Mi Woods is a place full with micro patterns, handmade paper cut illustrations as reflections of nature and new stories within.
Creative process
The best way to show uniqueness of nature i found ancient Japanese method of painting on water, called Suminagashi (it means floating ink). It has organic, delicate look and meditative process. I take this craft from the past as an inspiration and experiment with it, trying out new techniques and different paints. I push it in a new direction, into something exiting and unpredictable. Here, process is more interesting than a result: it is kind of meditation, water and colour therapy, when the creator do not control everything, but takes a moment to watch and leave it for its natural flow. After a while, this colour dance on water is captured by placing a paper on top. The result is one of a kind. To get more bold colours and different contrast textures, acrylic painting or block printing also comes in handy.
The second medium I have chosen is collage. What fascinates me about this stage is that there is also no sketch. I’m putting, replacing pieces of paper into a collage and I don’t even suspect how the story of the plant will come together in the end. Although I am still learning to live in this moment in my everyday life, but when I am creating, I can´t do it in any other way.
By cutting, combining, matching and bonding decorative paper pieces, grows a final result - a combination of natural process and handwork - nature objects, full of textural micro ornaments, which recall leaf veins, ground surface, flower pollen or tree bark...
Behind Mi Woods it is me - Milda Ignatavičius - graphic designer from Kaunas (Lithuania). Besides digital graphic design, I have always had a passion for different crafts, analog techniques and illustration. So since 2018 I have started to grow Mi Woods. For me this is a place where i feel home and where I find here and now moments. At the same time i am happy with my original plant stories to bring cosiness and nature feeling to others home.
In this online shop you will find high quality archival pigment ink prints on A4 or A3 size cotton paper or if preferred - original collages. Besides that, there is also a collection of handmade stationery items: notebooks, greeting cards, calendars etc.
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