Telling Roses
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Why Women Who Choose Knowledge Are Witches While waiting for Practical Magic 2 to arrive in cinemas, I decided to revisit the topic of witches by reading Alice Hoffman’s entire Owens family saga: The beloved film is based primarily on Practical Magic, the second novel, which follows sisters Sally and Gillian Owens as they discover…
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How Botticelli’s Birth of Venus inspired the Venus Old Roses collection. Explore the origins of Telling Roses’ symbolic hand embroidery, where Renaissance art, heritage roses and botanical beauty become timeless embroidered creations.
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Discover the symbolism behind the Venus & Adonis rose by Telling Roses. Inspired by Shakespeare’s poem, mythology and the timeless language of flowers, this symbolic hand embroidery explores love as both bliss and sorrow through a red and white rose
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The Centifolia Rose: The Rose of a Hundred Petals
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Discover the meaning of the Centifolia Rose, the famous Cabbage Rose and Rose of Painters. Explore its history, symbolism and our artistic interpretation through hand embroidery.
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Discover the meaning of the historic Maiden’s Blush Rose through hand-embroidered wearable art inspired by Victorian floriography and symbolic storytelling.
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Rosaspina reinterprets the symbolism of the rose through hand embroidery and wearable art. Inspired by Briar Rose, this one-of-a-kind creation combines deep red roses, winding brambles, and visible thorns to tell a story of beauty, strength, and the pursuit of one’s calling.
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A silvery armour beneath the Northern Lights. Roses carrying memories, shadows, and souls. Inspired by ancient beliefs and Norse legends, *Roses & Souls* explores the mysterious bond between flowers, remembrance, and the journey beyond life.
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Navigating WikiArt has always been one of my favorite scrolls — if you love art, you probably understand. The sad part, however, is realizing how overwhelmingly male-represented the history of art still appears there, especially before the 20th century. Historically, women were often excluded from the institutional worlds of art and philosophy, and perhaps this…
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The Moss Rose Dress No. 2 how a symbolic rose and its Victorian meaning inspired a brand new hand-embroidered creation, a piece of art to wear, cherish and pass onto the next generation of women in your family
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In alchemy, the rose is never just a symbol of love. It marks the final stage of transformation — where opposites merge, and perfected matter reveals itself. A rose born not at the beginning, but at the end of the work.
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