Featured in Country Style Magazine
What a beautiful surprise and absolute honour to be asked to be featured in the Christmas Edition of Country Style Magazine. In my first year of motherhood, especially, this was such a welcome paper-hug of recognition for the juggle of motherhood and running a business, and keeping old letterpress wheels rolling - from a magazine which features inspiring women.
It felt very rock-star to have Claire McFerran come and photograph me at home and at my shop studio in town - and to be interviewed by Jessica Bellef - she captured my story beautifully in her writing.
I'm quite private online, but it's been so nice to share more about the journey of The Little Press, and my roots where it all began and my childhood and travels which inspire me. I've loved connecting with visitors in the shop who have read the article!
"In the same week that the couple received the keys to their sparkling new house, Emily took ownership of a shopfront and studio on the main street of town, just a six-minute drive from their property. The artist and her handy father spent a month renovating the store, using litres of white paint to erase the bold colours added by previous tenants. They stripped back the carpet to reveal original jarrah floorboards, which they sanded and finished in a rich chocolate stain. The refreshed space resembles an art gallery, with a warmth that instantly puts visitors at ease."
"The physical nature of Emily’s art-making literally imprints each final work with a human touch, where perfect imperfections are welcomed. "
“Handwriting things on paper connects us to ourselves and each other in a really beautiful way that digital technology will never capture,” she says. “Emotion carries through your handwriting. I think when you write something heartfelt to someone, they can sense the emotion. It’s so powerful.”
“We would travel for months and months at a time, living a gypsy life and spending hours on trains drawing in
notebooks and journalling,” recalls Emily, who is deeply inspired by cross-cultural symbols and patterns.
(Photography: Claire McFerran)
