Fennel — Threshold Herbarium III
$39.00 IVA incluidoPrinted when you order it · on your wall in 6-8 business days
Unframed, so you pick the frame yourself. Our sizes are metric — 30 × 40, 50 × 70 and 70 × 100 cm — so a US frame in inches sits a fraction large unless you use a mat. 200 gsm uncoated matte paper that will not reflect your ceiling light. Printed in the USA when you order it.
Gallery Set — Threshold Herbarium
The three prints of this series, complete. Bought separately they are $117. A yard of wall and the whole story, not a fragment.
$99.00
Gallery Wall — 6 Prints, Two Complete Series
The three prints of this series, complete. Bought separately they are $117. A yard of wall and the whole story, not a fragment.
$169.00
- Free shipping · anywhere in the United StatesNo minimum order. Not a cent more at checkout.
- On your wall in 6-8 business daysPrinted in the USA when you order it. No stock sitting in a warehouse.
- If we get it wrong, we fix itDamaged or misprinted? Email us a photo and we remake it at no cost to you.
- Damaged or misprinted? We remake itEvery print is made to order, so all sales are final. If it arrives damaged or with a printing defect, send us photos within 14 days of delivery and we reprint and reship it free of charge.
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Why this print
Some walls can't be filled. Narrow, pass-through, a door on either side and five feet of nothing in between. The usual answer is to hang something small and discreet, which is the polite way of hanging nothing at all. And those five feet wait another year.
Umbel and threshold share a root, and share a job: opening
Fennel is the umbel par excellence: the flower that opens like a fan from a single node. That's where the name of the whole series comes from — Threshold Herbarium, umbel plants for the threshold of a home — and that's why fennel closes it. It does most literally what the piece is asked to do: open a narrow spot. It doesn't fill it; it opens it, which isn't the same thing and you feel the difference walking in.
It's drawn as a diagram, not a botanical plate: 21 rays counted from a single node, each one ending in its own umbellet — a small umbel with rays of its own — all inside a reference circle labeled r = 300. Below, a density sample of the umbel: the hatching that explains how the dots are distributed across the rest of the sheet. The eucalyptus green lands on just a few umbellets, and that's where the eye enters. It's the airiest of the three, and on a pass-through wall air is worth more than detail: it reads whole at a glance, from the door, without stopping.
What you get
- 12 × 16 in — $39: it fits a narrow gap without eating it, which is exactly an entryway's problem.
- 20 × 28 in — $89: here the umbel really opens. For the stretch of wall that can take a large piece.
- 28 × 40 in — $139: the large format. For the wall you look at from the sofa and that has nothing on it today.
- Loose print, unframed. With this much air in the drawing, the frame you choose changes the piece a lot. That call is yours.
- Uncoated matte paper, 80 lb (200 gsm). The sheet is mostly ground and fine line: without sheen, the white stays still and the rays don't get lost.
- Printed on demand in the USA, one at a time. On your wall in 6-8 business days — that gap has been waiting two years, it doesn't need to wait two more months.
On its own it holds a narrow space without covering it. With bay and rosemary it closes the trio, which is how it was designed: all three, $99.
Product safety and care
- Printed paper art print. Not suitable for children under 3 — sharp edges, and the packaging is a suffocation hazard.
- Sold unframed and without glass.
- Keep away from moisture and direct sunlight.
Sold by VEXA, S.C. · Carrer Cronista Pareja 10, floor 1, door 2, 46650 Canals (Valencia), Spain · vexaprojectcj@gmail.com. Printed and shipped from within the United States.
Shipping and returns
Free shipping anywhere in the United States, with no minimum. The price you see is the price you pay.
Printed on demand in the USA, one at a time. On your wall in 6-8 business days.
It arrives protected for the trip, loose and unframed. That is on purpose: 12 × 16, 20 × 28 and 28 × 40 in are standard frame sizes.
If it arrives damaged or with a printing defect, we cover it. Email photos of the print and the packaging to vexaprojectcj@gmail.com within 14 days of delivery and we will remake and reship it free of charge.
