I am a believer in learning from doing and having a go, and the past year working creatively has been a huge learning curve (admittedly full on!). It is not the long hours, or my permanently dye-stained hands that is exhausting. In fact, I love that I get so much time to make textiles and learn that these aspects have been quite joyous. It is tiring to try to 'keep up' in a world where textiles are produced in huge quantities with new designs released seasonally.
It was never my intention to make a mass produced product. What I make is clearly, quite the opposite. My approach to printed and dyed textiles has been a really considered process with diverse outcomes in colour and appearance of each print because of the unique methods I use. Even through I know this, I have been fighting against this fact and aiming to make constricted collections of textiles and products. This is partly because it is familiar and it feels safe to follow an expected formula.
Pondering these thoughts, I decided to temporarily take down my web shop, make some one off and limited edition pieces to re ignite my passion for textiles with plans to relaunch the online store in a few weeks with small batch and one-off products only.
As soon as I made this decision, I felt incredibly energised and motivated to put all my effort into this new approach. I am so looking forward to being able to invite customers to this new online space which feels one-hundred times more true to my work...
New textiles and pillows made this week that will be stocking the new web store, as well as best selling Bush Pearl and Trail prints in Indigo from the recent Knocklofty collection. The bright blue really 'pops' as a highlight against the other moodier hues.
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