Come closer to Nature...Welcome to my botanical studio...
Welcome to my Botanical Realm.
This marketplace was born from the idea of celebrating and preserving nature. "Whispering Willows" is the name of my wild life garden from where some of the botanicals materials of these handcrafts originate. Plants are nurtured, many from seeds, and flowers and leaves selected and collected carefully, always leaving enough for wildlife to have a feast. The gardens and forests of Britain are my main source of inspiration. The final product is a statement depicted by native plants that fuse the existent reality of British nature with the magic folk of fairies, witches, crows, green men, etc. The designs are endless and unique and this is due to the great diversity existent in each specie… there will never be two plants that look exactly the same.
All of this was great motivation to create the designs but you may ask yourself, why on candles? Well, simply because I love candles and it is a challenge to keep the interest of the design all around it from whichever angle you look at. Because they make a lovely and rare piece for home décor. Because it is entertaining to take a look at the details of the work, if lets say, you have it placed on your table as a centre piece, it could be the source of a conversation around a table with guests about what they see. They might be able to spot and identify a variety of shapes and botanical materials used in the creation of fairies, birds, witches...
From pressed botanicals on candles, my art takes a turn onto the 3 dimensional world and it gets really fascinating: I have mixed my love for art dolls, nature and faerie folk... Each botanical faerie takes a great deal of time and detail. The faerie body is first of all completely sculpted by hand using a great diversity of dry botanical inclusions to suport the structure. Then the hair, the clothes...and sometimes even shoes or boots!
I hope you enjoy this magical journey where nature displays all colours and shapes.
"As I wandered the forest,
The green leaves among,
I heard a Wild Flower
Singing a song."
Blessings
