Luke Irwin Ikat Rugs
It’s that time again; time to talk about ikat.
07 May
Wedgewood Wattle
Wedgewood Wattle
It is a ceramic house which has held great influence in it’s field since it’s beginnings in 1759, not least being the reference for a particular cast of heavenly blue.
07 May
Balenciaga Spanish swathes
Balenciaga Spanish swathes
The lustrous petal emenate from the central stamen, growing into large petal clusters.
07 May
travelling fretwork
travelling fretwork
December’s Bergdorf Goodman windows still tracing through the memory.
19 Jan
Gestern haben wir eine Kneipentour gemacht.
Gestern haben wir eine Kneipentour gemacht.
The shadows dance and light bursts intermittently through various tints of old glass. It all hints at the warm glow of hearts within made merry on mead (or something along that vein).
13 Dec
Balenciaga
Balenciaga
His work is so structural. The shape of magyar seams and the use of large sleeve structures reminded me of Henri Moore’s sculptural monoliths, only Balenciaga’s monoliths have bows, tassels and cinched waists.
30 Nov
Draw me some Dior
Draw me some Dior
It’s just the dash of brushstroke and the sparing elegance of it all!
29 Nov
Leon Bakst, Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes
Leon Bakst, Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes
The hand-painted wavy lines and dots; the appliqued zig-zags and the beaded droplet shapes are so simplistic and yet so striking, strong and playful. And not least it is about the love of fabric teamed with movement; and of the textile, in it’s many shades and draperies.