“My dedication to collecting antique linens and fabrics has been longstanding. This can also be said for my interest in style and design. As an Italian who grew up in Rome, a city well known for both its antiquity and vibrancy as well as its awe-inspiring art, my early experiences have proved essential to my work as an artist and a designer. What I have endeavoured to achieve in my work is a combination of Italian and English style."

When Speronella moved to the English countryside, her enthusiasm for gardening and nature really began to develop. Designing the garden at home was one of her first self-motivated projects and, since then she taught herself many more skills by learning from others, and trial and error.

Her obsession with the garden was not the plants themselves, but the forms they created. The vegetable garden was and still is her absolute passion. Shapes of vegetables fascinate her. Speronella started recreating them with clay and what captivated her was how they turned out looking nothing like the original vegetable but instead assumed their own identity. To this day, natural shapes and plant forms play a very important part in her designs.

"At Speronella Marsh, we strive to achieve a balanced blend of tradition and modernity, where the essence of our work lies in the simplicity of revitalising block printing."

Discover Speronella’s block print designs.