Because every print is made to order, all sales are final. We do not accept returns for change of mind. Full conditions in our Returns and Refunds policy.
Payment and contact
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Real human support within 24-48 business hours at vexaprojectcj@gmail.com. When a refund applies, it goes back to your original payment method within 10 business days of approval.
If you end up wanting all three, the Gallery Set for this series is $99 instead of the $117 they cost separately.
Frequently asked questions
Which size do I pick?
30 × 40 cm — about 11.8 × 15.7 in is for short walls: the gap between two doors, above a dresser, a narrow hallway. It gets looked at up close and in passing.
50 × 70 cm — about 19.7 × 27.6 in is for when the wall is seen from a distance — from the couch, from the dining table — and needs something to hold it. If the wall is completely bare and you are unsure, it is almost always this one.
And 70 × 100 cm — about 27.6 × 39.4 in is the big format: at that size the dimensions and the numbers read standing up, from the other side of the room.
Does it come with a frame?
No. It is the loose print, unframed and without glass, and that is on purpose: the frame is the part that has to talk to your home, not to us. Framing it for you would cost you considerably more than choosing it yourself.
One thing worth knowing before you buy: our sizes are metric — 30 × 40, 50 × 70 and 70 × 100 cm, which works out to roughly 11.8 × 15.7, 19.7 × 27.6 and 27.6 × 39.4 in. A US 12 × 16", 20 × 28" or 28 × 40" frame is a fraction larger: with a mat it sits perfectly, and without one you may see a hair of a gap at the edges. If you want an exact fit, look for a frame sold in centimetres — 30 × 40 cm and 50 × 70 cm frames are easy to find online in the US.
How high should I hang a print?
The rule museums use: the centre of the print at 57-59 in (145-150 cm) from the floor, which is average eye height. You do not centre it on the wall, you centre it on the person looking at it.
If it goes above a piece of furniture — a dresser, a couch, a sideboard — then the furniture decides: leave 8-12 in (20-30 cm) between the top of the furniture and the bottom edge of the print, so the two read as one thing and not as two separate ones.
How much space do I leave between prints?
2 in (5 cm) between one print and the next is the spacing that works almost every time. Any less and they look crowded; any more and they stop reading as a set and start looking like separate pictures that happened to share a wall.
At that spacing, six 30 × 40 cm prints take up roughly 39 in wide by 33 in tall; nine, about 39 by 51 in; and all twelve, about 53 by 51 in. Worth measuring the wall before you decide how many.
What paper is it printed on, and will it curl?
200 gsm uncoated matte paper. The matte matters more than it sounds: it is the difference between seeing the drawing and seeing your ceiling light reflected back at you.
And the 200 gsm weight is exactly what keeps the print holding itself flat instead of buckling inside the frame. A 120 or 150 gsm paper does warp with humidity; this one does not.
How long does it take, and what does shipping cost?
Free shipping anywhere in the United States, with no minimum order. The price you see is the price you pay.
It is on your wall in 6-8 business days. Every print is made to order in the United States, one at a time: there is no stock waiting in a warehouse, your print starts existing the day you order it. If you order on a Friday, the clock starts the following Monday. You get a tracking number by email as soon as it ships.
Can I return it if I change my mind?
Every print is made to order, only for you, and nothing is held in stock — so all sales are final and we do not accept change-of-mind returns. Please pick your size carefully before ordering; the guidance above is there for exactly that.
If it arrives damaged, defective or it is the wrong item, we do cover it. Email vexaprojectcj@gmail.com within 14 days of delivery with your order number and photos of the print and the packaging, and we send you a free reprint. Do not ship anything back without written authorization first. Full conditions in our Returns and Refunds policy.
What we can actually promise
Only what we can deliver. Not one thing more.
Loose prints, unframed and without glass. Sizes 12 × 16, 20 × 28 and 28 × 40 in. Prices in US dollars, before any applicable sales tax. Free shipping within the United States. VEXA, S.C. · Tax ID J88868385 · Canals (Valencia), Spain.
