SHOP BOOKS BY AMPS

Books and merch by Ampulets!
Click on the titles to find out more.
To order, email ampulets@yahoo.com.sg - or visit the stores/stockists cited below.
You can also browse the books at Casual Poet Library


COMING SOON - SINGAPORE ART BOOK FAIR 2024 release

Only Grace (2024 October, second edition)
This 40pp comic was first released in 2021, in a numbered and handmade edition of 50.
This is a second small-batch edition of just 20, with a brand new fabric cover and book design. 

Some Dreams are like Country Music (2024 October, second edition - Midnight Edition)
This art book of short musings and a downloadable playlist was first released in 2023. The first edition of 50 featured 2 cover versions, one in black veg tan leather, the other in a natural/nude leather.  Each copy features handpainted and hand-stamped cover art by SecondNatvre. The books within are handbound. The second edition will be an even smaller-batch of just 20, with a brand new design. 


NEW / STILL AVAILABLE

This picture book is for adults and young readers alike. It tells a story of.....a house in a forest! 
Clothbound, hardback, the book makes a lovely gift. 

S$35 mail order or retail at Woods in the Books (physical store!).

Story by Yvonne Tham, Drawings by MessyMsxi, Designed by ampulets

This comic series follows the adventures of Furrie and Shortie, an oddball couple, as they figure out their identities, make and lose friends, find a job and live their dreams, and even take a holiday in Taiwan! Drawn in the ol'skool 4 or 6 frame episodic style, this largely black and white comic is great for kids and the young at heart.


S$30 each or get a set of 3 for $75 and receive also the Furrie & Shortie set of hankies! 

Written and drawn by Yvonne Tham. Issue 1 is designed by James Teo.

A specially designed box-set from the project and exhibition "A Year Made Object" with artworks by:
  • Adeline Tan / Mightyellow
  • Chloe Tan / Usually Usual
  • Daisy Toh
  • Jeanette Adrienne Wee / Jean Adrienne
  • Kim Choy / Shibui Furniture Collective
  • Larry Seow
  • Liang Han Yun (TW)
  • Mabel Tan
  • Mary Bernadette Lee
  • Nabwong Chuaychuwong (TH)
  • Natta Wannapago / jibberish (TH)
  • Ng Siying / Atinymaker
  • Noreen Loh / Miun
  • Shing Lee / Argentum
  • Tan Zixi / MessyMsxi
  • Xinnie Ng and Lim Chiyong / Issho Labo
$70 mail order

Text & Project by Yvonne Tham, featuring photography by Jovian Lim
Design by Jerry Goh, Studio Grain


SOLD OUT

Goodbye Time  (2012) 
Story by Yvonne Tham, Design by James Teo / ampulets
Numbered edition of 200.

Written by Yvonne Tham
Design by Studio Roots
Drawings by Yvonne Tham, Adeline Tan /Mightyellow, Holycrap, Twistii, Fleecircus, X Spots the Mark, MessyMsxi, Myrdette.
First numbered edition of 200.

Sweet Nothings (2022) 
Writing & paintings by Yvonne Tham
Handmade and numbered edition of 50.

Some Dreams are like Country Music (2023) *Sold out
Leather art by SecondNatvre
Writing by Yvonne Tham 
Handmade and numbered edition of 50

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