Restaurants often need art that works while people are eating and talking, not something that demands silence. The boards do that because the first impression is simple — a grid of cards — and the second impression is that none of it is printed.

Each piece uses one full deck, shuffled and assembled by hand on rigid A1 board. In a dining room the scale is useful: large enough to anchor a wall, not so large that it crowds the tables. The Fantasy decks (Wicked, Star Wars, the more colourful ones) read well from across the room. The plainer Inimitable pieces suit spaces that are already busy with pattern or timber.

Because everything is sealed under plexiglas the surface stays clean. No issues with steam or the occasional wipe-down. A few people who have placed work in London restaurants mentioned that guests ask about the cards more than they ask about the other art on the walls. The fact that the sequence only exists once gives the staff a short, clear answer if anyone wants the story.

I am not trying to fill every restaurant. One board in the right spot is usually stronger than several smaller things. If the wall is there and you want something that isn’t a print run, the studio in West London has finished pieces ready to see.