Susan Wallis - Afternoon Tea in the Forest Series - 'Stick Tea'
Inspired by the natural elements in Kristen’s work and her evocative title Night Time in a Chair, I began to reflect on time as a series of quiet transitions. The afternoon, in particular, feels like a threshold—a moment to pause between the demands of the day and the stillness of evening.
Drawing on the textures of the forest floor—mushrooms pushing through damp earth, moss soft underfoot, and bird’s nests woven with care—I imagined afternoon tea as a symbolic ritual. It is more than refreshment; it becomes an act of stillness, mirroring the slow rhythms of nature. Like the layered life of the woods, this simple gesture—pouring, stirring, sipping—holds space for reflection and renewal.
See the work by Kristen Donoghue-Standford from the Pairings show 2025 that inspired this series here.
Vintage tea cup with birch bark, beeswax and sticks $125
Inspired by the natural elements in Kristen’s work and her evocative title Night Time in a Chair, I began to reflect on time as a series of quiet transitions. The afternoon, in particular, feels like a threshold—a moment to pause between the demands of the day and the stillness of evening.
Drawing on the textures of the forest floor—mushrooms pushing through damp earth, moss soft underfoot, and bird’s nests woven with care—I imagined afternoon tea as a symbolic ritual. It is more than refreshment; it becomes an act of stillness, mirroring the slow rhythms of nature. Like the layered life of the woods, this simple gesture—pouring, stirring, sipping—holds space for reflection and renewal.
See the work by Kristen Donoghue-Standford from the Pairings show 2025 that inspired this series here.
Vintage tea cup with birch bark, beeswax and sticks $125
Inspired by the natural elements in Kristen’s work and her evocative title Night Time in a Chair, I began to reflect on time as a series of quiet transitions. The afternoon, in particular, feels like a threshold—a moment to pause between the demands of the day and the stillness of evening.
Drawing on the textures of the forest floor—mushrooms pushing through damp earth, moss soft underfoot, and bird’s nests woven with care—I imagined afternoon tea as a symbolic ritual. It is more than refreshment; it becomes an act of stillness, mirroring the slow rhythms of nature. Like the layered life of the woods, this simple gesture—pouring, stirring, sipping—holds space for reflection and renewal.
See the work by Kristen Donoghue-Standford from the Pairings show 2025 that inspired this series here.
Vintage tea cup with birch bark, beeswax and sticks $125