Inside My Studio: Designing Begins Before the First Thread

                  
I love the moment when an idea is still just an idea.

Nothing has been made yet.There is only a blank page, a handful of images, a colour I can't stop thinking about, and that strange little feeling that something is about to happen.

This is usually where my mood boards begin.I collect everything that catches my eye.A photograph from an old magazine. A colour combination from a building. A strange shape I notice on the street. A piece of furniture. A painting. A tiny detail from somewhere I can't even remember.

Not everything has to make sense | Actually, I prefer when it doesn't | Eventually, patterns start to appear.

Maybe I keep coming back to curved shapes. Maybe there is suddenly a lot of green. Maybe everything feels slightly nostalgic. That is when I know the mood board is beginning to tell me something.

From there, I start sketching.

I change things. Remove things. Make them bigger. Make them smaller. Try a completely different colour. Go back to the first idea.

Designing is rarely a straight line.

And that is exactly why I love it.From Mood Board to Tufted PieceTufting gives those ideas somewhere to go.

A sketch becomes a shape.
A colour becomes a thread.
A collection of references becomes something you can actually touch.

Choosing yarn is one of my favourite parts of the process. I love seeing how different colours and textures behave together and how a palette can completely change the personality of a design.

A playful colour combination can become a statement tufted rug. A simple sketch can turn into a piece of tufted wall art. Something that began as a tiny image on a mood board can eventually become part of someone's home. That transformation never gets old.

Making Room for the Unexpected

Sometimes the finished piece is exactly what I imagined.Sometimes it surprises me completely. I think I prefer the second kind. There is something special about handmade work because it carries the process within it. The little decisions, changes and imperfections become part of the final piece.

For me, hand-tufting isn't just about making rugs. It is a way of turning an idea, a feeling or a colour story into something tangible.

Something you can place on a wall.
Something you can live with.
Something you can choose for your own space or find for someone who would love it.

Because creating isn't really about bringing an idea to life exactly as you pictured it.

It is about discovering what the idea wanted to become.