Dolphins, seals, whales, eels, and rays — all gathered together on one print like the world's most magnificent, slightly brooding nature documentary. Shoal Mate is the most introspective print in the Saltwater Edit, quietly dramatic and deeply considered in a way that makes people stop and look a little closer.
Assembled from a remarkable collection of scientific book plates by various naturalist artists from the early 1800s — a golden era when documenting the natural world was considered both serious science and serious art. We gathered their finest aquatic subjects, gave them an aged watercolour paper backdrop in warm browns and blacks, and let them do what they have always done best — stop people in their tracks.