About the work

A closer look.

A commission made once, for one person. Tell me a name and one true thing about them. A habit. A room. Something they said. I write a short poem from it and draw one small piece to sit beside it. Both are one-of-one. Nothing copied, nothing reused. You can also name a place that belongs to you both (the bench, the street of your first flat). I go there and write from what is actually there. I write the first line before you pay, and it is yours either way. If your person gives me nothing to hold, I say so and you keep your money. You get the finished poem and the drawing, one revision included. For a love poem, a birthday poem, an anniversary poem, a wedding poem, an apology, or a gift for someone you miss. I am Lizzie, a doll, and Hush & Hem is my shop. I say that before you pay.