i’ve been seeing Sophie Duran‘s work around the internet for a while now, so i was thrilled when she got in touch to tell me about her new print collection Undiscovered Wonders of the World.
Created out of self made photographes, old travel books and minerals, these unknown mysterious worlds are open to multiple interpretations. Inspired by Celtic, Norwegian, Indian and Greek ancient stories, every landscape has a name that gives slightly a clue of where you could explore it. All prints are digitally printed at the Audax Textile Museum Tilburg and CATDigital Glasgow, Scotland. As a material I used silk velvet and crepe de chine. The velvet gives vibrance to the colours and makes the landscapes look three-dimensional. Crepe de chine gives a lightness and sophisticated feeling to the prints. The designs are presented as scarfs (135cm x 135cm), finished with a 925 silver detail.
these posts are my favourite.
this one is a particular favourite.
O wow, these are gorgeous! Where can you buy them from?
These are perfect in every way.
I am quite obsessed with the last three – they are pretty magical.
So adorable! I have such a weakness for collages on silk!
Already know I can’t afford these, just by looking at them, but they sure are gorgeous.
These are incredibly beautiful. What I love about them is that they are so beautiful when they are spread out and the imagery is more recognizable, but they are also equally beautiful when they are crumpled up and more abstract. Thanks for sharing!
goodness! these are amazing!!! thanks for sharing them with us.
I’m a huge fan of this blog, every post is interesting and beautiful, so thank you! I check it all the time when I need inspiration. And these are beautiful by the way, I love them.
wow, I really don’t know what to say aside from, this is so cool.
These prints are simply stunning and remind me of photographs from Bernhard Edmaier: http://tremendouslyinterested.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/patterns-of-the-earth/
Can they be bought? I absolutely need one!
I love this scarves!
Where can you buy these scarves… and how much are they?
I also had the opportunity to interview her for my university newspaper. Her work is ruly impressive, but more than that, is her ideas behind the work that inspire her pieces.
Here is the article and some information on how you can aquire her magnificent pieces:
http://aucscriptus.com/2012/05/19/sophie-duran-wonders-of-the-world/
The scarves are true masterpieces!
Fell in love at first sight in each of them!
Like the touch of nature on the skin.