Mood Scent Bar x Maria Norek
In October 2023 Mood Scent Bar celebrated its 10th birthday and they invited me to design an artwork for their gift wrapping. The brief I received was "more is more". Instinctively, I started painting orchids in watercolours, which, on the one hand, are the most bejewelled flowers, and on the other hand, are often associated with supermarket orchids. This dissonance intrigued me. I painted them in different shapes and colours, scanned them and arranged them into two different patterns, which were ultimately used on wrapping paper and shopping bags. I also designed and made artworks for two window displays.
interview for Mood Daily
‘Like Sugar’
In May 2022 I collaborated with my dear Friend, Tasja, who is an accomplished ceramicist working in Copenhagen. We made around 40 pieces of ceramics. We held a lovely opening for our friends.
Tasja threw the pieces, added some hand build intricate shapes and I painted them. We had a lot of fun together and the collection came about really swiftly.
We named it ‘Like Sugar’, the pieces felt playful and sweet. To me it was antidote to the seriousness with which we often carry ourselves.
Accompanying the collaboration, I got to bedazzle Tasja’s wall with some of my watercolours.
You can find Tasja’s beautiful pottery in here: Tasja P.
