Inspired by Emily Dickinson's poem 'I Haven't Told My Garden Yet' & Pia Pera's 'Al Giardino Ancora Non L'ho Detto' An Irrational Element explores the notion of a garden's needs and the human connection to the garden. Pia Pera writes about life, death and brings into words the connection between her life’s decay & the natural development of her garden during this period.
Determined to evoke the romanticism of a garden going through the spring and summer seasons An Irrational Element displays its SS23 collection through shape, texture, feel, fit and intention.
A garden’s needs are not set in stone, whilst human intervention can lead to a well orchestrated whole there are an infinite options on how to care for your garden. Any option can be considered perfectly in balance depending on one’s vision.
This thought also holds true for An Irrational Element’s ‘I Haven’t Told The Garden Yet’. In a way each item is a garden in its own right, all constructed in a variety of ways. There are items made from the most well regarded Italian tropical wool, precisely cut and sewn together boasting elegance. Then there are items that are hand knitted leaving room for human idiosyncrasies and made from old world cotton, which has only been fed by rainwater. While the contrast between both processes is evident the final results exhibit a synergy of quality and the ability to speak to ones body and mind in a comparative way.
An Irrational Element humbly invites you to view, feel and grasp the ‘I Haven’t Told The Garden Yet’ collection and understand its close relationship to the multitudes of how a garden can be balanced and stand in relation to organic life cycles.
