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The Peony is such a special flower to me. I know that it has all number of imperial connections in Chinese and Japanese mythology but my love affair with peonies began in the Mt Lofty Botanic gardens in South Australia. These gardens are in fact just a few hundred metres up the road from my studio and it was here that I fell in love with the beauty and at the time rarity of the tree peony. I am fortunate in having the right conditions for growing this beautiful plant but in reality I have had rather mixed success. In my mind the image is prolific and has long been an inspiration for my silk painting, so it was only fitting that this royal bloom was the one I chose as my first woven silk tie design. In nature there are such glorious colour combinations some of which I have attempted to capture in this very first series of designs.
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The wisteria is one of the first flowers to come to mind when Spring is mentioned. In terms of tie designs it was in the very first series that I...
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The genesis of this design was Christopher Dresser an amazing designer that I was totally unaware of until recently. As an industrial designer in the 1800's he was inspired by...
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The white spider chrysanthemum silk tie design takes it's inspiration from the Chrysanthemum flower. The significance of the Chrysanthemum derives back to the 8th century when the Japanese emperor adopted the flower as his official seal....