Delicately Sarcastic Picture Plates

Delicately Sarcastic is a curated collection of vintage picture plates, reimagined to explore the thoughts that sit just beneath polite surfaces.

Told across three quiet chapters — Expectation, Performance, and Acceptance — each plate offers understated, British-style sarcasm that reflects what is learned early, repeated often, and eventually internalised.

These pieces don’t shout or moralise. They observe. They linger in the pause between what’s happening and what’s being thought, where meaning is implied rather than announced.

Every plate is individually hand-altered, completely one of a kind, and intended purely for decorative display. Some will make you smile. Others may make you uncomfortable. Most will feel unrecognisingly familiar.

This collection sits within the Limited Edition Swears of Joy releases.
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