What you receive

Every sheet has a number, and it can be checked

You are not buying a print. You are buying one press, made once, on one day, by one person — and the paperwork that proves it.

In the tube

The artwork

Hand-pressed on aged Xuan paper with mineral ink. A3 (29.7 × 42 cm) if you frame it yourself, or mounted as a traditional scroll.

The creation number

Printed on the piece and filed in the archive. Type it into the checker and the record comes up.

The seal video

Footage of your seal being pressed, then its corner being cut. That is the proof it will never be used again.

The creation number

Every artwork is given one number when it is finished. It looks like this:

HBA-20261010-0007

SegmentMeaning
HBAHan Brick Atelier
20261010The day the piece was finished — year, month, day
0007That day’s running number in the studio, starting at 0001

The number belongs to that one sheet. It is never reused, and it is not reissued if the piece is remade — a remake gets a new number of its own.

The seal, used once

Before your sheet leaves, a stone seal is carved with the name you give us. It is pressed once onto your artwork. Then one corner is cut off so it can never make another impression.

One artwork·One press·One broken seal

The seal is not sent to you. It stays destroyed, on camera, and the footage is part of your record.

Checking a number

Anyone can type a creation number into the checker on this site and see the record — the motif, the finish, the date it was made.

What is not published is you. Your name, email and address stay with us; they are used to make and ship the piece and nothing else.

Made to order, so made slowly

Each sheet is pressed after you order it. Production runs 3–7 business days, then it ships rolled in a heavy tube with tracking. International delivery is 7–15 business days.

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