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Category Archives: Visual Culture as Inspiration
Stealing from the past – painting Silvia
Living in East Anglia there are many parish churches that still retain both medieval and Victorian church art. Painted rood screens and colourful stained glass provide a wealth of inspiration for my silk scarf designs. I like to steal ideas for … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk, Visual Culture as Inspiration
Tagged colour combinations, creativity, design, inspiration, medieval, medieval church, motif, rood screen, stained glass, Victorian
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Different interpretations – costume designs for Madama Butterfly at the La Scala Museum, Milan.
Last November I was visiting Milan and had the opportunity to go to the opera at La Scala to see a semi-staged version of ‘Porgy and Bess’. It was intense and moving and very dramatic. The next morning I went … Continue reading
Posted in Art History, Visual Culture as Inspiration
Tagged artists, Caramba, costume design, creativity, Foujita, La Scala Museum, La Scale, Luigi Sapelli, Madama Butterfly, Mori, Palanti, Ukiyo-e
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Silk scarf painting
Last autumn I felt like renewing how I approach my work. Nothing major, but some adjusting here and there, some tweaking and a few small changes in how I create my silk pieces. I have been developing using some of … Continue reading
Down the rabbit hole with John Tenniel
It’s just over one month into the New Year and the world of politics is thrashing from one extraordinary tweet to another and here in the UK a notable Member of Parliament has even suggested some of our politicians are living … Continue reading
Art for Christmas cards anyone?
Years ago I received a charity Christmas card which featured what I took to be ‘The Three Wise Men’. Last month, at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, I saw the very large Gentile and Giovanni Bellini painting, ‘St Mark … Continue reading
Lowestoft – early blue and white museum pieces
Recently I noticed a display of blue and white china in a local store and mused how we use the word ‘china’ interchangeably with ‘porcelain’. Of course ‘china’ was commonly used to mean from China when referring to dinnerware and … Continue reading
Preparing for a show
Now looking at this opening photograph you’re perhaps asking, ‘Is this preparation for a literary function?’ ‘Has Agnes decided to write, make, craft a book about painting silk?’ Well, actually no. Yes, you’ve guessed correctly – it’s silk painting, but … Continue reading
A lesson in looking – Chardin and white chocolate truffles
Back in May I tried out a new recipe for cranberry and white chocolate truffles. They were too sweet for my taste so I rolled them in toasted, chopped almonds to add a nutty flavour. It was a slight improvement, … Continue reading
Posted in Art History, Visual Culture as Inspiration
Tagged art, Chardin, creative, inspiration, looking, photography, still life, teapot, truffles, white chocolate, white teapot
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Sharing ways of working, sharing inspiration
Last weekend I was very pleased when the Summer 2015 edition of the International Journal of the Guild of Silk Painters arrived in the post. It’s a great little journal that allows a widely spread collective of artist/artisan silk painters … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk, Visual Culture as Inspiration
Tagged artisan, colour printing, guild, inspiration, medieval, painting, rood screen, sharing, silk, silk painting, work
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The 18th century, the 1960s and Anna Wintour
Painted silk may be a framed work of textile art hanging on a wall, or a floaty scarf draped across your shoulders, but it might also be an elaborately constructed 18th-century gown such as this beautiful example below. This stunning … Continue reading
