Tanya Vacarda Designs
A series of images from my styled shoot with Tanya Vacarda & This Old Home.
Last week I had the pleasure of working with Tanya on a styled shoot to showcase a range of her stunning textured wall pieces.
The shoot was styled by the amazing This Old Home in their new studio at Blackstaff Mill in Belfast. These guys are so incredibly talented, I loved having the opportunity to work alongside them.
Below is a selection of photographs from our morning at The Mill.
ASTRL Fibres
A small insight into my photoshoot with Alison. A Belfast based Macramé Artist.
Last week I had the pleasure of photographing ASTRL Fibres. A local Belfast based business making and selling Macramé products.
Meeting and working with Alison these last couple of weeks has been a blast! I love chatting to her about what she does, her working process and also just having general life conversation in between shots.
Alison makes beautiful Macramé products for your home. As I have said before.. I am a little bit house plant obsessed! So of course I jumped at the chance to work with Alison and to capture her amazing handmade home-ware and accessories in her cozy space in Studio Souk.
I loved watching Alison zone into making her macramé plant holder and I was fascinated by each fold and knot of string and rope she uses to create these beautiful home items. So much time and precision is used to make each piece, the whole process was so interesting to watch and capture!
It is so special to know and learn how much time and work goes into independently made products and to have the opportunity to support that.
Flaxfox
Danielle from Flax Fox is an Artist and Illustrator based in Belfast.
Ahhh the feeling when you finally get to work with someone you have been following for years... That's how I feel about Danielle from FlaxFox.
Danielle is an artist living in Belfast, she mostly sketches iconic buildings and landmarks around Northern Ireland. She sells her drawings as giclee prints and as original screenprints. These reproductions are also printed onto tea towels, mugs and postcards.
Danielle has a stall set up at St. Georges market every weekend. She also sells her products in lots of local galleries and gift shops around Northern Ireland such as Yard Gallery, Studio Souk and In Klover.
One of the top things I love about photographing local makers is being able to see a tiny glimpse into their world, where they work and how they work.
When I go to an artist or a makers space to take photographs I never quite know what to expect but meeting Danielle at her lovely home in Belfast was beyond what I was hoping for.
As I followed her through her hallway (with dream floor tiles) and into her home, meeting a little human on the way, we stopped at her garden studio that she shares with her videographer husband Ben.
Stepping into Danielle's outdoor studio was a a dream. Her work space was full of character. Pieces she has been working on, complete paintings, paints, brushes and chalks all the tools she needs to create her wonderful original drawings.
It was hard not to get carried away chatting to Danielle as I photographed her making some adjustments to some paintings she has already started, she talks to passionately about what she does and she gladly told me how it all began for her and Flax Fox Designs.
Danielle does it all, as well as creating reproductions and original art pieces she also designs big commissions for businesses. In her spare time her passion is still burning as she loves to think and create new ideas that aren't necessarily for anyone else but to create time that is her own to put onto paper the ideas that have been inspiring her.
Danielle's work carries with it a sense of nostalgia. People love to buy something that reminds them of a place they have fond memories of and she loves drawing those places. Whether its a bar in Belfast or an iconic landscape in Ireland. If there is one person that understands that feeling of connecting to something it's this talented lady right here.
To keep up to date with Flax Fox follow Danielle on Instagram and Facebook.
Keep an eye on Native Ivy Instagram for more photos from this shoot.
Thanks for Reading.
R
Enrich & Endure
100% Irish linen products made in Northern Ireland.
When you find a business that is successfully run by a brother and sister, you know you have found something special.
Sarah and Lorcan started Enrich & Endure with a passion to rekindle the Linen Industry in Northern Ireland. They began by making homeware products that sold far and wide but knew there was something more for them out there.. Cue The Apron!
With a natural interest in coffee, Lorcan and Sarah started collaborating with a popular coffee shop in Dublin. Now they provide aprons for over sixty different cafe's in Southern and Northern Ireland.
As well as supplying aprons to the teams of some of the best coffee shops in Ireland, Enrich & Endure have broken into London, providing aprons for some of their top restaurants.
When Enrich & Endure start to collaborate with someone they make it their priority to get to know them and their style to provide them with the best product that is unique to their business.
All Enrich & Endure products are made of 100% Irish Linen and handcrafted in Northern Ireland. Lorcan and Sarah are based in Banbridge. This is where they hand prepare every home-ware order that they receive and give each package their personal touch.
They take immense care over each of their orders and prepare them with unique style and precision. Using their Linnet bird stamp to brand each order.
Enrich & Endure has become so much more than a brother and sister led company. Each product is made up of excellent design to last and to provide you with an apron that builds character with each use. Each apron is embroidered with a Linnet Bird, a stamp that marks all of the above characteristics onto each handmade product.
Meeting Sarah and Lorcan was such a treat! They have a real passion behind what they do and and it is reflected in their products. It is always a pleasure to meet people who love what they do and who's faces light up when talking about how far they have come from where they started in 2013.
Look at these happy faces!!
Roberta Marina Stitches
Roberta is an Embroidery & Fibre artist who makes and sells unique embroideries for your home
From the moment I stepped into Roberta's character filled home I knew we were going to get along just fine and being greeted at the door by her small pawed friend Trixie was an added bonus.
Its always a little bit nerve wracking meeting the faces to the products I love so much through the world of instagram. With Roberta I don't know whether it was the Lucy and Yak overalls or the embroidery of 'Moss' from the I.T Crowd but they both made me feel very at ease.
Roberta is an Embroidery and Fibre Artist. If you are a person who is into pop culture, great films, plants and furry small pawed friends then you are going to love her.
Roberta mostly takes on commissions but with each new commission comes a hand full of new inspiring ideas.
Recently Roberta has started sharing videos on instagram making some of her embroideries which I have found really interesting, I love learning about the making process. She has a great ability to personalise her business with her products, by embroidering idiosyncratic sayings and characters that people love but that also reflect her personality really well.
Roberta's home and work space was a such a dream to photograph. It had so much personality and she full-filled all of my house plants dreams. As well as making embroideries she has started to make and sell some wall banners. These are perfect displaying pins or as wall hangers for your home.
From meeting Roberta it has become completely obvious to me that she loves what she does, she puts time and love into each embroidery and makes something unique for each commission. I would recommend these as the perfect little gift for friends or a family. If you have an idea buzzing round your head of a personalised embroidery you would love to have get in touch with Roberta, she will make your ideas into reality.
If you want to see more embroideries by Roberta please visit her Etsy page. She has so many great pieces on there or if you are looking for a commission then send her a little message.
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Keep an eye on instagram for more photos from this shoot.
R
Lines & Current - Winter Look-Book
Lines & Current winter look book collection
At the start of February I had the opportunity to work with Lines & Current again on their winter look-book collection. Working along side Rebekah and learning more about her minimal style, her brand and getting to know her as a person has been a real treat!
Here are some photos from the Lines & Current Winter Look book, shot at Portview Kitchen in East Belfast.
Click here to see my feature blog with Lines and Current, featuring their Head-wear and eye-wear range.