Rosa returns to the boarded up Tudor mansion of her childhood where she must now learn to survive without the privileges of her forefathers.
Rosa returns to the boarded up Tudor mansion of her childhood where she must now learn to survive without the privileges of her forefathers.
In her dreams Rosa remembers the enchantment of luscious flower petals falling like pink rain, back when the seasons had a predictable ebb and flow.
In her dreams Rosa remembers the enchantment of luscious flower petals falling like pink rain, back when the seasons had a predictable ebb and flow.
Based on the Victorian hoop skirt, the armature is made from Willow branches from my garden.
Based on the Victorian hoop skirt, the armature is made from Willow branches from my garden.
Caught between wistfully looking back at her old life and facing the challenges of her new one.
Caught between wistfully looking back at her old life and facing the challenges of her new one.
The Tara dress is left to decompose outdoors, where the soft pinks turn into deep magentas.
The Tara dress is left to decompose outdoors, where the soft pinks turn into deep magentas.
Months have passed and while the Douglas Fir sprouts its first buds, the dresses’ flowers have dried and the hardy Magnolia leaves have browned.
Months have passed and while the Douglas Fir sprouts its first buds, the dresses’ flowers have dried and the hardy Magnolia leaves have browned.
A moth seeks to camouflaged itself within the white fuzzy skin of the dried Camellia petals.
A moth seeks to camouflaged itself within the white fuzzy skin of the dried Camellia petals.
The now disused pool of this grand old property reflects a yesteryear blind to the consequences of its actions.
The now disused pool of this grand old property reflects a yesteryear blind to the consequences of its actions.

Tara

Years after the climate change disasters Miss Rosa Styles returns to her beloved home, her Tara. Like the dramatic scenes in Gone with the Wind the attachment to one’s terroire, one’s birthplace, one’s earth runs deep in those still clinging to the past. When houses were big and filled with extended family, where children played in the pool in the scorching hot summers. A modern day Scarlet, Miss Styles will attempt to rebuild a life by wearing the cherished Camellia blossoms and Magnolia leaves of her youth.

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