Ancient Future Studio

About

Creative play. Shared wisdom.

Creative ways to connect with ourselves, each other and nature.

Cards, journals and creative activities for noticing, making and discovering, on your own or together.

Idea Cards

Journal

Workshop Guides

^{Patterns in NaturE — idea cards}
A card deck for exploring how nature works and imagining what might be possible.

Made for curious minds aged 9 and up—children, families, educators, and anyone who enjoys looking closer.

Choose a card. Look for its patterns outdoors or around your home. What do you notice? Sketch a discovery, imagine an invention, or explore an idea together. There’s no single right answer.

The deck brings together nature-inspired image cards and a companion booklet with starting points for observation, creative play, and invention. Explore the booklet sources

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Patterns in NaturE — JOURNAL
A place for observations, sketches and ideas.

Collect what catches your attention. Sketch a discovery, follow a question, or imagine something new. A few starting prompts lead into open pages, with room for unfinished thoughts and unexpected directions.

Use it alongside the Patterns in Nature cards, or wherever your curiosity leads.

Buy the journal on Etsy ↗

Creative Workshop Guides
Starting points for making and discovering together.

Downloadable guides for adults exploring nature, community and self with children. Developed through hands-on workshops, they offer materials, techniques and ideas, with room to follow children’s interests.

Explore the workshop guides on Etsy ↗

Why I am building this

I’m Anika, an artist, designer and parent. I love creative play, the freedom to follow an idea without knowing where it will lead. Over the years, I’ve led workshops and creative activities with children, and I’m always excited by those moments when something unexpected sparks a new possibility.

Being a mother and aunt makes me think more deeply about the world we’re growing into together. Time with my son, my nieces and nephews, and their friends reminds me to leave room for play, wonder and unexpected questions. Conversations with elders invite me to slow down, listen and see things differently.

I feel the pull of screens too, especially when life feels overwhelming. These creative tools are reminders for me as well: to pause, notice, make something and reconnect. I’m curious about how technology can help us share ideas and find more opportunities to explore together, with each other and the natural world.

There’s a kind of magic in that connection. A small discovery, a shared story or a playful experiment can open something in us: excitement, inspiration, the freedom to imagine beyond what we already know. And sometimes, the feeling that we have something to offer, that we can help shape the future, starting where we are.

Ancient Future Studio is an evolving experiment in making room for those possibilities. I’d love to co-create with people of different ages and cultures, including elders, bringing knowledge, stories and practices into experiences we can share.

Who knows what we might discover, dream up or bring to life together? At least, that is the dream at this moment.

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What guides this

Wonder
Notice something. Follow a question.

Creativity + Play
Try, make and see what happens.

Connection
Learn with each other and the living world around us.

Care
Give attention to ourselves, others and the places we share.

^{FOLLOW ALONG}

Occasional studio notes, creative invitations and news as this experiment unfolds. Including when card deck preorders open.

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