Diario de Elsie Ralston

De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté

Handmade embroidered heart on a silver net pendant

950 recycled silver and organic cotton

Title: "De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté" (from beating, my heart stopped)

is a French movie by Jacques Audiard.

I was lucky to be invited to work again with the Danish Author and Mindfulness expert Gitte Winter Graugraard. And what a journey it has been... In her new book, Hjerternes Dal (Valley of the hearts), she delivers a set of meditations for children that might help parents as well. At least they worked wonders for me in the process of drawing for the book.

There's also a creative set of black and white illustrations in the back of the book that I'm sure will make for happy little artists at home.

The book is out in Danish and by the end of the year we'll be able to read it in English as well. Interested in other languages? Tell Gitte because she listens! Go to roomforreflection.com and drop her a line.

You can get the ebook here and follow Gitte's endeavours with Room for Reflection in Danish here and English here.

Here's a few random visuals of the process:

Creative meetings with Gitte

Photo: Room For Reflection

Creative process

Photo: Room For Reflection

One of the chapters "The fire dancers"

A part of the colouring book

The making of Ørnefjer (Eagle feather)

PAPER CUTS

I've been experimenting with new media and found that paper cutting is just my thing. I could do it until my fingers drop.
Right now I'm working on some personal pieces and taking commissions at the same time.
Send me a line if you want to do something together: elsieralston@gmail.com

This last one was a commission for a special person. A young girl who just survived a lung transplant and wanted reminder of who helped her hold onto to life: