Gifts for Dad: Ideas Based on His Hobby
Ask most dads what they want and you'll hear “nothing, I've got everything”. The gift that lands is the one about what he actually cares about: fishing, his motorbike, the sea or the mountains. A print with that subject stays on the wall for years.
For the angler, cyclist, motorcyclist and DIY fan: patent drawings
A patent drawing is the original illustration from a patent application, with a number, a date and the inventor's name. Ours come from the US patent archive, 1869 to 1917, and look great in a study, a garage or above a desk.
- Angler: a fishing reel, a lure and a fly.
- Motorcyclist: a sidecar motorcycle, a V-twin engine and one of the first motorcycles.
- Cyclist: an 1895 bicycle, a velocipede and a tandem.
- DIY fan: an adjustable wrench, a bench vise and a bench plane.
- Coffee lover: a coffee mill, a coffee urn and a coffee pot.
For the sea lover
Choose Aivazovsky's storms including The Ninth Wave, Dutch sailing ships by Willem van de Velde the Younger, or the Baltic Sea in vivid blues.
For the mountain walker
Polish painters lived in the Tatra Mountains and painted them in every season: the classic Tatras, snowy peaks and spring crocuses.
For the hunter and horse lover
Hunting scenes and horses in the snow by Chełmoński, Wierusz-Kowalski and the Kossak family, with no hunted game and no blood: winter hunt, horses and sleighs and hunting and horses.
The most personal one
A star map for Dad shows the night sky over the place and date his first child was born.
Size and frame
A set of three 30x40 cm posters fits a study or hallway, three 50x70 cm prints work above a sofa. Sea and hunting paintings are landscape: 40x30, 50x40 and 70x50 cm. Posters ship unframed and fit standard frames.
Full disclosure: every idea here comes from our shop. You'll find them together in gifts for Dad.
