Follow the October Sun
Patchwork I, detail
October Sun Sale
Welcome to our exclusive sale online from October 12 to 31 with previously unseen works and studio studies available for the first time.
Jardin planétaire IV, Lisbon, 2025, hand sun print with cyanotype on fine scraps of 100% percal cotton by Celso De Lemos, 300x600cm
All works and studies presented for our Follow The October Sun online sale were made in the course of the creation of the large-scale textile artworks from the series Jardin Planétaire exclusively presented at Lisbon by Design this may 2025.
During our Follow The October Sun sale, all prices include stiching to mesure for artworks ad studies made for hanging.
“I create my artworks following a full four-seasons cycle, in order to use the minimum resources to create the maximum artistic experience”
_ Barbara Portailler, May 2025 in MANERA MAGAZINE, international design press
Jardin plantéaire is a series inspired by the time it takes for trees to grow shade and the moments we pause to breathe beneath their shades, the time it takes to grow life, these pieces embody both time and transformation.
Made with the sun, the wind and leaves, they are visually organic. Created on natural fabrics with elementary gestures, they are physically in perpetual movement.
Studies are made in the process of making a wider compositions. Either while collecting fabrics and plants, or in the process of cleaning tools and working surfaces. Using all collected fabrics, even the cut bits and pieces, and any remaining drop of cyanotype, it is oriented by a a zero waste ethic.
Studies are both archives of present artworks and seeds of future artworks. All of them, part of an infinite movement, as they are made with the Sun , the Wind and Leaves.
Patchwork I, Lisbon, 2025, hand sun print with cyanotype on fine scraps of 100% percal cotton by Celso De Lemos, 252x63cm. Studio views before stiching.
3465€
Study I, cyanotype on 100% percal cotton, fine scraps from Celso De Lemos, 29,3x27cm. Studio view before stiching
500€
Jardin planétaire VI, Lisbon, 2025, hand sun print with cyanotype on vintage embroidered cotton recollected in Portugal, 70x60cm. Studio view before stitching.
1430€
Study III, cyanotype on 100% percal cotton, fine scraps from Celso De Lemos, 29,4x28,3cm, unframed
200€
Study IV, cyanotype on 100% percal cotton, fine scraps from Celso De Lemos, 30x24cm, unframed
200€
Study V, cyanotype on 100% percal cotton, fine scraps from Celso De Lemos, 29,3x27cm, unframed
200€
Jardin planétaire IV, Lisbon, 2025, hand sun print with cyanotype on fine scraps of 100% percal cotton by Celso De Lemos, 300x600cm. Price on demand
Study II, cyanotype on 100% cotton, 150x90cm, 2025. Studio view before sewing
660€
Study VI, cyanotype on 100% percal cotton, fine scraps from Celso De Lemos, 91x114cm, 2025. Studio view before sewing.
2255€
17H
Barbara portailler & Aurélie Mathigot
Jardin planétaire VI, Lisbon, 2025, four-hands, sun print with cyanotype on vintage linen hand made, grown and thread in Portugal, embroidered cotton recollected in Portugal, patchwork, vintage japanese fabrics, natural died fabrics, photo prints on silk, pearls embroidery, 236x100cm. Studio view after stitching.
4680€
“My studies are both archives and seeds. They are showing what’s behind the scene of my process. At the end of a cycle, all studies are available as the seeds for the next year’s artworks.
Just like composting leaves makes the next spring. I upcyle and regenerate the resources of my environment, the one that I use for my artworks, and my own artworks.
I will either stitch them together or pair them with other collected materials or reprint over them. Unless they become the property of a public collection or of a private collector, they are part of an infinite movement, like the sun, the wind and the leaves.”
Why collecting artworks
Why Collecting The Sun, The Wind and Leaves
BE HAPPY GREEN
All upcycled, short-circuit sourced materials, handmade with an ecological technique
BE HAPPY YOUNG
No need to wait until you're 100 years old. Studies are smaller, cheaper and just as valuable as final artworks
BE HAPPY BOLD
Love is all. No need for intermediaries or big speeches. Get started, I'm here to help you, you are in direct contact with the artist
BE HAPPY WILD
You are someone unexpected and unique in the world. So make your home a place that moves you and is unlike anyone else
BE HAPPY SMART
Why yet another pair of sneakers
when you can treat yourself to an artwork that stays and changes your daily life with every daily ray of sun and breeze