Watch this space for an announcement about an upcoming collaborative project by @heka_london and @studioemmi that encourages creative wellbeing through indulging the senses! These hammered flower textiles will be part of the announcement!
‘Greetings from HEKA’, formerly known as ‘Quick Cards for friends’ are slightly taking over this page at the moment.
I got pretty experimental with my @littlebrianpaintsticks afterwards, mixing colours etc but not quite got that vibe working for me yet 😂. It was exciting to see all the new colours and effects that could be created though!
So here’s another quick, simple, colourful design for your Saturday evening viewing pleasure first and i’ll #BRB with the more out there stuff.
I’m off to bed as I was up most of the night with a sleepless toddler and I can barely keep my eyes open. Hope others are having a more eventful evening 😵💫😴✌🏼...
Finally got some amazing, brightly-coloured flanged cord piping from @dalston.mill.fabrics now it is open.
I am making cushions to fit the built-in seating in our kitchen using vintage fabrics. They will be double-sided to be mixed and matched depending on mood, each edge with different coloured piping.
Might try and find one more fabric design to add to the collection or double up on the top (vintage IKEA ‘Syssan’) fabric.
Bottom left is Paule Marrot for Bruschwig & Fin and bottom right is Juliet Glynn Smith ‘Toy Cupboard’ for Conran.
What do you think? Add another or double up on green plants?...
A card for a friend. Trying to draw, paint and create more and do it intuitively. Today, I was simply inspired by the wallflowers popping up in my garden and the plants in my kitchen whilst thinking about swimming in the sea. Am reading ‘Untamed’ by @glennondoyle - a present from my amazing sister @annieridout and it is truly eye-opening. Feeling inspired by ‘Wallflowers’ feels like a relevant but coincidental synchronicity today......
Who else feels the magic when stumbling across a patch of newly blooming violets?
Viola Odorata is a really rare, expensive and precious extract in perfumery as you need so many violets to create even a drop of pure extract. Today, it is highly unusual to find perfume containing real violet. Its sweet, powdery scent is usually replaced with a synthetic version.
However you can still get essential oil of violet leaf which has the most amazing fresh green cut grass, cucumber and melon notes. A little goes a very long way!
Other uses for the flowers are flavouring sugar, making a sugar syrup or sugared flowers. You could also try a mini home enfleurage too.
The main problem is finding a patch you know a dog or animal won’t have weed on, as they tend to appear in grass or on low banks!
