Belinda Budge

‘Every day I walk the chalk and walnut paths of Dorset. I am looking for pattern and repetition in the hope of some order’.

My work is a natural, earthy process. Observing, returning and listening are core to my intentionally slow process. Walking the same paths throughout the seasons, I look for changing patterns, some of which are coherent, others chaotic. Using cones, sticks and thistles gathered in the fields, I recreate the patterns, using walnut ink which I make from locally foraged walnuts. The marks are layered, on cloth and on paper. I use chosen papers made from both recycled clothes, and the bark of the Japanese Gampi plant, together with natural thread dyed from the walnut ink.

Sometimes I take the field patterns out to sea, with the intention of making a sail for the boat. I love the performance of hoisting of the sail whilst on the journey. Looking for new sea patterns whilst we are sailing, and combining them with the field patterns, influences the stitching I make on the sail. Filming the sail, and the land and sea patterns, are part of my process.

Documenting my process through film is an important focus of my work. Filmmaker Shelly Nel journeys with me through my work, bringing her exquisite mind and eye to capture my process.

Patrick Budge

I am a typographer and graphic designer. I have been running my own graphic design company www.patrickbudge.com for over 25 years. My speciality is working for many well-known hotel and restaurant brands. For example, I developed the brand and visual identity of the global members’ club, Soho House, in its first decade. I have worked on many-award winning food and interiors projects. This often extends to publishing projects when my clients become authors, for example, restauranteur Sally Clarke.

I bring my passion for typography, print, shape and colour to our StudioBudgeBudge projects.