Instagram Story Save

It’s acorn season, and we’ve been out in the forest collecting some acorns to sprout at home.

So this week over on our Journal we are sharing how to select, store, germinate and sprout an acorn on your windowsill and eventually watch it grow into a mighty oak tree.

It’s something we’ve been doing each Autumn for the past few years. It is such a simple, satisfying thing to do — and now we have our own little forest of oak saplings ready to transplant and gift to friends.

Link to our journal post in our profile …

It’s acorn season, and we’ve been out in the forest collecting some acorns to sprout at home.

So this week over on our Journal we are sharing how to select, store, germinate and sprout an acorn on your windowsill and eventually watch it grow into a mighty oak tree.

It’s something we’ve been doing each Autumn for the past few years. It is such a simple, satisfying thing to do — and now we have our own little forest of oak saplings ready to transplant and gift to friends.

Link to our journal post in our profile …

It’s acorn season, and we’ve been out in the forest collecting some acorns to sprout at home.

So this week over on our Journal we are sharing how to select, store, germinate and sprout an acorn on your windowsill and eventually watch it grow into a mighty oak tree.

It’s something we’ve been doing each Autumn for the past few years. It is such a simple, satisfying thing to do — and now we have our own little forest of oak saplings ready to transplant and gift to friends.

Link to our journal post in our profile …

It’s acorn season, and we’ve been out in the forest collecting some acorns to sprout at home.

So this week over on our Journal we are sharing how to select, store, germinate and sprout an acorn on your windowsill and eventually watch it grow into a mighty oak tree.

It’s something we’ve been doing each Autumn for the past few years. It is such a simple, satisfying thing to do — and now we have our own little forest of oak saplings ready to transplant and gift to friends.

Link to our journal post in our profile …

It’s acorn season, and we’ve been out in the forest collecting some acorns to sprout at home.

So this week over on our Journal we are sharing how to select, store, germinate and sprout an acorn on your windowsill and eventually watch it grow into a mighty oak tree.

It’s something we’ve been doing each Autumn for the past few years. It is such a simple, satisfying thing to do — and now we have our own little forest of oak saplings ready to transplant and gift to friends.

Link to our journal post in our profile …

It’s acorn season, and we’ve been out in the forest collecting some acorns to sprout at home.

So this week over on our Journal we are sharing how to select, store, germinate and sprout an acorn on your windowsill and eventually watch it grow into a mighty oak tree.

It’s something we’ve been doing each Autumn for the past few years. It is such a simple, satisfying thing to do — and now we have our own little forest of oak saplings ready to transplant and gift to friends.

Link to our journal post in our profile …

Very proud of this new piece. “Giant Kelp Forest” hand printed on washi. Our largest print yet.

Looking for gift ideas ? We been busy adding lots of lovely new products, books and prints … all perfect for gifting

Every month this year we are writing a diary - a short story about something that has happened in our life and studio over the previous days and weeks.

In our May Diary, we write about our recent trip to Milan Design Week and what it was like to unexpectedly spend 5 days in the city without a mobile phone signal. Without notifications, Instagram! emails and endless “must-see” lists, visiting a city feels very different.��There was so much more space to notice things.

Then, back home in Mayo, bluebell season is here. So this week, we visited the forest with our eldest daughter and the “big camera” for a little photography lesson … looking at the light filtering through the trees and practising paying attention.

So this month’s diary entry became a reflection on attention, wonder, overload and the increasingly rare feeling of just watching what is right in front of us.

Bluebell season is fleeting … lasting only a few short weeks and then they are gone for another year.

If you know a little woods near you where bluebells bloom head there now and breathe it in. There is a special flowery scent in a bluebell woods that instagram can never convey…

For extra enjoyment - bring a notebook and some paints and sit still and draw and paint #bluebellseason #bluebellwoods #springsummer #outdoorart

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

These are some of the beautiful and magical things you could see or do (for FREE) by the sea on a sunny April weekend in the west of Ireland…

3 - Discover starfish at low tide
4 - Collect Red Jasper
5 - Spot razor clams squirting water as the tide drops (watch closely) to see the water squirt up
6 - Find more starfish
7 - Practice patience while Salt fishing for razor clams
8 - Success! Collect razor clams using salt as the tide drops
9 - Spot Barnacle Geese - imagine these guys have travelled from Greenland to Ireland for the winter and should be heading back to Greenland soon
10 - Forage for seaweeds likeSugar Kelp
11 - Watch a lone wild hare in a field lit by the slanting sun
12 - Have a staring match with a cow at the beach
13 - Experience the aftermath of winter storms and high tides - every time we visit this section of the beach it completely has changed shape
14.Watch a west of Ireland sunset over rolling waves
15. Happen upon a parade of vintage Minis
16. Not photographed- watch seals playing in the estuary, spot your first swallows of the summer, happen a wild pheasant in a ditch, go sea trout angling, have a picnic on the beach, pick bog cotton

We don’t work for the west of Ireland tourism board but maybe we should. Send this to someone you think might enjoy a weekend in the west of Ireland some day

How many trees does it take to make a forest?

