busy bees: sewing project

wonder | wander | women often collaborate on projects, and our latest is the most fun one so far: an embroidery project! We got some beautiful linen shirts and are designing them together.

I'v only recently started learning how to sew again - I can hem sleeves and jeans, and sew on a button, but I have no idea how to embroider. Mom, on the other hand, can sew super fast and loves embroidery, but she likes working from a pattern instead of drawing one herself.

visionary work

If the public knew what is already possible, then they would have every reason to be optimistic about the future that can be built.

Dystopian anxiety is dominating discussions about the future, leaving younger generations paralyzed by despair. 

But research scientist and philosopher Samuel McKee argues we are being too pessimistic, placing too much blame on technology. 

Futurism: science & technology optimism

Greenwich: maritime monuments

Summer is ending before wonder | wander | women are ready, so we're looking back on sunny memories instead. We visited a friend at Greenwich and had a lovely stroll around the riverfront.

dreamer of dreams

When we explore the great names of the Golden Age of Illustration in Europe - especially in England - a prominent stand out is Edmund Dulac. He was one of the great illustrators of the early twentieth century. 

Edmund Dulac painted many wonderful pieces for a variety of stories - The Little Mermaid, Arabian Nights, Beauty and the Beast, Dreamer of Dreams, Daughters of the Stars, Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, Gods and Mortals in Love, Kingdom of the Pearl, Le Papillon Rouge, The Raven and Other Poems, The Rubaiyat, Stealers of Light, The Snow Queen, Tanglewood Tales, The Tempest. 

a prized English edition,1925 

wonder | wander | women were raised on his gorgeously intricate Orientalist illustrations. Fables and fairy tales that ignited our young lives and active imagination - immediately and for all time. 

sketchbook practice

Art is a muscle and you have to exercise it. wonder | wander | women have gone through a lot of sketchbooks over the years. 

from our Techo Kaigi post

Drawing is also an exercise - you don't have to do it every day, but keep it up at least three times a week or it will get harder to do. A week will go by, then two or three, then a month or two, and before you know it you've forgotten how to start again.