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First Spring Whispers

First Spring Whispers

I've recently been over to the UK to visit family. There is a deep nostalgia and belonging that comes with being in a place that grew you, a place that was your whole world - until it wasn't. Over the six weeks I was there I experienced the changing of seasons. The...

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The smell of winter rain

The smell of winter rain

It has felt like nearly every day in the past weeks has brought rain. Right now, outside the studio the rain sweeps sideways through the valley, on the back of a rather aggressive westerly; an oppressive palm of wind flattening the tops of trees and beating down the...

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Cold scent & winter yin

Cold scent & winter yin

I've always loved the change of seasons. There is a potency that surrounds the shift from what you've become accustomed to, to something both new and familiar. It is refreshing and nostalgic, leading your senses to re-encounter your environment. Things smell a little...

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On the radio

On the radio

I recently spoke with Aaron on Raglan Community Radio about my process, perfume and why I love doing what I do. I was a little nervous to speak on the radio, but it was really fun and I found I could have spoke for much longer. If you're interested, you can listen...

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inside coa

inside coa

coa was born from a desire to encapsulate and create ritual ritual (n) a set of fixed actions and sometimes words performed regularly, especially as part of a ceremony. The ceremony part of this definition evokes to me a sense of consciousness - there is an awareness...

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Spring Equinox & Ritual

Twice a year the sun crosses the celestial equator - on both the spring and autumn equinox. The Spring equinox in the southern hemisphere fell today. The word equinox comes from the Latin meaning ‘equal night’, which represents how on this day, the hours of daylight...

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When words turn to music, and scent into stories

There is a creative energy that simmers, locked under the surface skin of routine, of 'real' life. It seeps through cracks, dripping melancholy into old days and new ones. Most days there is no space to bring it to a rolling boil. And so, my Creativity is a soup...

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Making for Winter Solstice

I created this bundle to mark the longest night and because I wanted to make a Zine. For those of you unfamiliar with zines, they are handcrafted booklets that contain anything the maker desires. They're ways of expressing ideas, experimenting with form, sharing your...

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