A moving memoir of grieving through art in North Wales from debut author Ellie Evelyn Orrell.

One summer, Ellie Evelyn Orrell reunited with her mother following the death of their respective grandfather and father. They returned to the small village of Betws Gwerful Goch in North Wales. Ellie returned from studying at university, while Jeanette had been studying the art of indigo dyeing in Japan. An Indigo Summer invites readers into their hillside garden as these two women grieve through art. Orrell draws on the history of indigo dyeing as she reflects on art, the Welsh landscape, and the strangeness of once-familiar places. Lyrical and moving, these stories include some of the illustrations created that summer, inspired by Welsh natural beauty.

Author: Ellie Evelyn Orrell
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Calon
Published: 05/20/2023
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.70w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781915279071


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/17/2023

About the Author
Ellie Evelyn Orrell is an artist and designer who has written for Santes Dwynwen, Our Isles, and the Arts Council of Wales among other publications. She splits her time between Wales and London