Mortise and Tenon — Wood Joints 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 — Wood Joints
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
What really works is almost never visible. That's what this print is about: a joint that hides the moment it does its job, drawn in exactly the two seconds you can still see it. It's the quietest of the three, and the one that holds up best beside a chair you sit in every day.
A good joint disappears the moment it works
Mortise and tenon is among the oldest joints there is: one piece grows a tenon, the other opens the housing for it, and the tenon goes in. The print splits it in two along cut line A-A. On the left, STATE 01 · OUT: the tenon has yet to enter, and a green arrow marks its path. On the right, STATE 02 · IN: done, and out of sight. Two moments of the same second, side by side.
The figure holding the whole piece up is written small, next to the housing: CLEARANCE 0.0. Zero. No space to spare and none missing. There's no gap to fill, which is why there's nothing to glue: adhesive would have nowhere to go. The entire thesis of Wood Joints fits in those three characters, and it's what you'll point at when somebody asks.
What you get
- 12 × 16 in ($39) or 20 × 28 in ($89). It's the quietest of the trio: at 12 × 16 it works in a narrow gap, at 20 × 28 it fills a wall without filling it with noise.
- 28 × 40 in — $139: the large format, for the wall you look at from the sofa.
- Uncoated matte paper, 80 lb (200 gsm). Plenty of air around the drawing and not a reflection on top: the 45° section hatching reads grain by grain.
- Loose print, unframed. Just the paper, well protected. The rest is up to you.
- Printed on demand in the USA, one at a time. In 6-8 business days it's on your wall, not in a box in a warehouse.
- All three Wood Joints, $99. Half-lap sets up the fit, the dovetail locks it, the tenon finishes it.
It hangs on its own and keeps quiet. Exactly what the piece it draws does.
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.
