Fashion and Textile Museum

Did you think I'd forget to post?

Well, on my very busy day out in London I also visited the Fashion and Textile Museum. I'd never heard of it, but it was recommended by Viv Denscombe so I thought it was worth a look.

The exhibition was 'ARTIST TEXTILES Picasso to Warhol'. It was really interesting. It showed how artists translated their art into textiles.  There were lots of well known name such as Matisse and Patrick Heron. It's a real gem and I'd recommend a visit if you get the chance. Here are a few of my photos:

Matisse - the Cut Outs

I treated myself to a day out in London and went to the Matisse - The Cut Outs exhibition.

It was well worth the effort.

I went nice and early in the day and was guaranteed I'd get in as I'd bought my ticket in advance.  This really is a must for the big exhibitions to avoid disappointment.

As I'd got an early timed ticket, 10.30, it meant there weren't lots of people from earlier in the day.  This meant the rooms, with his huge pictures, were relatively empty and I was able to sit and enjoy looking at the pictures.

I hadn't been to Tate Modern before so this was a double treat.  After this great exhibition I looked a a couple of the galleries.  It was amazing.  I saw the Rothko Seagram Murals, a Dali, Picasso, Miro, Kadinsky and so much more.  A really great space.

The Matisse exhibition proved a real inspiration to me for The Travelling Stitch Book.  So here are my pages.

Day out in London

Hello all.

Apologies - but no photos today. But I can tell you about the exhibition I saw yesterday in London at the V&A - Imperial Chinese Robes from the Forbidden City. It's very reasonably prices at £5 and well worth a visit. The detail on the gowns and their quality was really superb. I can only imagine how many hours work it took to produce the gowns - couching on gold thread.

I had a great day and managed to limit myself to only buying one book - it details the work of Charles Harper. He specialised in drawing birds and although they're stylised they're really amazing to look at - great movement and texture. If you look you this book via this link it shows you a number of his pictures. The book, Charley Harper's Birds and Words, is a real work of art and has so much to look at.

I'm also trying to make progress with my altered books - still very much out of my comfort zone. I'll let you know how I get on.

Hope to hear from you soon.