Print | She is an Eastern Bird 1

“She is an eastern bird” collection was designed for our honorary founder, mother and main inspiration Hamide Yanç Özçetin’s birthday and also for the 1st anniversary of her passing away. We call this period, stretching from 20th of February til the 4th of March, Hamide Days. So, in other words it was designed for Hamide Days. We see our mother as a graceful, humble, wise, patient and quiet bird, spreading light and love, coming from the east. She was so pure! She used to call us as nightbirds since we were up all night doing things. So this collection takes its essence from all these. Dedicated to her and all the other birds!

The first print in this collection “She is an eastern bird 1” is designed by Şeyda Özçetin, the art director of Hamide Design Studio in 2014. The print is a digital replica of her collage featuring the bird illustration together with the handwritten text stating “she is an eastern bird”. The illustration, however, was made by Şeyda in 2011 winter at Funch’s Vinstue bodega, while she was bartending at the night shift, for Hamide’s birthday.