This week we decided to make a test batch of our woodland prints, where we have stripped back the colour and celebrate the elegance of nature’s silhouettes.

And we love the result - prints that are all the more striking for their restraint. This is just a test batch - available in limited numbers, just for now.

So what prompted this mad black and white minimalist moment?

Well here in the west of Ireland, many trees have yet to break into leaf. But it feels like this is probably our very last week of winter silhouettes … the season of black and white - watching backlit geese swim amongst the feathery reedbeds, gazing at bare branches against the cold sky and watching exposed nests silhouetted on bare tree tops.

And just as we (finally!) say goodbye to winter, I realise I will miss it. Despite myself I have grown to love winter’s bare stripped back shapes and elegant forms.

This time next week the world will be bright green again. So for this week we are lingering in the last of nature’s elegant and minimal silhouettes.

#smallbatch #testprint

This week we decided to make a test batch of our woodland prints, where we have stripped back the colour and celebrate the elegance of nature’s silhouettes.

And we love the result - prints that are all the more striking for their restraint. This is just a test batch - available in limited numbers, just for now.

So what prompted this mad black and white minimalist moment?

Well here in the west of Ireland, many trees have yet to break into leaf. But it feels like this is probably our very last week of winter silhouettes … the season of black and white - watching backlit geese swim amongst the feathery reedbeds, gazing at bare branches against the cold sky and watching exposed nests silhouetted on bare tree tops.

And just as we (finally!) say goodbye to winter, I realise I will miss it. Despite myself I have grown to love winter’s bare stripped back shapes and elegant forms.

This time next week the world will be bright green again. So for this week we are lingering in the last of nature’s elegant and minimal silhouettes.

#smallbatch #testprint

This week we decided to make a test batch of our woodland prints, where we have stripped back the colour and celebrate the elegance of nature’s silhouettes.

And we love the result - prints that are all the more striking for their restraint. This is just a test batch - available in limited numbers, just for now.

So what prompted this mad black and white minimalist moment?

Well here in the west of Ireland, many trees have yet to break into leaf. But it feels like this is probably our very last week of winter silhouettes … the season of black and white - watching backlit geese swim amongst the feathery reedbeds, gazing at bare branches against the cold sky and watching exposed nests silhouetted on bare tree tops.

And just as we (finally!) say goodbye to winter, I realise I will miss it. Despite myself I have grown to love winter’s bare stripped back shapes and elegant forms.

This time next week the world will be bright green again. So for this week we are lingering in the last of nature’s elegant and minimal silhouettes.

#smallbatch #testprint

This week we decided to make a test batch of our woodland prints, where we have stripped back the colour and celebrate the elegance of nature’s silhouettes.

And we love the result - prints that are all the more striking for their restraint. This is just a test batch - available in limited numbers, just for now.

So what prompted this mad black and white minimalist moment?

Well here in the west of Ireland, many trees have yet to break into leaf. But it feels like this is probably our very last week of winter silhouettes … the season of black and white - watching backlit geese swim amongst the feathery reedbeds, gazing at bare branches against the cold sky and watching exposed nests silhouetted on bare tree tops.

And just as we (finally!) say goodbye to winter, I realise I will miss it. Despite myself I have grown to love winter’s bare stripped back shapes and elegant forms.

This time next week the world will be bright green again. So for this week we are lingering in the last of nature’s elegant and minimal silhouettes.

#smallbatch #testprint

This week we decided to make a test batch of our woodland prints, where we have stripped back the colour and celebrate the elegance of nature’s silhouettes.

And we love the result - prints that are all the more striking for their restraint. This is just a test batch - available in limited numbers, just for now.

So what prompted this mad black and white minimalist moment?

