A brand new yr, and the snow is right here. Fortunately, so is our Winter Wonderland espresso. This espresso is an exquisite mix of washed and pure course of Ethiopia coffees from Suke Quto farms, a farm within the Guji area that maintains its volcanic soil by way of natural recycling, shade timber, and root residue from espresso. We knew we wished to bundle this espresso with equally progressive artwork, so we turned to Seattle-based artist Stasia Burrington and requested her as an example one thing impressed by the phrase “winter wonderland.” She knocked it out of the park with a fantastical and comfy winter scene, scorching espresso and cats included.
We interviewed Stasia to get to know a bit extra about her work and life as an artist. Learn on for the backstory on her method, inspiration, and workshop cats.
What sparked your thought for this yr’s Winter Wonderland illustration?
The previous few years I’ve gotten actually into foraging, mushrooms particularly, and once I was instructed the espresso I might be making a label for was “Winter Wonderland,” I instantly considered Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. As a giant lover of books, fantasy, espresso, and mushrooms, this cozy scene of an Alice-like woman in a enjoyable wintery setting made excellent sense.
As an illustrator, what’s your technique when beginning a brand new challenge?
I do tremendous tough sketches in my pocket book after which tighter sketches digitally. I solely not too long ago (final yr) acquired a pill and love how simple it’s to make massive adjustments digitally.
What’s your artist origin story?
As a child I used to be actually shy and at all times occupying myself with drawing or crafting. Mama’s an artist, so inventive stuff was inspired from an early age.
You listing espresso as one of many artwork kinds you like. What did you get pleasure from about your collaboration with DOMA Espresso?
It’s been actually nice working with DOMA Espresso, principally due to the pliability and freedom I used to be given with serving to to design the label. This challenge felt like I bought to exist each within the worlds of present, adult-artist me and the child-me who may spend hours making artwork in “play mode.” This challenge was very enjoyable and satisfying and gave me an outlet to play in a manner that not all work does. I bought to attract/paint stuff that I’m already tremendous into, and I’m actually proud to have helped beautify baggage of yummy espresso beans!
Do you have got a sure winter woods climbing expertise that impressed your artwork for this label? What do you hope a viewer may get from the scene you have got created?
I grew up partially in Montana, the place we get numerous snow within the winter, in order youngsters we did quite a lot of sledding, ice-skating, and snow-fort constructing. I solely bought critical about climbing just a few years in the past, right here in Seattle the place we don’t get an excessive amount of snow and I don’t belief my city-car to deal with wintery mountain passes. However I did exit in the present day on a profitable winter chanterelle hike. And I had my espresso thermos with me. Solely factor lacking was the cat.
I hope viewers get a way of cozy homeyness from this label, together with some dazzle and awe from the magical snowflake-sprinkled forest.
Talking of cats—they seem typically in your artwork, as they do in our Winter Wonderland label. Do you have got some real-life inspiration at dwelling?
Sure, Kiki, age 11, and Momo, age 10, are my studio mates. I work from my dwelling studio, and so they positively preserve it from getting too lonely. I do have quite a lot of cats in my artwork, much more since I began merchandising at cat conventions just a few years in the past (think about: all types of cat-paraphernelia you’ll be able to demo and/or purchase, like space-age litterboxes, fancy meals, unique cat toys, catios [cat patios], cat pictures, cat artwork, and even cat adoptions. A lot enjoyable!) The cat on DOMA’s Winter Wonderland label is loosely primarily based off Kiki, who’s ever-curious and underfoot.
The place can we discover extra of your work?
I publish totally on Instagram, as @stasiaburrington. I even have a web site (www.stasiaburrington.com) and a store on Etsy (www.stasiab.etsy.com) the place you’ll find prints, tarot and oracle decks, stickers, enamel pins, embroidered patches, and authentic artwork.
Thanks, Stasia, in your stunning work for DOMA Espresso!
