This beautiful little Owl is a must for any owl lover. The print is detailed & vibrant. Barn Owl is perfect for your coins, cards & notes, makeup or perhaps to a pouch for magic items found in the countryside. Thank you for making the conscious effort to choose organic cotton. Your Barn Owl will come with all the gift packaging shown in the photograph. 100% Organic Cotton Canvas Control Union certified cotton Ethically produced Premium heavyweight fabric - 407g/m Zippered closure Coin purse, make up purse, a little purse for bits & bobs Dimensions: approx 14cm x 10cm / 4.7 x 3.1 inches Fits into handbag / Highly detailed Print / Hand finished by Sandy Gardner Artist Story card included with purchase Features a digitally print produced with environmentally friendly inks. This is not a mass produced product - your chosen purse will be checked & packaged by myself before dispatch. You are purchasing a highly detailed piece of British Artwear by acclaimed, award wining, Scottish artist Sandy Gardner. Cotton is the most widespread profitable non-food crop in the world. Its production provides income for more than 250 million people worldwide & employs almost 7% of all labour in developing countries. Approximately half of all textiles are made of cotton. The global reach of cotton is wide, but current cotton production methods are environmentally unsustainableultimately undermining the industry’s ability to maintain future production. Why is organic cotton better for the planet? No polluting pesticides - hazardous synthetic pesticides need to be diluted to bring them to ‘safe’ levels when they enter waterways - over one fifth of water used to grow non-organic cotton is used for this purpose. This is not the case for organic cotton because hazardous synthetic pesticides are banned in organic farming. There are many reasons why organic cotton is better for the planet. The World Economic Forum has identified water scarcity as one of the top ten global risks to society over the next ten years, & the majority of cotton is grown in countries facing water shortages. Organic cotton has significantly fewer negative impacts on water than non-organic. Healthier soil - organic farmers use natural methods like composting to create healthy soil. Healthy soil acts like a sponge, soaking up water during floods & holding it for longer during droughts. The way cotton is watered - most organic cotton is grown in rain-fed areas, this mean farmers rely on rain to water their cotton, instead of having to extract water from the ground which can put pressure on water supplies in local communities. This information is from www.soilassociation.org Art Process: The original artwork begins with a combination of pen & ink line drawings coloured with water colours washes. With the meticulously use of a drawing tablet, fine brush details are added. Each design is completed by digitally combining the hand rendered elements with layered fragments of digital photography & collage.
