Category: Journal

• Sleeping at Farnsworth

  

  There is much to say about Mies van der Rohe.

  2011-08-12

• Textile Designers of the Bauhaus

  

  Me, my work, and the Bauhaus.

  2011-08-11

• Textiles of Vienna

  

  There are some interesting fabric pieces to see at the National Gallery of Victoria Vienna Art and Design exhibition, although I could have done with more of Josef Hoffman’s Wiener Werkstätte textile designs.

  2011-08-10

• Eileen Gray

  

  Maybe you’ve heard of Eileen Gray.

  2011-08-09

• Machines for Healing

  

  People don’t like hospitals much.

  2011-08-08

• Cake Olympics

  

  How sweet is this Olympic cake for the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne? An ancient ritual to commemorate a significant event. Artfully displayed. | Home Beautiful, November 1956 | Julia Ritson

  2011-08-06

• South Yarra Library

  

  I do go on about Yuncken Freeman.

  2011-08-05

• Paul Nash Fabrics

  

  Englishman Paul Nash made this piece of fabric for the Old Bleach Linen Company in Northern Ireland.

  2011-08-04

• Lapis Lazuli and Textiles

  

  Heard Professor Marie O’Mahony on the old radio the other day talking about textile companies using gemstones in fabrics.

  2011-08-03

• Teresa Liano, Longchamp and Anya Hindmarch

  

  I love the way Teresa Liano attached the metal chain from her Anya Hindmarch bag to her Longchamp pouch.

  2011-08-02

• Lucky Charms and Quatrefoils

  

  The four leaf clover is a symbol of luck.

  2011-08-01

• Rear Window

  

  This beautiful piece of fabric called Rear window, was produced in 1938 by a Lyons textile manufacturer.

  2011-07-29

• Raoul Dufy’s Textile Art

  

  Raoul Dufy is one of those artists who was able to successfully cross from one medium to another.

  2011-07-28

• Amalie and Archibald Colquhoun

  

  I’m glad Alex Taylor decided to write a book about the studios of bohemian Melbourne.

  2011-07-27

• Small Medium Large

  | Mort Gerberg, New Yorker |

  2011-07-27

• A Poem by Billy Collins

  

  Here’s a perfect little poem about poetry from former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins.

  2011-07-26

• Mourning Mementos

  

  There are many ways to mourn.

  2011-07-25

• Polka-Dots

  

  Another Marimekko moment.

  2011-07-22

• Thomas Hardy Accessorises

  

  Stopped in my tracks when I read this list from Hardy’s A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873).

  2011-07-21

• Joyce

  

  David Jacobson

  2011-07-20