Well here in the west of Ireland, many trees have yet to break into leaf. But it feels like this is probably our very last week of winter silhouettes … the season of black and white - watching backlit geese swim amongst the feathery reedbeds, gazing at bare branches against the cold sky and watching exposed nests silhouetted on bare tree tops.

And just as we (finally!) say goodbye to winter, I realise I will miss it. Despite myself I have grown to love winter’s bare stripped back shapes and elegant forms.

This time next week the world will be bright green again. So for this week we are lingering in the last of nature’s elegant and minimal silhouettes.

#smallbatch #testprint

This week we decided to make a test batch of our woodland prints, where we have stripped back the colour and celebrate the elegance of nature’s silhouettes.

And we love the result - prints that are all the more striking for their restraint. This is just a test batch - available in limited numbers, just for now.

So what prompted this mad black and white minimalist moment?

Well here in the west of Ireland, many trees have yet to break into leaf. But it feels like this is probably our very last week of winter silhouettes … the season of black and white - watching backlit geese swim amongst the feathery reedbeds, gazing at bare branches against the cold sky and watching exposed nests silhouetted on bare tree tops.

And just as we (finally!) say goodbye to winter, I realise I will miss it. Despite myself I have grown to love winter’s bare stripped back shapes and elegant forms.

This time next week the world will be bright green again. So for this week we are lingering in the last of nature’s elegant and minimal silhouettes.

#smallbatch #testprint

This week we decided to make a test batch of our woodland prints, where we have stripped back the colour and celebrate the elegance of nature’s silhouettes.

And we love the result - prints that are all the more striking for their restraint. This is just a test batch - available in limited numbers, just for now.

So what prompted this mad black and white minimalist moment?

Well here in the west of Ireland, many trees have yet to break into leaf. But it feels like this is probably our very last week of winter silhouettes … the season of black and white - watching backlit geese swim amongst the feathery reedbeds, gazing at bare branches against the cold sky and watching exposed nests silhouetted on bare tree tops.

And just as we (finally!) say goodbye to winter, I realise I will miss it. Despite myself I have grown to love winter’s bare stripped back shapes and elegant forms.

This time next week the world will be bright green again. So for this week we are lingering in the last of nature’s elegant and minimal silhouettes.

#smallbatch #testprint

Hope isn’t just a feeling - it’s something to practice and develop.

Hope takes many forms.

“WOODLAND ENEMIES! WOODLAND ENEMIES!”.

“Wood A-NE-MON-ES,” I correct her.

She either doesn’thear me correcting her or doesn’tcare (and knowing her, I would guess the second). 

“WOODLAND ENEMIES, WOODLAND ENEMIES” she points delightedly each time we come upon a patch of anemones.

Eventually it dawns on me - woodland enemies - what a brilliant mistake for a three year old to make.

Wood anemones are a beautiful, delicate white flower. They are one of the first flowers to bloom on the woodland floor in Spring.

But I will forever imagine them now as a small army of flowers … invading the grumpy, dormant winter woodland - like something from an Elsa Beskow illustration.

The army of “woodland enemies” announce the spring, their drooping white flower heads like little helmets nodding together in agreement.

“It’s time to wake up in here. Rise and shine people!” 

…

“The Keeper” is a new story - now available to read in full over on the Superfolk Journal - link in profile.

This months story is about the funny logic of children’s misremembered words and the struggling to stay open and inventive as a designer or artist when you’re no longer a beginner.

…

“WOODLAND ENEMIES! WOODLAND ENEMIES!”.

“Wood A-NE-MON-ES,” I correct her.

She either doesn’thear me correcting her or doesn’tcare (and knowing her, I would guess the second). 

“WOODLAND ENEMIES, WOODLAND ENEMIES” she points delightedly each time we come upon a patch of anemones.

Eventually it dawns on me - woodland enemies - what a brilliant mistake for a three year old to make.

Wood anemones are a beautiful, delicate white flower. They are one of the first flowers to bloom on the woodland floor in Spring.

But I will forever imagine them now as a small army of flowers … invading the grumpy, dormant winter woodland - like something from an Elsa Beskow illustration.

The army of “woodland enemies” announce the spring, their drooping white flower heads like little helmets nodding together in agreement.

“It’s time to wake up in here. Rise and shine people!” 

…

“The Keeper” is a new story - now available to read in full over on the Superfolk Journal - link in profile.

This months story is about the funny logic of children’s misremembered words and the struggling to stay open and inventive as a designer or artist when you’re no longer a beginner.

…

“WOODLAND ENEMIES! WOODLAND ENEMIES!”.

