Mid March 2020

Painting Spring for Evermore

I N S T O R E + O N L I N E

To celebrate mothers and women, my good friends at Evermore London asked me to personalise and paint their beautiful candle boxes, which will make the perfect Mother’s Day gift. If (somehow) you don’t know of Evermore their candles are made from luscious black soy and rapeseed wax, dreamy scents and sit in slick black and gold pots - which everyone reuses afterwards because they’re so damn pretty.

For the collaboration I chose a colour scheme to compliment the beautiful packaging, and we decided on a Spring theme, dotting painted flowers, blossom and juicy fruit illustrations along with the name of the recipient. See some of my working studio shots below. These handpainted gift box editions are available on the Evermore website until March 13th, just choose ‘personalisation’ at checkout.

Plus, come meet me at Fortnums! I’ll also be working on the Evermore boxes at my first in-store event of the year at Fortnum & Mason in London, which I’m pretty excited about, and I am definitely going to raid the food hall afterwards. I’ll be live personalising all boxes purchased on the day and we can have a chat while the paint dries!

Let me know if you’re coming down:
Fortnum & Mason - 2nd Floor
181 Piccadilly, London, W1A 1ER
Thursday 19th March, 1pm - 5pm

Instagram

Personalised shells created for a wonderful @rachelbakewell x @_anni_lu_ event 🤍🐚

New print release - available online in A4 & A3.

La Dolce Vita
Only You
🖤

Behind the scenes painting a tablescape for a very fun project with @papier to launch my new stationery collaboration 🖤

Headboard or mural above the bed? + welcome back sunshine 🌞

‘Black Flowers’ series.
The @therealylt song that the collection is named after is a sentimental one to me. I saw them play it live at the Barbican and I cried. I was thinking of starting a commission option to paint people’s favou

Little sheets of love. Words and drawings in a book I found, featuring Dante’s Inferno, Italian lessons, musings, music and letters, adorned with flowers and whimsical illustrations. Each signed and totally unique.
Acrylic on book pages (front

Wow my new series ‘Black Flowers’ was released 12 hours ago and half have sold 🖤 A huge thank you for your purchases, support and messages. Especially with the algorithm making it hard for artists and small businesses, every interaction

Musings

Nothing is permanent, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect ~ Wabi Sabi

NOVEMBER 2019
I’m Chiara Perano. I used to be known for my bespoke stationery and calligraphy studio Lamplighter London, which I have decided to close for a number of reasons. Maybe you came on a workshop of mine, maybe we worked together, or you bought my book Nib & Ink. Things have changed for me since then, and my journey into Motherhood has made me totally rethink how I want to live my life, and I’ve been connecting with my roots artistically and personally.

I have created a new art collection under my studio rebrand Ciao Chiara blending a love of nostalgic lettering, brush illustrations, interiors, food and slow intentional living (the Italian way). I sell artistic items (see some below) and work as a freelance artist, designer and illustrator, and I’m looking forward to reconnecting and collaborating with other creatives, designers and brands. You can still find me on instagram, join me there to chat lettering/art/pizza, and you can see behind the scenes at my home studio. Thank you for sticking with me through this transition, I’m so excited to be back, inspired and ready.

Chiara x