Monday, 6 August 2012
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Friday, 29 June 2012
Orange + Green & White
To my great delight I find that my blankets are listed as number 13 in the July/ August Monacle feature on '50 Things to Improve your Life' - tucked between number 12 - A Private Island; and number 14 - Toasties and Lattes at Doutour!
To celebrate here are a couple of very pleasing colour-echoes...
... a lovely orange against the David Tremlett mural at Tate Britain...
...and again outside Central Saint Martins....
...and this very satisfying Dunlop green flash combination...
...and again, in the railway carriage cafe on Deptford High Street.
To celebrate here are a couple of very pleasing colour-echoes...
... a lovely orange against the David Tremlett mural at Tate Britain...
...and again outside Central Saint Martins....
...and this very satisfying Dunlop green flash combination...
...and again, in the railway carriage cafe on Deptford High Street.
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Flour Folk
These lovely ceramic figures are above a shop front near Spitalfields. I guess it must have been a bakers originally. I really like the story of the process from flour to loaf - they have a feel of stations of the cross to me. The inscription reads P. Lindsey Clark 1926.
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Waste Not
These images are from an amazing installation at the Barbican by Song Dong.The whole curve gallery is filled with thousands of objects collected and used by his mother during her lifetime.
"...A poignant meditation on family life and the artist’s own childhood during the Cultural Revolution, the installation comprises over 10,000 items collected by Song Dong’s mother, Zhao Xiangyuan, over five decades - ranging from a section of the family home, to metal pots and plastic bowls to blankets, bottle caps, toothpaste tubes and toys. The activity of saving and re-using things is in keeping with the Chinese adage wu jin qi yong – ‘waste not’ – a prerequisite for survival during periods of social and political turmoil. artist, Song Dong. A poignant meditation on family life and the artist’s own childhood during the Cultural Revolution, the installation comprises over 10,000 items collected by Song Dong’s mother, Zhao Xiangyuan, over five decades - ranging from a section of the family home, to metal pots and plastic bowls to blankets, bottle caps, toothpaste tubes and toys. The activity of saving and re-using things is in keeping with the Chinese adage wu jin qi yong – ‘waste not’ – a prerequisite for survival during periods of social and political turmoil..."
"Song Dong is known for his conceptual and often very personal performances and installations. For his London exhibition, Song Dong has developed a new iteration of Waste Not. First conceived in 2005, it remains of the utmost significance to the artist. Unexpectedly and tragically Zhao Xiangyuan died in an accident in 2009. Each time Song Dong remakes the work, assisted by his sister, Song Hui, and his wife Yin Xiuzhen, the entire family is brought together again. Memories are rekindled and personal family objects are rediscovered, bringing powerful emotions to the fore. "
"Ultimately, Waste Not speaks of the strong bonds between family members and the power of objects to tell stories and shape our lives.
The installation invites you to intimately relate to their extraordinary life story..."
Text from the Barbican's website.
http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=12878
"...A poignant meditation on family life and the artist’s own childhood during the Cultural Revolution, the installation comprises over 10,000 items collected by Song Dong’s mother, Zhao Xiangyuan, over five decades - ranging from a section of the family home, to metal pots and plastic bowls to blankets, bottle caps, toothpaste tubes and toys. The activity of saving and re-using things is in keeping with the Chinese adage wu jin qi yong – ‘waste not’ – a prerequisite for survival during periods of social and political turmoil. artist, Song Dong. A poignant meditation on family life and the artist’s own childhood during the Cultural Revolution, the installation comprises over 10,000 items collected by Song Dong’s mother, Zhao Xiangyuan, over five decades - ranging from a section of the family home, to metal pots and plastic bowls to blankets, bottle caps, toothpaste tubes and toys. The activity of saving and re-using things is in keeping with the Chinese adage wu jin qi yong – ‘waste not’ – a prerequisite for survival during periods of social and political turmoil..."
"Song Dong is known for his conceptual and often very personal performances and installations. For his London exhibition, Song Dong has developed a new iteration of Waste Not. First conceived in 2005, it remains of the utmost significance to the artist. Unexpectedly and tragically Zhao Xiangyuan died in an accident in 2009. Each time Song Dong remakes the work, assisted by his sister, Song Hui, and his wife Yin Xiuzhen, the entire family is brought together again. Memories are rekindled and personal family objects are rediscovered, bringing powerful emotions to the fore. "
The installation invites you to intimately relate to their extraordinary life story..."
Text from the Barbican's website.
http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=12878
Friday, 27 April 2012
Co-Operative
Here is some lovely old signage for the Co-Op in Bradford on Avon. I love the way that the letters gently interrupt the scallop pattern underneath.
And also, a carved stone altar from an old Saxon church. The pattern is just like the traditional Welsh double-cloths.
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
'Rigor and Urbanity'
What a nice little write up in American Vogue for my Ziggerat blankets for Margaret Howell! Click through to image six from the link:
http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/article/editors-eye-february/
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