In case you missed the last post, I have embarked on a yearlong
personal project for 2018 where I am going to make a new arrangement each week
from natural materials that have been homegrown, gathered or foraged.
I am still a little unwell from my chest infection so a big
walk was out of the question, but I did manage a small stroll along a local
cycle path this week. There was very
little variety on this particular route and not much was growing but my eyes
were immediately drawn to a big branch from a beech tree, which had been broken
off in the recent storms. I was sad to
see this fallen branch but was so interested in the fact that it still had lots
of leaves attached. I decided to see if
I could collect some of the smaller offshoots from the main branch and bring
them home. To my delight the leaves
stayed attached while we travelled home.
I really love the simplicity of displaying a single variety
of natural material in an interesting container and decided that these beech
twigs should be left by themselves. I
have displayed them in a vintage copper quart mug. It is a bit battered but has a lot of character
and a great story behind it. My granddad
pulled this out of a skip many years ago and kept it in case it would be useful
one day. I love how the copper complements
the colour of the beech leaves and captures the light of the room.
Please do feel free to join in with my challenge. You can email me photos at alittlewsewandsow@gmail.com
or add them to Instagram using the hashtag #ayearofbringingnatureinside
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