The Wild Ink Collection

2020 wasn't the year I thought it was going to be...

I know I'm not alone when I say that. I had dreams of vacations, mini trips away, lots of BBQ with friends + family during the summers, workshops I wanted to take, movies I wanted to take my son to, etc. I don't have to tell you what happened almost a year ago. The world came to a creaching hault. 

Plans changed, attitudes, routines, 'normal' changed. But it took time. It wasn't easy or pretty, especially in those beginning months- the months AFTER the initial first weeks of quarintine. Initially, I thought we'd only be home for 2 weeks so I planned lots of fun activities to do with my son to pass the time. But those 2 weeks turned into 2 more, then 2 more, then realization hit and we were home. For how long we weren't sure.  My anxiety started rearing it's ugly head and to try to get in front of it, I did the only thing I knew how to do. To create. To work with what I had around me and to try to make beauty from it. 

I started creating + working with ink I made from foraged plants I found around my home, just one short (or long) year ago.  What started as a way to connect with nature + to calm my anxiety about factors that were out of my control turned into a meditative creative practice. 

It wasn't until just recently I even started sharing these beautiful little meditation paintings. They felt too personal, they came from a vulnerable place that until recently, I WASN'T ready to share. But as I created + shared my ink making practice through the Wild Ink Challenge, I knew this collection needed to find forever homes and get out of the desk drawer.

I am so excited, scared, happy, + nervous to share this collection with you. It is so near and dear to my heart. A love story of sorts between nature + myself.

The Collection releases via my website on Saturday, March 13th at 3pm. I'll be sending a preview email next week to everyone on my Newsletter List to preview the collection and the day of the collection release, you will receive an email from me letting you know  of your early access to purchase the collection before it goes live to the public.