“Wood A-NE-MON-ES,” I correct her.

She either doesn’thear me correcting her or doesn’tcare (and knowing her, I would guess the second). 

“WOODLAND ENEMIES, WOODLAND ENEMIES” she points delightedly each time we come upon a patch of anemones.

Eventually it dawns on me - woodland enemies - what a brilliant mistake for a three year old to make.

Wood anemones are a beautiful, delicate white flower. They are one of the first flowers to bloom on the woodland floor in Spring.

But I will forever imagine them now as a small army of flowers … invading the grumpy, dormant winter woodland - like something from an Elsa Beskow illustration.

The army of “woodland enemies” announce the spring, their drooping white flower heads like little helmets nodding together in agreement.

“It’s time to wake up in here. Rise and shine people!” 

…

“The Keeper” is a new story - now available to read in full over on the Superfolk Journal - link in profile.

This months story is about the funny logic of children’s misremembered words and the struggling to stay open and inventive as a designer or artist when you’re no longer a beginner.

…

“WOODLAND ENEMIES! WOODLAND ENEMIES!”.

“Wood A-NE-MON-ES,” I correct her.

She either doesn’thear me correcting her or doesn’tcare (and knowing her, I would guess the second). 

“WOODLAND ENEMIES, WOODLAND ENEMIES” she points delightedly each time we come upon a patch of anemones.

Eventually it dawns on me - woodland enemies - what a brilliant mistake for a three year old to make.

Wood anemones are a beautiful, delicate white flower. They are one of the first flowers to bloom on the woodland floor in Spring.

But I will forever imagine them now as a small army of flowers … invading the grumpy, dormant winter woodland - like something from an Elsa Beskow illustration.

The army of “woodland enemies” announce the spring, their drooping white flower heads like little helmets nodding together in agreement.

“It’s time to wake up in here. Rise and shine people!” 

…

“The Keeper” is a new story - now available to read in full over on the Superfolk Journal - link in profile.

This months story is about the funny logic of children’s misremembered words and the struggling to stay open and inventive as a designer or artist when you’re no longer a beginner.

…

“WOODLAND ENEMIES! WOODLAND ENEMIES!”.

“Wood A-NE-MON-ES,” I correct her.

She either doesn’thear me correcting her or doesn’tcare (and knowing her, I would guess the second). 

“WOODLAND ENEMIES, WOODLAND ENEMIES” she points delightedly each time we come upon a patch of anemones.

Eventually it dawns on me - woodland enemies - what a brilliant mistake for a three year old to make.

Wood anemones are a beautiful, delicate white flower. They are one of the first flowers to bloom on the woodland floor in Spring.

But I will forever imagine them now as a small army of flowers … invading the grumpy, dormant winter woodland - like something from an Elsa Beskow illustration.

The army of “woodland enemies” announce the spring, their drooping white flower heads like little helmets nodding together in agreement.

“It’s time to wake up in here. Rise and shine people!” 

…

“The Keeper” is a new story - now available to read in full over on the Superfolk Journal - link in profile.

This months story is about the funny logic of children’s misremembered words and the struggling to stay open and inventive as a designer or artist when you’re no longer a beginner.

…

“WOODLAND ENEMIES! WOODLAND ENEMIES!”.

“Wood A-NE-MON-ES,” I correct her.

She either doesn’thear me correcting her or doesn’tcare (and knowing her, I would guess the second). 

“WOODLAND ENEMIES, WOODLAND ENEMIES” she points delightedly each time we come upon a patch of anemones.

Eventually it dawns on me - woodland enemies - what a brilliant mistake for a three year old to make.

Wood anemones are a beautiful, delicate white flower. They are one of the first flowers to bloom on the woodland floor in Spring.

But I will forever imagine them now as a small army of flowers … invading the grumpy, dormant winter woodland - like something from an Elsa Beskow illustration.

The army of “woodland enemies” announce the spring, their drooping white flower heads like little helmets nodding together in agreement.

“It’s time to wake up in here. Rise and shine people!” 

…

“The Keeper” is a new story - now available to read in full over on the Superfolk Journal - link in profile.

This months story is about the funny logic of children’s misremembered words and the struggling to stay open and inventive as a designer or artist when you’re no longer a beginner.

…

“WOODLAND ENEMIES! WOODLAND ENEMIES!”.

“Wood A-NE-MON-ES,” I correct her.

