Pattern Catalogue

This is the full catalogue of Imperial Fruit Thieves — an ongoing series, and an ongoing education.

Each pattern documents a territory colonised by the British Empire through the species its occupation damaged or destroyed: birds now endangered or extinct, plants cleared for plantation monocultures, ecosystems that have never recovered. The format is William Morris's iconic Strawberry Thief — turned back on the colonial wealth that produced it.

I'm adding to this as I learn. Each edition begins with research — into a region's ecology, its colonial history, what was taken and what remains. Some of that research is documented here too.