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Sometimes it’s really all about the tree (& we s

Sometimes it’s really all about the tree (& we suggested non-arbour/ installation alternatives to frame & “hero” the tree more next time). What I loved about this install was seeing the tonal relationships between the colours of the feature gum tree & the earthy palette of local materials.

Arbour details from an Autumn Equinox wedding; the bride wanted things natural, wild & not too flower heavy, with her bouquet being the spark of colour & lushness for the event.

With thanks to @rebeccamcewan.artist for support on the day.

AND a reminder we are closed for Autumn Break; the veranda is stocked with fresh materials until Monday night, & then Autumnal dried offerings until we reopen on Monday April 19th.

As the sun passes trees fill their cups with clare

As the sun passes
trees fill their cups with claret
and the streets with gold

Recent bespoke, early Autumn studio bunches.

We are closed for a school holiday break from Saturday April 11 & reopen Monday April 20. Fresh veranda stall offerings will be available until Monday pm & dried arrangements until we return.

Haiku to order, with your flowers, by @madame_abattoir via @harveststudio

Enjoy the winding back of the seasons & the time for starting to let go & turning inward... 🍃

Thank you Coorong...for the balance of humans & na

Thank you Coorong...for the balance of humans & nature to be reversed for a few days, for diverse kinds of fluffy things everywhere(!) aka “fluffies”, for baby emus drinking nearby, for roos mostly ignoring us, for the many small creatures, amazing bird life & birdsong, for walks, bathing, sunrises, sunsets, & the wind & waves. For perfect camping weather, some quiet & time away from clocks & technology of many kinds. And to the natural world, my eternal muse, for endless connection, inspiration, & always more landscapes & awe-inspiring experiences to bring into being.

Autumn Equinox wedding bouquet...for Rebecca, @ser

Autumn Equinox wedding bouquet...for Rebecca, @serafinowines
Multiple views of one nature-sculpture, jam-packed with local materials.

Happy Autumn 🍂

Nearly the last @womadelaide snippets...(I am now

Nearly the last @womadelaide snippets...(I am now the proud owner of many a retro suitcase).
Every element of the guest lounge was sourced, curated & installed by (or with) us; sculpting both the functionality of the (originally barren) site, plus the feel of the experience of the space, including the aesthetics, driven by our overall concept design.

Autumnal harvest celebration installed yesterday,

Autumnal harvest celebration installed yesterday, with a nod to Easter/Oestre...
Having grown up in the Vale, what I always love about installing @ellisbutchers1954 is the conversations that are triggered with passers by about the materials & what I am doing; on this occasion, lovely chats with older women about preserving & “never wanting to see another fig”, from making so much fig jam & chutney in one’s life!
Was so happy (some time ago) to find these preserving jars still labelled from prior use, and to feature a crate from my grandparent’s business. Every time I use these familiar things, I am plugged back in to where I am from, where I live, & where I belong.

Late Summer event flowers in McLaren Vale (for a b

Late Summer event flowers in McLaren Vale (for a bit of a Womad reprieve)...

This wedding snuck in the week of WOMADelaide, delivered with subtlety for the studio team by the fabulous Evie.

Bar views at the Guest Lounge... And we are making

Bar views at the Guest Lounge...
And we are making more nests & Autumnal arrangements (plus Easter centrepieces & wreaths) at the studio too; taking Easter orders now.

More details of @womadelaide We created layers of

More details of @womadelaide
We created layers of interventions across our site (building up firstly from our functional design of the layout & curated furniture elements), installing branches, then dried foliage & flowers, then fresh pickings to dry out, & finally, fresh botanicals in water. Then bunting, lighting & flag placement.
We created a new vocabulary for this install; we had drifts & verges, clumps, tree-crates, installations (composer scenarios) & nests (& were enchanted by the idea of a bouquet tree...there were a few).
After a few more posts, you will hopefully get a sense of the scale of the space & the layers of detail across it, with different material mixes across various elements of the install.
The eagle nest was a favourite feature, with some requests for one in people’s gardens 🌿

