This is Tina Scopa's work 'The Strimmers' from 2017 when she was producing work n a patch of weeds and stumbled across workmen strimming them away. I can't bare to here the sound of strimmers, chainsaws and other weapons against nature, oh that we could live and let live.
Cornwall-based artist Edith Morris, Edith has been immersed in Celtic folklore from a young age, which has always inspired her work. For this collection, we asked Edith to explore the folklore tales of Europe. Many of these tales have pagan roots, often predating Christian beliefs, and are closely tied to nature, the seasons and ancient rituals. These ceramic tiles were commissioned by The Shop Floor Project.
Illustration inspired by Marianne North the 18th century explorer, botanist and plant collector by Rovina Cai.
Utter insanity to start July with; 'How to tell the birds from the flowers'. A manual of flornithology for beginners by Wood, Robert Williams (1868-1955) published in 1907.
Ana Silva, born in Angola in 1969, is an artist living and working in Portugal who uses mixed-media and delicate embroidery to create deeply personal artworks. Her pieces often address the theme of intergenerational trauma stemming from the Angolan civil war, which she experienced as a child.
In her 2020 series, “O Fardo” (a Portuguese term for bags used to transport secondhand clothes to Africa), Ana Silva uses discarded bags as her canvases. On these found materials, she embroiders scenes of Angolan life using materials like lace, thread, and traditional fabrics. Through this work, she builds a visual narrative that connects continents and critiques issues like overconsumption in the fashion industry and the negative impacts of global capitalism. Thank you
Her work tells the history of an object that crosse several continents on the occasion of humanitarian missions, without thinking that one day it could come back to its origins, in a new shape.
"After years in a market, used as shadow, tidying bag, napkin or even as a simple product whose ultimate goal is the trash, I discovered the beauty of its texture, then I try to tell a story by creating these characters that add value and poetry to its existence." Ana Silva
