Applied Arts Studio | Jaana Mattson

Illustrations

There is a wealth of forgotten images to be discovered everywhere from flea markets to garage sales, and the antique books, vintage postcards, old postage stamps, newspapers and magazines found there carry a tangible sense of history. Each tile in this collection is reversible…

Bluebird Necklace with Hammered Silver

Leaf Skeletons

leaf skeletons

Natural leaf skeletons are simply the fine architecture of veins that is exposed when the flesh of a leaf is worn away. What remains is a delicate, yet surprisingly strong structure, and each one is as different as a finger print…

Feathers

feathers

The rich and intense shifting colors of macaw and parrot feathers captivated me on a trip to a bird sanctuary in Central America a few years ago, and since then I have yet to find a feather that didn’t inspire me. From colors that travel like a flame across a single feather to…

Antique Lace

antique laces

From local estate sales to foreign flea markets, lace fascinates with its history, complexity and beauty. The fine handwork of unknown women, whose patterns and decorative motifs were created one thread at a time generations ago…

From The Woods

From the Woods

Capturing small pieces of the natural world around us brings to light intriguing details in the suprising variety of birch bark, the overlay of different types of lychen, the structure of cedar tips and the sensuous topography of red pine bark…