Some details of our installation/event design for

Some details of our installation/event design for the Guest Lounge @womadelaide; inspired by artists (in this case composers) communing with the natural world, & the importance one piece of music, one song, can have for many people & cultures...
Proudly delivered without a single single-use cable tie & #foamfree
We used chicken wire, vessels of water, rope, string & reusable cable ties as the basis of our infrastructure.
Much of our local botanical material was already to be pruned, the rest was grown biodynamically, organically & spray-free, or foraged. All green waste & natural materials were composted, dried or recycled afterwards & we re-use the wire, rope & props.
A waste-free & plastic-free event design (aside from the gaffer tape for our electrical cords/lighting safety).
Well done team 👍

More coastal inspired event flowers, for each “M

More coastal inspired event flowers, for each “Maid” a unique response; on the studio floor of @juliaboros our resident textile artist at the @harveststudio Inn...& at Carrickalinga by @macrowphotography

Gratitude to @gooseberryhillflowers for working as a team on the day...

When the materials are “of” the landscape...

When the materials are “of” the landscape...
The studio has also been working on other events, before, during & after Womad. And this is what it feels like, when we connect people with the natural world around them...this time, Fleurieu coastal inspired; late Summer.

Exterior photos by @macrowphotography
Interior images @harveststudio

Meanwhile, back at the studio, the rest of our cre

Meanwhile, back at the studio, the rest of our creative team have been weaving their magic with unusual materials, textures & sculptural forms; crafting utterly individual botanicals to order...

Our space, on the hill @womadelaide overlooking th

Our space, on the hill @womadelaide overlooking the stage & audience. Lush flowers, very large bird nests, dried drifts of materials & woven landscapes, all driven by contemplative installs about composers communing with nature & (especially in the hand-made bunting) the power of music, & even one song, to affect a whole nation or many cultures.

This year our space is for artists & guests...next year our installations will hopefully return to the public sphere, on a greater scale than last year ✨

Enjoy the festival celebrations of wonderful music & performance!

This crew of creative & committed humans, enabled

This crew of creative & committed humans, enabled something large & wondrous to be sculpted, woven & brought to life this week...and our extra crew, the birds, have now moved in & taken over (for now); to our delight.

Big, big thanks to all of you on site, to those back at the studio & to those holding the home front 💖 None of this could happen (for the WOMADelaide artists, crew & guests) without your enthusiasm & care.

Images from day two (of five) on site, our first day of making; installing the Guest lounge for @womadelaide @adelaidefestival

What the next four days look like...some of our ma

What the next four days look like...some of our materials, our plan of attack (!) & our site 👍
And I am grateful the weather Gods have been kind.

It is 2am, & bump in for @womadelaide starts for u

It is 2am, & bump in for @womadelaide starts for us today...see you on the other side of the transformation of a rather large space, for artists & guests at this amazing festival 🌿 (we even have a couple of trucks for this year’s material volume too🤪)

Increasingly wild & sprawling local landscapes cre

Increasingly wild & sprawling local landscapes created for the fabulous space @neverneverdistillingco (some details)
And that view...looking across the Vale is truly special. A delight to bring nature inside, working in response to the natural setting around the road I grew up on.🌿

Event flowers (an arbour statement) in various lay

Event flowers (an arbour statement) in various layerings, as sculpted from local, seasonal materials, connected to the landscape beyond. A #foamfree December wedding.

We tidied & rearranged the studio in January...pre

We tidied & rearranged the studio in January...preparing for the craziness of event months, that we are now madly planning, prepping & realising projects for.

If you are after your own smaller-scale botanical witchery, we make one-of-a-kind orders 9-12, Mon to Fri, fresh or dried, for pick up & delivery (locally, to the city & the greater Fleurieu).

Our veranda stall is also stocked with a smattering of sculptural seasonal offerings, if you miss us (or you can order ahead for us to leave something special for you to collect at a time to suit). Please note, on hot days there will be limited offerings on the veranda.

Enjoy the build up to mad-March in SA!

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