Rory Blair x DARN
Rory Blair is a conceptual artist based in Falmouth and London. His photography is a stream of metaphysical semi consciousness. Together we have created a collaborative 100% silk scarf design featuring a digital print of Rory’s original moon photograph.
Read more about the collaboration here.
Each silk scarf arrives within special packaging created by Emily of Utter and Press, Ponsanooth.
SSAW x DARN
Created in celebration of the changing seasons, the SSAW x DARN scarf series is a true example of slow fashion as a marrying of ideas between two community driven brands.
Based in London, the SSAW Collective is a community of chefs, florists and growers who are committed to an ethical way of working with seasonal products. Advocating for positive ecological change in food, flower and farming systems, this partnership speaks to those who appreciate a slower pace of life by connecting to the land and how the changing seasons alter our landscape.
Decorated with hand drawn illustrations by DARN, created especially for SSAW, each scarf has been printed in the UK with an exclusive seasonally-inspired design and finished with a hand stitched edge.
You can read more about SSAW Collective here, or why not take a read of the conversation between SSAW’s Jess and DARN founder Amelia here.
Simon Bayliss 4 DARN
Created by Simon Bayliss, an artist and music producer based at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, Cornwall, UK, the Simon Bayliss 4 DARN collaborative 100% silk scarf features a collage of imagery and ideas. Inspired by the memorable works of English artist and sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth, distinctive Hepworth sculptural and coastal imagery has been interwoven amongst elements from Simon’s own work, including shapes from the surface of his ceramic pots and items that have been floating around his studio.
‘Puckered lips, pressed leaves, the frisson of a wave against rocks, echoed forms found in modernist abstract painting, and feathered lines of clay slip, like cake icing. I was asking myself `What would Babs Hepworth wear?’’
You can read more about the design here.
