Objects of archival, Catalogue 004

A visual body of work; Crossing rivers, facing bulls and dodging rain "to get the shot".

Objects of archival, Catalogue 004

Subject: Oak Meadows ‘Evergreen’

Creative Direction: Tara Samuelson, Donna Stain + Tess Guinery

Flower architecture and creative concepts: Donna Stain

Photography and creative direction: Tara Samuelson

Location: The iconic Rainbow house and fields of Uki, Northern NSW.

Method: Equal parts plan and play. Improv meets the organised.

If this object of archival had a theme song: It would be this one

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Dear reader,

I made a little film of all the BTS grabs from this special co-creation.

Before you continue on—

I like to recite the words of Twyla Tharp for they are most fitting when it comes to a co-creation of this nature, with these women…

My ya ya sisterhood,

a self-proclaimed ‘pungent posse’

“All collaborations are love stories” and this certainly was that—

Three separate shoot days,

rivers were crossed,

cow poo was tread in barefooted,

a giant roll of canvas’ went missing and was tracked down by the detectives of the entire local on-line noticeboard,

husbands hand-made and helped lift heavy things,

rain came and halted plans,

sun came and made them beautiful,

tears fell,

laughter too,

petals were glued to eye-lids

and there was a near-miss confrontation with a bull.

All seasons of a co-creation were had together on this one and we got in the grit for each shot, having the time of our lives doing it.

I invite you to enjoy the visual documentation below of a recent campaign for Northern Rivers sweetheart label ‘Oak Meadows and their latest collection ‘Evergreen’ — we fused minds and hearts passionately for this one.

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Objects of archival: Catalogue 004

Behind-the-scenes + campaign catalogue imagery, Oak Meadows ‘Evergreen’

Twirling up hill, downhill, until my legs gave in.

Tara aka location scout guru with the lens that captures the most charming details. She is both meticulous but as calm as the rivers.

Flowers, flowers and always flowers by Donna.

Never felt so safe in the aim of someones bullseye.

Donna working her endless flower magic in the rain.

The signature orb of course! The purple that stole the show.

Thank you for being here in the archives. To sit audience to more, visit Oak Meadows and view their latest collection ‘Evergreen’ here

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Here are five other pieces that might interest you, pieces that were formed by the same hands as the piece you have just immersed in.

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Sun speak.

Tomorrow when things were beautiful.

The flowers are to blame.

If you’d like to inquire about having us work on your label artfully, reach out via management@tessguinery.co we’d love to make something beautiful for you!

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Did you see my latest love letter and what I have made intimately available?

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Thank you for being here. Paid subscriptions allow me to keep writing these love-letters. Choosing to sow into ‘Catching Shower Flowers’ as a paid subscriber is a generous acknowledgment that you value what you read here, that you are not just an audience to the work, but a contributor to the unfolding of it. Thank you for the opportunity to push my limits and find the words begging to be found, just beneath the words on top. I am so grateful for this opportunity, one that I don’t hold lightly.

Love Tess

xo