She either doesn’thear me correcting her or doesn’tcare (and knowing her, I would guess the second). 

“WOODLAND ENEMIES, WOODLAND ENEMIES” she points delightedly each time we come upon a patch of anemones.

Eventually it dawns on me - woodland enemies - what a brilliant mistake for a three year old to make.

Wood anemones are a beautiful, delicate white flower. They are one of the first flowers to bloom on the woodland floor in Spring.

But I will forever imagine them now as a small army of flowers … invading the grumpy, dormant winter woodland - like something from an Elsa Beskow illustration.

The army of “woodland enemies” announce the spring, their drooping white flower heads like little helmets nodding together in agreement.

“It’s time to wake up in here. Rise and shine people!” 

…

“The Keeper” is a new story - now available to read in full over on the Superfolk Journal - link in profile.

This months story is about the funny logic of children’s misremembered words and the struggling to stay open and inventive as a designer or artist when you’re no longer a beginner.

…

“WOODLAND ENEMIES! WOODLAND ENEMIES!”.

“Wood A-NE-MON-ES,” I correct her.

She either doesn’thear me correcting her or doesn’tcare (and knowing her, I would guess the second). 

“WOODLAND ENEMIES, WOODLAND ENEMIES” she points delightedly each time we come upon a patch of anemones.

Eventually it dawns on me - woodland enemies - what a brilliant mistake for a three year old to make.

Wood anemones are a beautiful, delicate white flower. They are one of the first flowers to bloom on the woodland floor in Spring.

But I will forever imagine them now as a small army of flowers … invading the grumpy, dormant winter woodland - like something from an Elsa Beskow illustration.

The army of “woodland enemies” announce the spring, their drooping white flower heads like little helmets nodding together in agreement.

“It’s time to wake up in here. Rise and shine people!” 

…

“The Keeper” is a new story - now available to read in full over on the Superfolk Journal - link in profile.

This months story is about the funny logic of children’s misremembered words and the struggling to stay open and inventive as a designer or artist when you’re no longer a beginner.

…

“WOODLAND ENEMIES! WOODLAND ENEMIES!”.

“Wood A-NE-MON-ES,” I correct her.

She either doesn’thear me correcting her or doesn’tcare (and knowing her, I would guess the second). 

“WOODLAND ENEMIES, WOODLAND ENEMIES” she points delightedly each time we come upon a patch of anemones.

Eventually it dawns on me - woodland enemies - what a brilliant mistake for a three year old to make.

Wood anemones are a beautiful, delicate white flower. They are one of the first flowers to bloom on the woodland floor in Spring.

But I will forever imagine them now as a small army of flowers … invading the grumpy, dormant winter woodland - like something from an Elsa Beskow illustration.

The army of “woodland enemies” announce the spring, their drooping white flower heads like little helmets nodding together in agreement.

“It’s time to wake up in here. Rise and shine people!” 

…

“The Keeper” is a new story - now available to read in full over on the Superfolk Journal - link in profile.

This months story is about the funny logic of children’s misremembered words and the struggling to stay open and inventive as a designer or artist when you’re no longer a beginner.

…

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki

This week we’re working on a project that’s really pushing us to see differently. Everything has to be black and white — no colour at all.

Usually, our prints rely a lot on the use of colour and shade working together. Now it’s just solid black and white. It’s making me think more about simplicity — what’s enough, what feels balanced, and what lets something settle into itself.

If you’re into this kind of process, keep an eye out for tomorrow’s newsletter. Our April diary is all about great mistakes, creativity, and trying to hold onto that beginner’s mindset. … and of course a little bit about cute things our kids did.

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki

This week we’re working on a project that’s really pushing us to see differently. Everything has to be black and white — no colour at all.

Usually, our prints rely a lot on the use of colour and shade working together. Now it’s just solid black and white. It’s making me think more about simplicity — what’s enough, what feels balanced, and what lets something settle into itself.

If you’re into this kind of process, keep an eye out for tomorrow’s newsletter. Our April diary is all about great mistakes, creativity, and trying to hold onto that beginner’s mindset. … and of course a little bit about cute things our kids did.

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki

This week we’re working on a project that’s really pushing us to see differently. Everything has to be black and white — no colour at all.

Usually, our prints rely a lot on the use of colour and shade working together. Now it’s just solid black and white. It’s making me think more about simplicity — what’s enough, what feels balanced, and what lets something settle into itself.

