Apollo, (detail), late 1950s. Lucienne Day. Manufactured by Heal Fabrics. At the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C Jill A. Wiltse and H. Kirk Brown III Collection of British Textiles. Courtesy the Textile Museum.
I was thinking about Pantone’s color of the year Tangerine Tango and decided I wanted to feature fabric designs by Lucienne Day using orange tones. I am just a bit enthusiastic about Day’s fabric designs.
Trio-not sure of the date
Foreshore, 1952-this probably leans a bit towards the red orange, but I decided to put it in anyway.
“Springboard furnishing fabric, for Heal’s. Screen-printed linen. UK, 1954. “
My first article on Lucienne Day–I hope a decent introduction to her work–can be read here.
A small video clip featuring a recorded conversation with Lucienne Day by Wallpaper magazine can be watched here.
Helix – Manufactured by Thomas Somerset, 1970.
Lucienne Day did cool stuff with fabrics–and by ‘cool’ I mean inspirational for aspiring artists or designers. A variety of themed features–geometric shapes, colors, foods, organic or botanical shapes–are possible from her work.
It seems likely I’ll be revisiting her work again.
Retiring after thirty-two years as a K-12 visual arts teacher, Terri Gardner now devotes time to a long and early interest: fashion. With her blog, MeadowTree Style, Terri advocates for developing a personal and creative style. She encourages finding fashion in ethical ways such as shopping at consignment/thrift shops, creating it yourself, as well as supporting local designers.
Her second blog, Time for Poodles and Friends, advocates for rescued animals.
Her interests dating from childhood led to her sense of fashion, doing, and living. These interests include sewing, spinning yarn, knitting, design, and giving space for animals. She lives on a small Missouri farm with her husband, a large garden, and several animals including chickens and ducks, dogs and cats, and Shetland sheep and Alpacas. For her beloved rescued dogs, Terri created dog accessories and made them available under the label Sophia & Niko–Exclusive Design for the Distinctive Dog.
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These I like, especially the first image.
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