Born from ash. Built for the ones who keep going.
ForgeEmber is a small, stubborn studio making mythic, cosmic, and alchemical artwork – for people who’ve walked through fire and still feel a spark left.
The brand lives in the space between loss and rebuilding, between “everything fell apart” and “I’m still here, so I may as well make something powerful out of it.”
Every collection is a love letter to that ember.
Postcards, prints, and small artefacts smuggled in from another timeline.
The first wave of ForgeEmber focuses on A6 postcards and art prints – small-format artworks designed to be:
- Gifted with letters, books, parcels, or care packages
- Framed as little portals on walls, desks, and shelves
- Kept as quiet talismans in notebooks, journals, and boxes of “important things”
Over time, the plan is to build connected collections – series that speak to each other, forming a loose mythology across multiple drops. Think: seasonal runs, themed arcs, recurring symbols, and artwork that rewards the people who pay attention.
From burnt-out foundations to ember-lit pages.
ForgeEmber didn’t start in a boardroom. It started in the ruins – in the slow aftermath of things that didn’t work out, places that were lost, and versions of life that never arrived.
Somewhere in that mess, one small idea wouldn’t die: if the ember’s still there, maybe it’s worth building something around it.
The art is a reflection of that: cosmic, witchy, slightly sideways, threaded with humour and grief, and stubbornly hopeful in a way that doesn’t deny how dark it’s been.
That’s what ForgeEmber is for – the people who’ve seen enough to know that pretty pictures alone aren’t the point. The work has to mean something when it lands.
Forged in real time — built in the fire, not after it.
ForgeEmber didn’t begin in comfort, stability, or a perfect studio setup. It started in the middle of my own reinvention — during a chapter of life where nothing made sense and everything felt molten.
I didn’t begin this project from a cosy flat or a stable job. I began it after deliberately stepping away from the very things that were draining the life out of me. I walked away from soul-destroying work. I walked away from routines that hollowed me out. I walked away from the version of myself that kept settling.
Right now, I’m building ForgeEmber with no fixed address, no traditional safety net, and no desire to return to a life that never fit me. Not because I’m lost — but because I finally chose freedom over familiarity. This brand is that choice. This project is the fight for that freedom.
What it took to begin
When I first paid for a website, it came back basic, empty, and completely misaligned with my vision. Then I became ill for a month and everything stalled. It felt like the universe hit pause at the worst possible moment.
But that forced a decision: either give up, or build it myself. So I started learning — not with a perfect plan, but in the deep end. Messy, unprepared, overwhelmed, but stubborn enough to keep going.
I wasn’t organised. I misplaced work constantly. I broke things faster than I fixed them. I didn’t know half the tools I needed. But every mistake levelled me up. Every setback taught me something. And somewhere in that chaos, ForgeEmber started taking shape.
I am not the polished article — and that’s the point.
I’m still learning discipline. I’m still learning structure. I’m still learning how to turn chaos into creation. But every time something goes wrong, I ask myself:
“What is this bullshit teaching me?”
And the answer is always another upgrade. Another skill point. Another moment of clarity. Most people avoid the fire. I’m choosing to build in it.
The ascending path
ForgeEmber isn’t just a brand. It’s my rebuild — piece by piece, ember by ember. Here’s what I’m working on next:
- launching the first collection properly
- refining the shop and polishing the site
- learning better systems and organisation
- deepening the lore and expanding future collections
- building more discipline and consistency
- creating a life on my own terms — not returning to the one that broke me
Nothing about this is polished yet — and that’s exactly what makes it real. ForgeEmber is the story of someone rebuilding from scratch, in public, while the fire is still burning around them.
If you’re here reading this, then welcome. You’re witnessing the beginning — the part most brands try to hide.
A single human, a stack of sketchbooks, and a lot of stubbornness.
ForgeEmber is run by a solo creator who has spent years juggling customer work, technical jobs, and real-life chaos – while quietly building a universe of art on the side.
There’s a long history of notebooks, half-finished ideas, and dreams “for when life calms down”. Spoiler: life never really calms down. So ForgeEmber is the decision to stop waiting and start shipping, even while everything else is still messy.
You won’t get corporate speak here. Just one person building something honest and a bit strange, in public, with whoever decides to walk alongside it.
The focus isn’t on a polished persona. It’s on the work, the people it connects with, and the tiny ecosystem that might grow around it.
From ember to artefact.
Fragments, symbols, and “what ifs”.
Ideas often start as scraps: a dream, a line in a song, a memory, a strange “what if” question. Symbols and motifs get sketched, noted, or built digitally until a theme clicks.
Layering story into the visuals.
Composition, colour, and texture are pushed until the piece feels like a scene from a universe that exists just off to the side of this one. Hidden details and micro-lore are baked in.
From screen to something you can hold.
Every design is tested against print specs, refined for A6 and beyond, and run through a quality check before it’s allowed to become a physical artefact.
More cards. More prints. More ways to carry the ember.
The first drop is only the start. The plan is to expand into:
- Themed postcard and print collections with shared lore and recurring symbols
- Seasonal or limited-run releases tied to certain dates, moods, or events
- Occasional small extras – things that pair well with the art and the story around it
The pace will be human, not hyper-scaled. ForgeEmber is designed to grow steadily, in ways that feel sustainable and true to the people behind it and the people who collect it.