Dried by the Tuscan Sun

FORMULATED is the Tortuga Forma journal about the rituals we create around the home, the objects that bring us joy, and the stories behind how things are made.

We return to a slower way of living, letting the sun and the wind dry our laundry. If we allow it to, nature does its work while we listen to the breeze and watch it breathe through the landscape. Travel to Tuscany through a short film about slowing down and giving in. 

“So enchanted with you were the wind and the rain that they whispered the sound of your wonderful name.” - Nancy Tillman

More from Home Rituals

  1. Dressing the Table

    How did we evolve as diners from Medieval revelers using the tablecloth as a communal napkin to creating elaborate table settings with layers of linens, chargers, and up to seven pieces of flatware? How did we shift from wiping our hands on dough like the Romans to mastering 25 different ways to fold a napkin? We take a style detour into history.

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  2. Portfolio 02: Winter Quilt

    Part 2 of film images commissioned by Tortuga Forma. Helena Goñi approaches still objects as though they were human subjects. The objects look the camera directly in the eye without flinching. Other times, they hide themselves in the shadows of a cyanotype or within a domestic scene. 

     

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  3. Bringing Color into a Minimalist Home

    Color and patterns brings immediate warmth into the home. It's easy to default to whites and beiges but there are ways to weave in joyful moments of color - even for the self described minimalist.
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