Here’s a sneaky peak of how the Foxglove shirt collar is cut. In order to make sure the birds (and impostor birds) are placed exactly on the fastened collar, each piece has to be cut one by one. x
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The 4 digital prints of this collection were inspired by the Mori Girl pastiche of European forest life. Each print tells a different story and needs to be looked at close-up to see all the little details. They are all hand drawn using a mixed media of ball-point pen, pencil and watercolour.
Pansy Print
Pansies are my favourite flowers, they’re small, delicate and come in an array of colours and bicolours. You won’t find them in fancy bouquets but they remind my of my Nanny’s garden. My pansies are a little psychedlic and my favourite shade of purple!
Bird disguise
If only having tea with the birds was as easy as slipping on a costume, unfortunately birds are not so easily fooled! This print depicts what I wish I could do sometimes when I want to get away from boring conversation with humans.
Birds on a Branch
These pleasantly plump birds may not look so elegant but they sit quite pretty on their perch. I like their indifferent little faces, giving a bit of attitude to an otherwise very feminine print.
Flora and Fauna
This formation of this print took inspiration from the structure of damask wallpaper patterns. It depicts a scene of forest life… a seamless web of interaction between the birds, bees, butterflies and flowers.
Which one is your favourite? x
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What’s in a name?
I have been asked a few times how I came to call my brand baby Book of Deer. Other than the fact I thought it had a poetic ring to it, I felt it would be nice to name the label in honour of an important symbol of Scottish heritage.
The Book of Deer is said to be Scotland’s oldest surviving manuscript. A small gospel book written in the 10th Century, measuring just 154mm x 107mm. It is written on vellum in brown ink in a form of Latin known as the Vulgate, amid the Latin and Celtic illuminations there can also be found the oldest pieces of medieval Gaelic writing we have today.
Medieval doodles in the Book of Deer:
Before c. 1100 it was in the possession of the early Pictish monastery at Old Deer in north-east Aberdeenshire. Old Deer is situated on a bend of the river Ugie and close to Aden Country Park. The Monastery where the book was written has all but gone without a trace.
King George 1 presented the manuscript to Cambridge University Library in 1715. It is not known how the book was moved from Aberdeenshire to England, it is thought to have been looted during the Wars of Scottish Independence (1295-1320).
The book is rounded off with a colophon in Old Irish—
Which roughly translates to:
“Be it on the conscience of anyone who reads this splendid little book that they say a prayer for the soul of the wretch who wrote it.”
While I can’t say the written content of Book of Deer has been a source of inspiration for my designs, in my mind its title evokes the sort of woodland fairytale imagery that I want my brand to encapsulate. And if one day the name on the label in my dress prompts someone to do a little history research then I’ll feel I’ve done my bit for the preservation of Scottish heritage!
For more info on the original Book of Deer and Scottish History click here http://bookofdeer.co.uk/
See digital pictures of the book here: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/book_of_deer/
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