Story & Sigil

Sigil — a form carrying recognition across time

Personalised crest art and gift commissions, made from restored historical engravings.

Framed artwork with two illustrations: a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and beads on her neck, and a hand with an eye in the palm, surrounded by stones. The text underneath reads "Not guilty."

Why do ordinary things become extraordinary when memory touches them?

Framed artwork titled 'Origami Stool' depicting six illustrations of traditional and cultural symbols, including a lock, a sun, a bearded man, a lion, three rolled paper scrolls, and a tree, arranged in a grid pattern with alternating background colors.

Placed together, these crests reveal something none of them could alone.

A black and white drawing of a snail with a spiral shell on a flat surface, with antennae extended and showing detailed patterns on the shell.

Some things continue quietly

This archive began with a similar question.

This archive began with a similar question. Hundreds of years ago, engravers created images of animals, figures, objects, and imagined forms by hand. Across generations, these engravings have carried forward, not unchanged, but still recognisable. Carefully restored and faithfully preserved, they are ready to be seen again.

If something stays with you...

Sometimes it remains on its own.

Sometimes others begin to gather around it.

Two, four or six engravings may be brought together in a personal commission.

You know the story. Only you know what they mean together.

Framed artwork titled 'The Souvenir' featuring four stylized illustrations, each with a blue background, of a horse, a winged figure, a pomegranate, and a winged arm holding a snake, on a green wall.
A framed illustration of a lion's head with a fish tail instead of a body, hanging on a green wall. The drawing is accompanied by the text, 'It made sense at the time, Festive Road.'

Not every engraving will stay with you.

Sometimes it holds something unexpectedly familiar.

Not because it explains us.

Because every now and then, it gives shape to something we have felt but never quite found words for. That part cannot be explained.

Only encountered.

Understand the Work

Discover how these historic engravings became Story & Sigil.

Read About The Work

Find a Meaningful Gift

Begin with the person who is already on your mind.

Discover a different way of giving.

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Explore the Archive

Begin with the engravings.

Allow recognition to unfold in your own time.

Begin in the Archive