ABOUTSilly Filly started as a personal craft project by Kiera Black, as a means of encouraging creative play outside of running her production and branding studio, Bam Bam Madame.
In between knitting scarves for friends that would probably never be worn, and filling old makeup bags with embroidery thread without ever getting around to actually embroidering anything, she began to draw. Some results were, naturally, terrible. But some were quite pleasant. And after a few days at home on an island in Ireland, the first collection, Dancing in the Desert, had begun to grow.
In all honesty, the reason for each work varies from having no meaning at all to random moments of magic, poeticism or romance. While one might be inspired by French electronica, another is jogged by hearing an old Spike Milligan rhyme or a phrase uttered by a friend, a random selection of words that spring to mind wandering through an airport in the early hours or in the shower.
The aim is to create a world where the playful and silly meets surreal and romantic. For now, that’s through visual art on beautifully textured paper (a tree planted for every print bought, by the way), though the ultimate dream is to one day offer wearable artworks in small batches, too.
Thank you your curiosity and your dedication to the silly, it’s great to have
you here.