If you’re into this kind of process, keep an eye out for tomorrow’s newsletter. Our April diary is all about great mistakes, creativity, and trying to hold onto that beginner’s mindset. … and of course a little bit about cute things our kids did.

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki

This week we’re working on a project that’s really pushing us to see differently. Everything has to be black and white — no colour at all.

Usually, our prints rely a lot on the use of colour and shade working together. Now it’s just solid black and white. It’s making me think more about simplicity — what’s enough, what feels balanced, and what lets something settle into itself.

If you’re into this kind of process, keep an eye out for tomorrow’s newsletter. Our April diary is all about great mistakes, creativity, and trying to hold onto that beginner’s mindset. … and of course a little bit about cute things our kids did.

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki

This week we’re working on a project that’s really pushing us to see differently. Everything has to be black and white — no colour at all.

Usually, our prints rely a lot on the use of colour and shade working together. Now it’s just solid black and white. It’s making me think more about simplicity — what’s enough, what feels balanced, and what lets something settle into itself.

If you’re into this kind of process, keep an eye out for tomorrow’s newsletter. Our April diary is all about great mistakes, creativity, and trying to hold onto that beginner’s mindset. … and of course a little bit about cute things our kids did.

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki

This week we’re working on a project that’s really pushing us to see differently. Everything has to be black and white — no colour at all.

Usually, our prints rely a lot on the use of colour and shade working together. Now it’s just solid black and white. It’s making me think more about simplicity — what’s enough, what feels balanced, and what lets something settle into itself.

If you’re into this kind of process, keep an eye out for tomorrow’s newsletter. Our April diary is all about great mistakes, creativity, and trying to hold onto that beginner’s mindset. … and of course a little bit about cute things our kids did.

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki

This week we’re working on a project that’s really pushing us to see differently. Everything has to be black and white — no colour at all.

Usually, our prints rely a lot on the use of colour and shade working together. Now it’s just solid black and white. It’s making me think more about simplicity — what’s enough, what feels balanced, and what lets something settle into itself.

If you’re into this kind of process, keep an eye out for tomorrow’s newsletter. Our April diary is all about great mistakes, creativity, and trying to hold onto that beginner’s mindset. … and of course a little bit about cute things our kids did.

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki

This week we’re working on a project that’s really pushing us to see differently. Everything has to be black and white — no colour at all.

Usually, our prints rely a lot on the use of colour and shade working together. Now it’s just solid black and white. It’s making me think more about simplicity — what’s enough, what feels balanced, and what lets something settle into itself.

If you’re into this kind of process, keep an eye out for tomorrow’s newsletter. Our April diary is all about great mistakes, creativity, and trying to hold onto that beginner’s mindset. … and of course a little bit about cute things our kids did.

“Tucked beneath the rolling hills and forests outside Cappoquin, The Cabin Under The Hills is a place where you instantly feel at ease.”

@superfolk enjoyed a weekend of quiet breakfasts, walks to the river and curling up with a book at our cabin.

It’s documented beautifully in their journal - take a look 👀

“Tucked beneath the rolling hills and forests outside Cappoquin, The Cabin Under The Hills is a place where you instantly feel at ease.”

@superfolk enjoyed a weekend of quiet breakfasts, walks to the river and curling up with a book at our cabin.

It’s documented beautifully in their journal - take a look 👀

“Tucked beneath the rolling hills and forests outside Cappoquin, The Cabin Under The Hills is a place where you instantly feel at ease.”

@superfolk enjoyed a weekend of quiet breakfasts, walks to the river and curling up with a book at our cabin.

It’s documented beautifully in their journal - take a look 👀

“Tucked beneath the rolling hills and forests outside Cappoquin, The Cabin Under The Hills is a place where you instantly feel at ease.”

@superfolk enjoyed a weekend of quiet breakfasts, walks to the river and curling up with a book at our cabin.

It’s documented beautifully in their journal - take a look 👀

“Tucked beneath the rolling hills and forests outside Cappoquin, The Cabin Under The Hills is a place where you instantly feel at ease.”

@superfolk enjoyed a weekend of quiet breakfasts, walks to the river and curling up with a book at our cabin.

It’s documented beautifully in their journal - take a look 👀

“Tucked beneath the rolling hills and forests outside Cappoquin, The Cabin Under The Hills is a place where you instantly feel at ease.”

@superfolk enjoyed a weekend of quiet breakfasts, walks to the river and curling up with a book at our cabin.

It’s documented beautifully in their journal - take a look 👀