About
MISS MOSS
Welcome to Miss Moss! We’re a female-owned small business based in Toronto, Canada, turning nature into art, one mossy masterpiece at a time. What started as a way to bring greenery into our home, quickly grew when friends and family asked for pieces of their own.
"My art is inspired by the beauty of nature and its imperfections, like the intricate layers of forest floors or wildflowers springing between cracks in concrete."
Every Miss Moss piece is completely unique, featuring a variety of preserved mosses, bark, pine cones, and dried flowers.
ARTIST PROCESS
"I began making moss wall art during a stressful period, as a way to cope and help improve my mental health. The process of creating a new Miss Moss piece makes me smile and I love seeing how happy they make kids and adults alike. It is truly such a wonderful and easy way to bring nature into our spaces without the need for any maintenance."
Our creation process is inspired by nature and its imperfections. We glue pieces of moss to the frame in an free-flowing, unstructured way, just like nature. Mossy fact: to date, the only Miss Moss piece that has had a pre-drawn pattern is our rainbow piece.
Depending on the size of the frame and types or colours of moss we're using, setting up and glueing the base layer can take hours or days. After the background is completely covered, it's time to play and prettify! It's a fun process to see a piece evolve as a layer of flowers, bark, or other materials are slowly added. Once the piece is ready, we do a quality check to ensure every Miss Moss original meets our high standards that will allow it to last for years to come.
ART PRINTS
We are excited to be introducing high quality art prints this fall! Our mossy works are printed using high-resolution Giclée inkjet printers, on 308 gsm premium, museum quality Photo Rag paper from Hahnemüle, made of 100% cotton.
SUSTAINABILITY
At Miss Moss, we put people and planet over profit. We carefully research and select the suppliers we work with to ensure they follow ethical and sustainable business practices.
Original Miss Moss Art: Our focus on sustainability means we only create new art when our available pieces are low in stock or have completely sold out. Be sure to join our mailing list to be the first to know about new mossy releases!
Moss: Our mosses originate from Europe and adhere to EU environmental protection laws. In addition, many of the varieties we procure have an ISO 14001 certification for environmental management.
Decorations: We harvest naturally fallen bark, logs, pine cones, and acorns. To protect nature and animal habitats, so we only harvest a bit at a time when out hiking or backcountry camping. We also source our flowers from local flower farmers, thereby supporting growers right here in Ontario, Canada. Finally, we use IKEA frames for their sustainable manufacturing and affordability. We purchase our larger wooden panels locally or work with a carpenter here in Toronto to make custom sizes.
Prints: We print on Photo Rag 100% cotton paper by Hahnemüle, which has been producing paper for over 400 years and holds an ISO 14001 certification for environmental management.
To further reduce our carbon footprint and shipping costs, we work with carefully selected printers in Canada, the US, UK, and Germany.
Print Stock: We do not carry any prints in stock. Every Miss Moss print is made to order and shipped directly from the printer to you. This allows us to reduce our carbon footprint.
We hope you love your mossy, one-of-a-kind creation! 🌸
Miss Moss, Maya Chivi
Land Acknowledgement
Miss Moss is based in Tkaronto (Toronto), which for thousands of years has been the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. We acknowledge that the City of Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.. We are thankful to work and live on this land, which is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
We offer a land acknowledgement to recognize, respect, and honour this territory, the treaties, the original occupants, their ancestors, and the historic connection they have with this land, and as a step in Truth and Reconciliation.
