gather and collect

My daughter and I are great collectors. From an early age she would pick up beautiful coloured leaves and moss covered stones and the tiniest of shells whenever we went walking. We still like to gather all manner of natural objects - stones, feathers, leaves, wood when we are exploring the outdoors but also when we are simply walking to the local shops or down our street.

                

It is something about the transition from found object to handheld art that is so special – the ritual of gathering and collecting runs deep within us and these, sometimes inconsequential ‘finds’, become treasures and keepers of our memories.

Needless to say, our home is adorned with all our finds. Some dated and labeled, some held within the pages of books to press and others melding into the fabric of our everyday lives to remind us of the beauty of the world around us.

                                             We are finders and keepers!