Close-up photograph of a printed poster featuring an abstract stained glass style illustration with bold black outlines and a wide palette of muted and warm tones including orange, pink, green, blue, and red. The organic geometric shapes fill the entire composition, with small teal circle details visible within the linework, printed on a fine textured surface.

Cajva Art Prints
1st Edition

Print has a way of making things real. During my graphic design degree, nearly every assignment had to be printed and presented, posters, book covers, flyers, packaging, and something shifted each time a digital file became a physical object. What was once just ones and zeros suddenly had weight, texture, presence. That feeling never left me.

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How It Started

Years later, working mostly in digital formats, I found myself making prints again, not for clients, but for friends, because a handmade print felt more personal than anything I could buy. From that simple impulse, this series grew. Twelve illustrations. A limited edition of 72. A genuine curiosity about whether my style could find its audience, and the quiet satisfaction of discovering that it could.

Close-up photograph of a printed poster featuring a stained glass style illustration in orange, blue, and yellow, with bold black outlines. The composition includes abstract typographic letterforms and geometric shapes printed on a textured paper surface.

The Work

This series includes 12 posters that reflect the life of a graphic designer. I explored themes like mood boards, kerning, and typography, alongside more personal subjects like procrastination, frustration, and connection. Each poster is accompanied by a small poem I wrote to complement the composition. I dedicated a great deal of time to sketching, researching ideas, and finding the right words to sit alongside the visuals.

Close-up photograph of a printed poster showing the title "Let's talk about HEX" in bold monospaced typography, accompanied by a short poem in typewriter-style text. The upper portion features a stained glass style illustration in shades of blue with a small orange circle detail and bold black outlines, printed on a textured white paper surface.

The Style

My work is a fusion of stained glass and vector graphics, perhaps a metaphor for how we perceive the world through the window of our soul. We don't see things as they are, but as we are. There is real design thinking behind these pieces. They are posters more than conceptual art, but that doesn't make them any less considered.

Digital illustration in a stained glass style depicting a stylised female figure wearing oversized round glasses and an ornate yellow headdress, holding keyboard keys labelled CTRL and Z. The composition features bold black outlines and a rich palette of blue, yellow, pink, and orange geometric shapes, referencing the designer's undo shortcut as a central theme.

The Process

Close-up photograph of a printed poster showing abstract typographic letterforms in orange and peach tones with bold black outlines, printed on a textured surface. The background features horizontal stripes in shades of blue in a stained glass style.

Working directly with the print shop was a significant part of this project. We ran print proofs, tested different papers and textures, and explored the effects each combination produced. That hands-on process reinforced something I already suspected: this style has a great deal of potential, and I intend to push it further in the coming years.

Close-up photograph of a printed poster designed to resemble an official certificate, featuring dense typographic text, decorative border details, and a prominent red wax seal stamped. The composition sits on a textured white paper surface with soft natural lighting.

Close-up photograph of a printed poster featuring intricate engraving-style illustration in deep navy blue on white paper. The composition centres on a circular emblem containing a cursor icon, surrounded by detailed geometric patterns, fine linework, and ornamental motifs reminiscent of banknote or stamp design.

On Making

For me, art is a pure and unrestrained pursuit of knowledge, a form of enlightenment through the act itself. I am not interested in the final object, but in the continuous process of creation. That is what brings a sense of actualisation, a validation of existence. I create with great satisfaction, yet what I create holds no fixed meaning or certainty. If it did, I likely wouldn't have pursued it.

I invite you to join me in experiencing confusion, unpredictability, and scepticism. Because if you are one of those people whose questions remain unanswered, know that you are not alone. We are here, and we are still wondering who we were before the world defined us.