FREE Samurai by House of Ralfus

Artist Name and Artwork Title:

FREE Samurai by House of Ralfus

Description:

FREE Samurai - the call for freedom, in every form.

The piece began as a tribute to the Samourai Wallet founders - a statement of solidarity with the right to transact privately, to hold one's own keys, to be left alone. From there it grew into something larger and more personal: a meditation on freedom across every dimension of life. Freedom in transacting. Freedom in expression. Freedom in money. Freedom in breath. Freedom in dream, in choice, in the energies around us, in the realities we create.

A samourai figure stands beneath a rising sun, drawn directly in Derwent Tinted Charcoal and Caran d'Ache Luminance over a Hahnemühle Museum Etching giclée. The giclée base is produced by a Hahnemühle Certified Studio and Fine Art Trade Guild approved printer using 10 Colour UltraChrome HDR Pigment Ink on Hahnemühle Museum Etching paper (350 gsm, 100% cotton). Mounted with a custom-cut single mat behind glass in an antique solid wood frame. Finished with an engraved solid brass plaque ("House of Ralfus") and the artist's signature.

The verso is dressed in natural jute linen, hand-stamped with the House of Ralfus mark, the monogram, the block height 837389, and the artist's signature R973.26. Olive green velvet ribbon details run vertically and horizontally across the linen, with the certified authentication hologram S13205 set at the centre.

Two stamps carry the meaning. 837389 is the Bitcoin block height marking a moment of personal freedom for the artist - first arrival in El Salvador for The Halving Party by The Meme Factory, and the first in-person meeting with the Bitcoin community. R973.26 has become part of the artist's signature, carrying forward from the original Twitter handle "ralfus973" with "26" marking the year of creation.

A unique 1/1 work, certified by hologram S13205.

Freedom is the artist's deepest personal value. This piece is the visual statement of that value, made permanent.

From the Free collection by House of Ralfus - an ongoing collection of one-of-one works exploring freedom and sovereignty through traditional craft. Collection enquiries: studio@houseofralfus.com.

Materials:

Original Derwent Tinted Charcoal and Caran d'Ache Luminance, drawn directly over a Hahnemühle Museum Etching giclée base. Giclée printed by a Hahnemühle Certified Studio and Fine Art Trade Guild approved printer using 10 Colour UltraChrome HDR Pigment Ink on Hahnemühle Museum Etching paper (350 gsm, 100% cotton). Custom single mat, glass, antique solid wood frame, engraved solid brass plaque. Verso: hand-stamped natural jute linen, olive green velvet ribbon detailing, certified authentication hologram S13205. 1/1 unique work.

Dimensions:

67.5 x 49.6 cm (H x W, framed)

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Shipping costs TBC depending on destination. Artist is attending BTC Prague and transporting FREE samourai personally. Contact studio@houseofralfus.com for shipping quotes.

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Artist Bio:

House of Ralfus is a sovereign fine art studio founded by artist and curator Ralfy, building the visual vocabulary of Bitcoin through traditional craft. The studio works in block print, woodcut, linocut, letterpress, painting, sculpture and drawing - on handmade papers sourced from the mountains of Bhutan and Nepal and the mills of Japan, France, Germany and Italy, Belle Arti 649 Italian clear-primed Belgian linen canvas, and original antique woods, frames and sculptures, with hand-mixed oil inks, solid and liquid Sennelier oils, gold leaf pigment, charcoals and acrylics, printed on a 19th-century Harrild & Sons Albion press and various large and medium scale relief and etching presses. The studio's body of work spans a growing series of collections: The Genesis, Temple of Bitcoin, El Salvador, El Árbol de Bitcoin, OG Bitcoin Miner, Women of Bitcoin, Free, The Honoured, and the latest, The Bitcoin Lexicon - an ongoing collection translating Bitcoin's foundational ideas into permanent, irreplaceable objects. House of Ralfus was the sole curator of the inaugural Bitcoin Histórico in San Salvador (November 2025), the world's first government-backed Bitcoin conference, run by the National Bitcoin Office of El Salvador, bringing together 30+ artists and 50+ pieces. The studio also exhibited their own work at the conference. Previous exhibitions: Villa Ciani, Lugano, Switzerland (Plan B Lugano, October 2025); The National Palace, San Salvador, El Salvador (Bitcoin Histórico, November 2025); The National Theatre, San Salvador, El Salvador (Bitcoin Histórico, November 2025); VIP Lounge at Adopting Bitcoin (November 2025); and MARTE National Art Museum, San Salvador, El Salvador (Plan B El Salvador, January 2026), where the studio's full-wall Bitcoin mural was featured by Bloomberg in coverage of Bernstein's $150K BTC call. At BTC Prague 2026, House of Ralfus contributes OG Bitcoin Miner Bit Hasher 0001 and FREE samourai to the Bitcoin-Only Art Gallery, and hosts the VIP Art Panel "Bitcoin, Art & The Collector's Eye." studio@houseofralfus.com - www.houseofralfus.com - @HouseOfRalfus.

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