Slowing down to appreciate patterns halfway across the world; I became enamored with the mountains that backdropped our stay in the Western Cape. As if a giant had taken them between their fingers and gently smushed the layering terrain into a fingerprint-like pattern. I had intentionally left my watercolors back at home so I would catch up on my trove of collaging keepsakes during the trip. I ended up using coffee with a spoon to get the watercolor effect, one of two colored pencils, a brown brush marker, and, best of all, a patterned tissue paper that once wrapped a bottle of local wine.
The limitation of using what I had at hand, ended up being an inspiring limitation. A good lil reminder to shake things up once in a while.
Thank you @fiowrx for making my thoughts more cohesive
1-2. My second depiction of “Kleinrivier Mountains”
3. Interacting
4. Obsticles
5. Framing
6. Sea moss paths
7. Foam clouds
8. Oscar’s shearing
9. Jagged
10. Cut throughs
11. Storyline
12. Refections
Slowing down to appreciate patterns halfway across the world; I became enamored with the mountains that backdropped our stay in the Western Cape. As if a giant had taken them between their fingers and gently smushed the layering terrain into a fingerprint-like pattern. I had intentionally left my watercolors back at home so I would catch up on my trove of collaging keepsakes during the trip. I ended up using coffee with a spoon to get the watercolor effect, one of two colored pencils, a brown brush marker, and, best of all, a patterned tissue paper that once wrapped a bottle of local wine.
The limitation of using what I had at hand, ended up being an inspiring limitation. A good lil reminder to shake things up once in a while.
Thank you @fiowrx for making my thoughts more cohesive
1. My second depiction of “Kleinrivier Mountains”
2. Finished on the plane home
3-4. Vineyard patterns
5. My helper
6. Getting to know Willem
7. The parents
8. The aunties
9. When grandpa supplies the entertainment
10. Willem Joy
11-12. Future florist
13. Grandma’s birthday xx
14. Back to our mountain
15. Painting with coffee & drinking wine
Slowing down to appreciate patterns halfway across the world; I became enamored with the mountains that backdropped our stay in the Western Cape. As if a giant had taken them between their fingers and gently smushed the layering terrain into a fingerprint-like pattern. I had intentionally left my watercolors back at home so I would catch up on my trove of collaging keepsakes during the trip. This left me with little to aid the abrupt necessity to create the perfect card once I came to the conclusion that nothing was quite perfect enough for the recipient in any of the local shops.
I ended up using coffee with a spoon to get the watercolor effect, one of two colored pencils, a brown brush marker, and, best of all, a patterned tissue paper that once wrapped a bottle of local wine.
The card came to be just want I wanted— an expression of those mountains. I was eager to depict them using what I had at hand, which ended up being an inspiring limitation. A good lil reminder to shake things up once in a while.
Now, four months later, the card has been received and I get to share it!
Thank you @fiowrx for making my thoughts more cohesive
1. My first depiction of “Kleinrivier Mountains”
2. Work in progress
3. The mountain subject
4. Her close up
5. Travel care package ♥
6. Airplane reflections
7. Cloud paty
8. Wave aftermath
9. Root rings
10. Meshed lives
11. Atlantic Ocean
12. Souvenirs
13. Fortnight lily
14. ….. pressed
Today at the Bamboo House 🌀 We took our scrunchy chairs to the beach
#art #furniture #beach #design #photoshoot #scad #summer #summervibes #ocean #chair #sunset
Meet the girls of the Bamboo House🌀
We’re six best friends who met at the Savannah College of Art and Design majoring in textiles, film, advertising, industrial design, and graphic design. Ten years later we live in NYC, Copenhagen and Breckenridge, working in our respective fields.
This past summer @hana_hart and I were visiting @la____el at her artist residency in the South of France, helping her work on a piece for design Miami. We missed living and working together like when we were in college and knew we had to create something together ASAP. I had the perfect project.
My grandfather Paul McGregor was my creative muse throughout my childhood and encouraged me to pursue a path in the arts. His Fire Island home was where his creativity thrived, whether he was covering the exterior in bamboo or carving sculptures from driftwood found on the beach. Since his passing in 2013, the house has evolved into an Airbnb and slowly the creative energy has begun to fade away.
We put a pitch together convincing my family to let us move in and transform the house, bringing his artistic flair back into the space. Spoiler: They said yes. Our motto here is “The house is the canvas.” We’ve been having so much fun creating, collaborating and bringing you all along for the ride. Aside from finding dining room chairs, our biggest challenge yet was agreeing on a group photo. My grandpa always said “Follow your bliss” so follow we shall.
🫶 August
#fireislandpines #fireisland #scad #scadsavannah #art #design #nyc
Today and the Bamboo House 🌀Grace and Lærke make a chair mockup for the dining room
#fireislandpines #fireisland #nyc #design #art #interiorinspo #chair #inspo #bamboohouse
“Unconforming”
Watercolor on paper
9” x 12”
Part of @visionaryprojectsnyc ’s “The Collective ll”
On view now at 124 Forsyth St, New York, NY through November 22nd
Visionary Projects first official home-base in LES!
Go check out my piece nestled in with some VERY talented artists. Big shout out and congrats to Blayne and Haylee on this show and space!
