Sunday 6 November 2011

A small obsession with little trees.

I've spent a lot of time staring out of car, train, and aeroplane windows, and it might be my years spent in the middle of Ontario forests with my family nostalgically catching up with me, but I've got hundreds of photos that I took from these cars, trains and aeroplanes of northern European forests. I love the way birch trees look in the snow and clumps pine trees look from the air. I even bought a giant piece of locally woven linen in Tallinn, Estonia last winter after I was inspired by the landscape of wintery Finland as we flew over it and wanted to embroider what I saw. Well, that or the icy water that clogged up the small channel that separates Finland and Estonia. I can't decide so that chunk of fabric remains in a box.

Instead, I've been doing a lot of this.

I sold a couple these before I could even photograph them - my own fault for archival laziness - but, I kind of love the way they're turning out so there'll be many more.

8 comments:

ilovesasek said...

These are quite beautiful Leah. Happy travels and touring!

Nightjar Books said...

these are so beautiful it's ridiculous.

Claire Louise Milne said...

Oh! Your work is so beautiful! That book is the loveliest thing I've seen in ages.

leah b said...

oh thanks so much, friends!

that one in the picture with the yellow trees is on it's way to toronto for CITY OF CRAFT to be won or raffled away!

xx!

avi editor said...

These are really wonderful Leah. Happy travels and touring. Have a safe journey!

Claire Louise Milne said...

City of Craft raffle??? Oh my goodness I am going to buy so many tickets. Wish you could visit too.

Twenty8Twelve said...

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kids scooters said...

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