Hope you are all well and enjoyed your summer, wherever you found yourself. I am not sure what happened to that time, it feels as though summer has already come and gone… There have been trips to the river, walks in the woods, fresh garden meals, preserving and jam making, knitting and a bit of traveling. It has been a very pleasant summer.
I wanted to share with you also what I have been working on these summer weeks. Because the hot summer days the colours in our garden were slowly fading, as well as the wild flowers along the roads and in the forests. I love these fading colours of the flowers and the different shades of earthy colours that the landscape slowly reveales at the end of summer.
My creative process is always intuitive, never really sure where it goes. But I knew I wanted to work with these earthy shades of the changing seasons. I really love to make simple botanical illustrations that immediately speak to my love for this beautiful earth. First I make quick sketches of some flowers or plants that I noticed during my walks and then I hand-paint these ideas onto linen. While painting these flowers I dream about the colours I want to dye with, trusting myself and intuition.
I become attached to the pieces I make, translating my small world into illustrations and colours. I love how the natural and subdued colours of this collection turned out.
Fall has definitely entered our little hamlet, in the mornings the air feels crisp, the days are much shorter, socks in the evening.
Thank you so much for your continuing support and your time reading my thoughts. I am so excited to share these textiles with you and I hope you feel close to the natural world when you hold them in your hands.
