The quiet hour before dawn, wherever you are.
This set brings Earth’s Embrace, a photograph of Mobius Arch framing the Sierra Nevada under a violet sky before sunrise in the Alabama Hills of California, into three places at once: framed on the wall, as an art block on your desk, and in its matching candle in Oakmoss & Amber. Hang the print where your eyes naturally rest, keep the art block where you work, and light the candle whenever you need a pause, so the same still moment meets you wherever you are.
In this set
The print, art block, and candle are made by different studios and ship separately, so they may arrive on different days.
Set savings are built into the price, so additional pairing discounts don’t apply to sets.
Prefer to mix and match? Build your own set.
Prefer a different size or frame, or just one of the pieces? Each is available on its own.
Prefer a different size or frame, or just one of the pieces? Each is available on its own.
I hiked in the dark that morning to reach this arch, a spot I had found the evening before, and settled in to wait. Long before the sun appeared, a soft violet glow spread across the sky and slowly revealed the scene in front of me: the graceful curve of weathered granite, and through it, the distant peaks of the Sierra Nevada.
Earth's Embrace holds that quiet, patient hour before sunrise, when the land seems to gather itself and gently wrap around what matters. The arch cradles the mountain the way a moment of stillness can cradle the mind, offering a sense of shelter, steadiness, and calm in a world that rarely pauses.
Photographed by Steve Austin at Mobius Arch in the Alabama Hills, California. Open edition, printed to order with archival inks.
For a desk or shelf, Earth’s Embrace is also available as a tabletop metal print, an art block, or on natural slate.
Bring the desert dawn into the room another way: the Earth’s Embrace Candle pairs this photograph with the warm, earthy scent of oakmoss and amber.
A quiet hour before sunrise, close at hand.
Before dawn in the Alabama Hills, a soft violet glow slowly revealed a curve of weathered granite, and through it, the distant peaks of the Sierra Nevada. Set in a clear acrylic block, Earth's Embrace brings that patient, sheltering moment to your desk or shelf, where the arch can cradle the mountain the way a pause can cradle the mind.
Also available as a framed or canvas print: Earth’s Embrace. For a desk or shelf, it also comes as a tabletop metal print or on natural slate. Pair it with the Earth’s Embrace Candle.
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Photographed by Steve Austin at Mobius Arch in the Alabama Hills, California. Open edition.
$42.00
Held by the earth.
Cool desert air before dawn, weathered granite still holding the night, and a violet glow rising behind distant peaks. This candle pairs the warm, earthy scent of oakmoss and amber with Earth’s Embrace, a photograph of Mobius Arch framing the Sierra Nevada in the Alabama Hills of California.
As it burns, the wooden wick crackles softly, like a small fire kept through the last hour of night. Light it in the early morning or whenever you need a pause, rest your eyes on the image for a few breaths, and let the moment open up around you.
The photograph Earth’s Embrace is also available as a print.
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