My next collection titled... Illumination...

I've been back in the studio working on my next collection titled 'Illumination'. I was looking for a subject close to my heart, something to touch, inspire and bring a moment of joy. After a few trips to Maroubra beach to meditate on the theme, the word Illuminate came to mind.

It's a fascinating topic as one can feel it in many different ways but what does it look like? The images below begin to describe it. The colours of the sky, rays of the sun and the moon personify illumination in my world, along with the feeling of a kiss from another precious being. I'm uplifted, my breath taken away by the beauty projected... the combination of elements to produce natures light show, on the interior and exterior of the body.

The 'Illumination' collage with some of the many incredible images I found

Ionized gas in the Lagoon Nebula, a star forming region 5000 light years distant in the constellation Sagittarius 

A close up of my favourite images

Live Like It's Heaven On Earth

Artistic expression on the foreshore of our famous Bondi Beach

Searching for the perfect violet

The two main colours selected for the logo of my label are canary yellow and violet. After many revisions, we finally selected a yellow possessing depth without being too bright. The quest for the perfect violet was another story. My first point of reference was the Pantone book, familiar to graphic designers, artists and anyone in the printing industry.

After much frustration over trying out several 'violet' colours the infamous Pantone book had to offer, I decided a standard stock colour wasn't the way to go. After all this label represents the colours of the rainbow, the brilliance shining out from the sun, as if we would go with a standard colour! I was pointed in the direction of a brilliant website, my logo saviour =) The vast array of colours on offer was like a being a little girl in a lolly store, heaven! Check out www.colourlovers.com. I started off liking the first colour story below featuring the violet purple, then I came across the winner!

Color by COLOURlovers

Color by COLOURlovers