A lot of what inspires me comes from folklore and old tales, back when people still believed the natural world held something sacred. It feels like that belief has faded for most people now, but I want to keep it alive, at least for myself. A place my inner child can still go to, especially in a generation that doesn't leave much room for wonder. What draws me most to these old stories is that the magic in them was never separate from nature, it came from it, rooted in ritual and the land itself. That's the same thing I try to chase in the work.

We've moved further from the natural world than any generation before us. Most of life now happens on a screen, and it shows, we're more anxious, more disconnected, and somehow lonelier than ever, even while constantly "connected." That distance is why I think it matters more now than ever to go back to our roots, not as nostalgia, but as something worth protecting

There is a sense that young people raised in a digital world might want to regress to a time that feels deeply un-modern.

- Lauren Cochrane

The name Ealdora is a made up word with roots from the BBC show Merlin, “Elaodor” being the character’s fictional birth place.

It’s Anglo-Saxon for "old", "elder"