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Folkmother
You've probably seen these, but they are too good not to be repeated endlessly.
Via My Love for you is a Stampede of Horses.
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SuTurno
"Casas" is one of the most beautiful patterns I've ever come accross. (and don't get me started on the coloring!)
The artists behind it are Julia and Javi, aka SuTurno (check these other prints: WOW).
They design absolutely fab textiles for themselves and other big people in the fashion industry.
And they still have time to blog!
(and be lovely).
And despite doing all of this from Madrid, they'll send you their stuff anywhere.
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Anna Von Mertens
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Wafrica
Kimonos made with African wax fabric by Wafrica.
Interesting point of this being transnational or a third aesthetic rather than multicultural or fusion-like. Rather than just a commercial opportunity for a younger market (of which there's part), I can also see a dialogue, a greeting, an exploration between cultures. The more I learn about postmodernism, the less I know if we are happily overcoming it or if it is just laughing on our faces (I know cultural debates don't really do that, but hey).
I've been seeing all these African print clothes sprouting everywhere in Europe this spring (World Cup, maybe?), but,as you can see, this is just the beginning. Bring. It. On.
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The other Nick Cave
It's funny when two artists are called the same.
The other day I heard in the radio that Laura Esquivel would be singing and dancing in "The Ugly Duckling - on ice" show. I thought, What, the writer?!; but no, it's an 15 year old actress that just happens to have the same name.
When I heard that Nick Cave had a textile show at the UCLA Fowler Museum, I thought "This man has no limits". But, again, it's a name coincidence. And the stuff is extremely interesting (from what I can see online!). These pieces are "sound suits" and are wearable. You can also watch an hour long lecture by the artist here.
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Liza Lou
I saw Liza Lou's work on Elle Decor SA and I was in so much shock and awe I've taken a few days to post this.
Just so that you know, it's ALL made with beads.
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Stoned Cherry fabrics
Stoned Cherry was founded in 2000 and is one of the leading contemporary African fashion labels. The founder is designer Nkhensani Nkosi. Their work has quite a strong traditional influence, and their pieces almost have "an attitude". All I can say, down there in Swaziland we were all mad for it. We'd go to every now and then Jo'burg and try their pieces on and despair at their prices (which were not terrible, but we were students and used to the local prices).
Now Nkhensani has introduced a textile collection and you'll all agree it's rather awesome.
PS: Once, they had a basket full of discounted prices in the shop. The articles were tops made out of two strips of fabric: one like a boob tube that was laced up at the back, and the other piece hung from the front almost to your ankles. And I did get one. Who know what this can be in a few years!
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Isabelle Abramson
So delicately pretty!
These bowls looks so light, so dreamlike, so fragile... Oh, the need to have one!
See Isabelle's etsy shop here.
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Mad Men
I could say I don't watch Mad Men, but that I look at Mad Men. The plots may be subtle and charged, but the colors, the fashion, the furniture!
I've selected a few palettes (a la kirs's color stripes, who masters this) for total enjoyment of the Mad Men style.
(PS: Joan (top pic) is such a fabulous celebration of the female figure, it should deserve a chapter exclusively at her wardrobe)
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Kjoo
What Kjoo creates is so unique (although a few have been very much "inspired" since she opened her Etsy store), it just reveals a very personal inner world. She creates this "shambolic" shapes and textures and the result is mesmering.
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African textures
A peek into some pieces that can be seen in the British Museum section on Africa. The BM is so, so big it doesn't matter how many times you go by: there's always a new room to see, or an object you hadn't seen before.
So here's some images of textures, patterns and materials.
Carved wooden door from Nigeria, 20th century:
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Brass head, Nigeria, 16th century
Wooden mask from Congo, 19th century
Swordfish mask, Nigeria, 20th century
Cowrie shells elephant mask from Cameroon, 20th century
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