Latitude Love

It’s taken a little while to post this as I’ve been busy unpacking utopia (& hoovering up glitter). However, people made lots of fab art in the Garden of Love at Latitude Festival and we had a wonderful time working with the @HomeLiveArt team.

It was a joy working with two of my favourite artists. @Leilartlove spent many hours making decor, to help me grow the Garden of Love. When she asked if I’d like her to make a sign, I envisaged A3 calligraphy, maybe with a touch of illuminated manuscript. I got this.

I love working with her. She’s been involved in the Forest of Thoughts since its early days and is always a creative joy to work (well, play) with.

Joining the team for the first time was @@HannahSilversmi. She’s a fabulously talented silversmith who writes wonderful stories to go with her (largely nature and science inspired) jewellery.

She’s also a dab hand at crafting (we thought blow-torches and hammers a tad risky to bring to a festival).

It’s impossible to capture the full magic of Latitude but here are some of the pictures.

Utopia took so many forms for so many people. I was particularly happy when we were given the seal of approval from a lovely pair of smiley people.

Utopia was a dinosaur for another lovely person who radiated good vibes. I am very grateful we were allowed to keep it. The dinosaur is settling in nicely.