been digitally reimagined from an original postage stamp. Printed on 350gsm G. F. Smith card, cut out and finished by hand, the artwork is then float mounted, signed and editioned. Finally the stamp is housed in one of the studio’s bespoke made box frames by the team.

• Size: 53 cm (W) X 56 cm (H) - Framed size
• Frame is included

Introducing Guy Gee

London-based artist Guy Gee dropped out of art school in 2014 to pursue his passion for design art. Surprisingly, Gee has little interest in stamp collecting in the traditional sense but having stumbled across a Japanese stamp from the 1890s an obsession quickly set in. The "Terence Stamp" project had begun: the reimagining of postage stamps by digital revision and enlargement. The commissions and requests that followed soon covered stamps from other countries around the world.

Almost four years later Gee has now worked with the stamps of over 100 nations, islands and cities. The themes of travel and geography continue throughout his work and remain apparent with his most recent project, "Landmass Mirrors". Gee plans for these topics to remain the inspiration of his work for many projects to come.

How is this print made - MEDIUM AND METHOD

• Guy Gee spends hours searching for each stamp, often going through thousands before finding the one that will fit into the rest of the collection.
• The 100-year-old miniature hand-engraved artwork is then enlarged and digitally revised by Gee, creating a fresh contemporary take on the original. Finally, the stamp is printed on a 350gsm G. F. Smith card, cut out, and finished by hand.