About

 

Hello I’m Emma,

Artist, Floral stylist, gardener, potter, photographer & curator of beautiful things.

A Bunch Of Wild is the coming together of flowers, interiors, art and vintage decorative objects.

The History.

Formerly a vintage stylist and dealer I started A Bunch Of Wild in 2016 to supply the flowers for my styling events. I started growing flowers on my allotment and sold them on my pop-up stall and outside my house, at farmers markets and eventually my own shop. My aim was to create awareness of how wonderful seasonal flowers grown locally are and to encourage others to grow their own or buy British. Look beyond the imported blooms and find inspiration in the hedgerows.

I’ve always painted and studied ceramics later in life and they too ended up becoming part of the bigger picture - To create beauty within the home and garden.  I converted an old garden building into my pottery and art studio. My work is very feminine and I love to create tactile and beautiful pieces from porcelain clay. I use traditional hand building methods and very rarely use a wheel. Slowly hand building means that every piece is unique and more special for it. I create one-off’s and small batches. I’m very precious about my process- meaning I design, make and finish every piece myself. I’m also a painter and have painted since I was a child, taught by my grandfather and grandmother. I paint abstract and semi abstract landscapes in oils and mixed media. My art and ceramics are in private collections around the world. 

In 2019 I opened a shop selling my art, ceramics and vintage homeware, not forgetting seasonal flower arrangements and plants. It was in a beautiful building in Ampthill. After a house move I’ve been able to move the business solely to my home in a studio and open cabin where I work and style my creations. The garden is my inspiration and a work-in-progress as I turn lawn into a cut flower garden, you can follow my progress on instagram.

Where We Are Today. The new cutting garden at ABOW hq is starting to grow. This year (2024) we have been developing the cutting garden and workshop spaces and I’ve been lucky enough to host a few ceramic workshops to some lovely ladies. I’m planning lots of new workshops and open days for 2025.

I find flower’s utterly enchanting from bud to faded petals, right through to the seed heads left over. The process from seed to bloom never fails to amaze and delight me. They are the inspiration for my pottery designs. 

At the heart of A Bunch Of Wild is the beauty of a garden and it’s powers to restore over and over again. Creating beauty is what drives me. Making art - styling and photographing flowers brings immense happiness and a sense of calm. I’m at my most content when snipping flowers and arranging them, vintage props stacked up ready to incorporate into my vignette and a camera hanging over my shoulder (or my phone shoved in may back pocket). You can come and join me in the summer for floral styling and photography days or, enjoy time spent relaxing, cutting and arranging flowers, taking part in creative days with clay and simply enjoying time spent doing something lovely! Please get in touch for more details.

I will never get tired of walking up the garden path to work. When I’m not in the studio or gardening I’ll be hunting for vintage treasure for my shop, although quite often I end up buying pieces for my own props. I’ve bought and sold antiques for over 20 years now and I find that combining the odd vintage piece along with beautiful art and flowers really make for an interesting home. Find my original wares in my online shop.

 

 

Art & ceramics currently represented by Woburn Mosaic Gallery, Woburn, Bedfordshire 

Previous Shows

2022-2024 Part of The Dorset Brocante (various events in Dorset)

2019-2023 Exhibited at Herbert Hedley, Petersfield, Hampshire.

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Meadow Magazine.