Saturday, February 28, 2015

Collage Pillow 1, plus "Ieri, Oggi, Domani"










rotations:



























Film and fabrics:





This week I watched Vittorio de Sica's film "Ieri, Oggi, Domani"  , a trilogy of short films within a film starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. I was struck by the colors, patterns, and textures in the clothing, architecture, props-- everything so beautifully thought out.  

It's a comprehensive approach that brought to mind the diverse group of fabrics in my collection, which span a wide range of time periods, various family members' personal tastes, functions etc.-- interesting to think of each group of fabrics as a scene, a place, an event.  Some of the fabrics in the collection, such as the green and gray windowpane plaid shirt-- a rag which I recovered from my dad's work shed--  are from around the same time period as the movie, mid-sixties.  
















Love the Lipton boxes and other products, the pop of turquoise in the doorway.
Note the occurrence of blue in this series of market scenes.






.. and the geometric patterned dress that strolls through.
















LOVE this one-- the linear structure and use of shadow to reinforce it, the texture of the wall at the back, the pop of orange amid grays and beiges.



















I was reminded of this painting by Nicolas de Stael .  The monochrome image above emphasizes the lines and spatial composition.  Below is the original painting with all of its glorious colors.























back to the film....












Is that a pile of giant lemons?


You can't miss the yellow in these frames.



























































So small that red license plate, but what an impact.















and a pop of red again in this one.








Crazy colored cabinets!  Note the blood-red pot with the turquoise bowl back left.































Monday, February 9, 2015

"When the soul wants to experience something, she throws out an image in front of her and steps into it."- Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)



















































































                                                                                            
Gunta Stolzl wallhanging "Geturmt" 1973
















Sonia Delaunay scarf and a note card from a friend 



































 Sophie Taeuber Arp 
weaving "Elementary Forms" 1917










































Sophie Tauber Arp with her puppets-- 1918
















































View from my studio