The East London Flower Collective is a new T-shirt and original print collection from Bangkok-born artist, Lisa King as well as a portrait series of UK florists, gardeners and growers – telling the stories of those who rise with the sun to bring beauty to the world’s flower markets and gardens.
A love letter to the transformative power of nature and an exploration of the delicate dichotomy between toil and beauty, it was conceived in her East London studio, where she shared space with local florists. King’s collection is a departure from her signature photographic flower portraiture – and features mixed media drawings complemented by typography and Lisa's own delicate handwritten expressions.
From the writer Alice Vincent to Nat Mady, the founder of Hackney Herbal, King’s interviews offer people a chance to engage not only with the art itself – but with those driving the conversation around nature connection and bringing us beauty through flowers in many forms.
Ignite your creativity and join me on one of my upcoming drawing retreats.
November 16: The Nurture Project in East London
January 27-29: Writing & Drawing with Alice Vincent.
Bangkok-born, London-based textile designer Lisa King always knew her Indonesian mother was an avid collector, from kimonos to Japanese crockery and furniture. But after spending six years sorting through her prized possessions following her death, she discovered there was one more surprise.
Emily Chan, Senior Sustainability and Features Editor, British Vogue
Antonis Hadjimichael exposes the London-based print designer’s process, building abstract floral arrangements as a means of catharsis
For Bangkok-born print artist Lisa King, flowers lie at the heart of her process. Compiled in abstract compositions that later become her prints, her flowers are dissected stem to stigma, or with heads severed, as pools of ink diffuse in the water surrounding them. Arising in her practice as a cathartic response that pays tribute to her late mother, the floral arrangements upon which King’s design work is centered have become a symbol of solace – the act of laying and repeating patterns guiding her in processing her grief.
“Through repeating familiar rituals and deconstructing the act of arranging flowers I’ve found renewal, positivity, and healing at the hardest of times. No one has captured the essence of my process or inspiration quite the way Antonis has.”
