‘As a child I had a blanket which I took everywhere with me. I remember it was small, scarlet, and loosely woven, it made me feel safe and warm and never alone. My blanket played a powerful role in my life.
And now I look for a blanket wherever I travel. It is hard to find a good blanket, so we decided to make our own to treasure, to love, to stay warm and wrap ourselves in.
To be a reminder of childhood’.
The ‘Hands in the Earth’ blankets represent the autumn and winter of field patterns, and a foray out to sea. Each one brings the wind, the earth and the promise of warmth and comfort. The Jacquard weave gives you a blanket to play with, to be wrapped in the rich walnut hues, or to bring a different kind of joy to your space with exquisite chalk. Whichever you choose you will be in the calm and safety of your blanket.
‘Hands in the Earth’ blankets
StudioBudgeBudge | Begg x Co
‘The Seed pattern is the first field pattern I drew so it holds a special place for me. It was on one of my first walks that I noticed it, and I remember the pattern stayed in the field for quite a long time. I walked by the field every day and I was drawn back to look at it, something about the regularity of the marks, yet each one was different. The marks defined an area, as if someone had made each one individually within what looked like a circle. Each mark is made by hand on the artwork with a short stick, thinner at one end, quite rough at the other, found on my walk. Dipped in my walnut ink the mark varies in shape and colour, sometimes heavier at the bottom, sometimes at the top.The repetition of the mark reflects the repetition of my walks’.
Seed Blanket
Dancing Ledge Blanket
‘The original Dancing Ledge design is a field pattern marked on a walk away from the woods at Durweston in Dorset. A field which this particular year had a wheat crop, and there was debris from the crop lying in the earth. It made a bold pattern, which I translated into marks with some bark found on my walk. The Gampi paper is then stitched with walnut dyed thread onto Japanese linen. There is a wonderful irregularity to the pattern and in the blanket you can see some of the marks of the thread. The pattern is named after the Dorset coast line known as Dancing Ledge. Seen from the sea, the patterns of the chalk stacks and cliffs reminded me of the field pattern’.
‘On my walks I often spot a repeat V shaped pattern in the fields where the tractor has ploughed. The marks made their way into my sketch book. And then I was out at sea, the sail hoisted, and I saw the marks on the wind filled sail. The pattern on the sail is regular and repeated. I have combined the regularity of the sail pattern with marks from the land, drawn with a cone and walnut ink. The blanket reflects the regularity of the sail pattern and the irregularity of the earth pattern, and joyously some marks have escaped.’
The ‘Hands in the Earth’ blankets are woven in Ayrshire, a cashmere and lambswool blend, finished beautifully with contrast blanket stitching.
Each blanket is individually numbered from a limited run.
Size:Price £690.00
Please contact us at StudioBudgeBudge if you would like to buy one.
Sail Stitch Blanket
Black Walnut AS24+
a collaboration with nature
slow, living, natural, bio, earth
Black Walnut AS24+ September 18th 2023
Black Walnut AS24+ is a collaboration between award winning bio fashion designer Piero D’Angelo and textile maker, Belinda Budge, to launch Piero’s new collection in September 2023.
Piero’s journey is a multi disciplinary approach to design, with the aim of exploring how natural materials and Biodesign can be used to create new innovative textiles and contribute towards slow fashion. (www.pierodangelodesign.com). Belinda Budge is a textile maker who uses natural and organic materials to re-imagine her landscape. The rich hues of her walnut ink are a trademark of her work, which she creates into repeat patterns with her brother, designer Patrick Budge, for Studio Budge Budge.
The collaboration reflects a unique moment in time of both of their journeys through ‘bio’ design to push the boundaries of fashion.
‘The creation process in which garments are grown and crafted, rather than mass-produced, reflects the slowness of the natural world, and the resulting pieces aim to inspire people to reconnect with it.’
Piero and Belinda have made a film about their collaboration with acclaimed filmmaker Shelly Nel. (www.shellynel.com). You can now see the full film here https://youtu.be/JmSiYuVy6QU