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Just like we feel the love and warmth when someone prepares a home made meal for you; in the same way when we buy an object made with love and care we are connected to the person in some form or other. This human connection is what drives my creations from design inspiration, design process, production and to its final touches.
Where does this connection come from?
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From a single object, our minds can imagine the person who made it, connecting with him or her and the ambience of their place of work. It extends to their culture and traditions and the place of where the raw materials are extracted and processed. It can go back centuries to the makers’ ancestors who passed on their trade and skills – this is pure craftsmanship.
Creators and makers that produce items by hand pour their heart and soul in each process of production. The final product being the result of “hundreds of hours of experiments and failures, months of frustration and moments of joy. You’re not buying an item, you are buying a passion, a moment of a person’s life.” (Unknown source)
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Senses are alive. And it is in objects that are alive, are our senses stimulated. This is especially true for me when an object holds beautiful imperfections. It is a sign of human touch, life, history, tradition, and nature. It gives the object its particularity; it is one of a kind. A reminder that nothing is constant, just as nature: alive, moving, evolving.
This feeling of life and connection to other humans and their lineage is lost when items are machine made. Instead of embracing beautiful imperfections we have moved into machine made perfection losing the natural elements, the human elements and with this any genuine and authentic connection we once sought after. In the same way on the digital front, a digital graphic designs mimicking handwriting with fonts replaces pen to paper. When was the last time you experienced the nostalgia and heart warming sensation when receiving a letter in the post (as opposed to utility bills only!)?
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When I run my fingers across a handmade weave from natural plant fibres I feel as though it was just taken out of the forest by a local living in the Himalayas and given to me by hand. When creating my designs I try to use the most sustainable plant fibres and when put together create a magical sensation. For example in this journal you can see three natural materials all with their unique textures that play together and spark a nostalgia, taking us back to nature.
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By understanding how a product is made, through inquiry or analysing, I can begin to hear the sounds of each element that makes the final piece. For example in a Marina Vaptzarova journal, I can hear the fresh Daphne paper pages being peeled off their frame after drying in the sun, the metalworkers ‘clanking’ at the metal, carving its shape to its imperfect perfection, the book binder running needle and thread through the pages and the tailor’s sewing machine stitching the cover.
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By understanding how a product is made, through inquiry or analysing, I can begin to hear the sounds of each element that makes the final piece. For example in a Marina Vaptzarova journal, I can hear the fresh Daphne paper pages being peeled off their frame after drying in the sun, the metalworkers ‘clanking’ at the metal, carving its shape to its imperfect perfection, the book binder running needle and thread through the pages and the tailor’s sewing machine stitching the cover.
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When a handmade product is made from the most natural materials, it goes without saying that we as conscious consumers would like to ensure that the source of the raw material was not harmed. It instils a sense of peace within us knowing that no harm was done to any forest or animal in the extraction of the raw material. Similarly we feel calm and peaceful to know that the maker manufacturing the product did so in good conditions and is happy, pouring his heart and years of practice into something made just for you.
Positive feelings of care and liveliness appear in authenticity. It is in authentic objects, people and places do we feel mostly connected, balanced and as though we are exactly where we are supposed to be.
To me, sustainability has to rise form a place of authenticity. From the wellbeing of the farms, the manufacturers, the retailers, our ecological and social environment as well as the improving the lives of our consumers is what attains to a sustainable practice.
When we care for the environment, when we preserve nature with its liveliness, when we care for other human beings and animals, we can feel the balance in our life and the positive results of our interactions. Positive actions and positive feelings and intentions do make the difference. It help me to feel more in touch with myself and with others, my relations become more authentic, I feel I am in the right place.
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Works of art matter; they speak to us in a way that nothing else does.
A work of art is not only aesthetic but it brings some kind of balance often in unexpected ways. It can bring new feelings we have not experienced before, because it is creative and and often unexpected, it touches us more.
We might like or dislike art expression, but in any case, it raises change in our state of emotional or mental reaction.
Read what our customers say about art:
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