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Escape to Elba: The textile artist @isabel_farchy takes us on a colour saturated trip to the Tuscan island of Elba. It’s here that Farchy, who lives in London, takes inspiration for her gossamer-light patchwork wall hangings, in a palette that recalls the island’s earthy, sun-scorched terrain. 

Every summer as a child Farchy would stay in her grandmother’s house, a one-time shepherd’s hut that has been an artistic retreat through the generations. 

“It’s quite an ascetic house,” she says. “There’s no fancy decoration. The beds are camp beds, the shower is a garden hose.” 

And yet, it’s a beauty. 

Read the full story in today’s @obsmagazine 

Words: @lauramaytodd 
Pictures: @danielcivetta
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