#lines and shapes
Water(s) series.
Sea, Isles, Lake, River, Waterfall.
I wanted to try something a little bit different than usual, using a limited color palette, simple shapes and composition, with recurrent patterns. I had so much fun doing these !
I’ve been greatly inspired by linocut aesthetic, japanese engraving as well as Eyvind Earle and Mary Blair’s paintings and a hint of Matisse’s collages !
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Green half handling corsets
The lines on these corsets show how beautiful plain stitching can be. The stitching all serves a purpose; to keep the corset supports in place and to reinforce the fabric so it maintains the required shape when pulled around the body. Some stitching forms grooves and the look is like a landscape which retains the outlines of the medieval “ridge and furrow” agricultural system. In another place the cross hatching creates a diamond pattern in a bold waistline with metal eyelets for decoration. The use of colour is minimal but the decorative impact is strong.
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Ladies jacket white cashmere, lined silk trimmed black and gold braid and edge fringe, c1870.
The lines of this cording provide a wonderful contrast to the plain body of this coat. The pattern follows the different pieces of the garment emphasising the openings which will allow the coat to move as the wearer moves. Subtlety of colour is added due to the cord being bi-coloured which softens the outlines. Cording decoration became very popular on white women’s dresses of the 1860s, often in black but examples of brown and blue cording can also be found.
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Polyester twill Jacqmar scarf with machine rolled edges. White ground with a linear check motif in pink and blue. Signed ‘Jacqmar’ in navy blue. The Siddons Scarf Collection, donated by B.M. Barnard.
Jacqmar, a well-known brand, is best known for its propaganda scarves in the Second World War designed by Arnold Lever, who also designed for Liberty of London. Immediately after the war floral patterns were popular with graphic designs like this one produced sometime later. This pattern is a simple grid system in pastel pink and blue which can be worn in any direction, so versatile if not one of the most striking of designs. It is signed Jacqmar but does not have the designer’s name. It is of silk and has a hand rolled edge which is indicative of the high quality of the brand.
http:–blog.museumoflondon.org.uk-jacqmar-france-libre-and-peckham-
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Black and rose print shirt ladies waisted summer dress with pink sleeve binding, covered buttons and belt, c1950s.
Stripes were popular in the 1950s as they emphasised the width of the wide skirts. This pattern nicely combines stripes and flowers in a bold combination of pink and black. The black is such a solid colour that the flowers look like decoupage This colour combination was also popular on Edwardian china and this may have been the inspiration for the designer, cotton printers Horrockes produced similar patterns to this one, examples of which can be found in adverts of the period.
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