A Mirror To Nature

What a beautiful mirror held to nature with the exteordenary free arm embrodery work of Australian artist Meredith Woolnough.  Sewn free hand using a dissolving base fabric and Mimicking the fragility of a veiny leaf skeletons and the elaborate structure of coral with her complex work. 

Beautiful!

Beautiful Objects

Here are just a few beautiful objects I thought I would share. I have always loved beautiful objects especially tools of the trade.  

Japanese gardening scissors

I prefer hand sewing over machine sewing and my favourite needles are John James of England - Sharps number 9

Love these vintage Carl Aubock Modernist Coat Hangers

Leather Macbook Case. AWESOME found it on Pinterest but could not find who it was made by.  Love the concept!

alto - sewing machine, very cute

Pattern My Walls

As a child I remember loving the Mr Man wall paper in my room ,going to sleep playing eye spy games with my brother or later when I got own room my elephant wall paper; even the secret bits I had torn off below my bed line.  When the 90's came we were all busy taking down our wall paper and replacing it with modern white walls.  

Now I feel strangely drawn to the idea of the feature wallpapered wall with a modern twist.  I guess it fits right in with my obsession with pattern. 

david hicks wallpaper

fun wallpapered kitchen

 hygge and west bird wallpaper in bathroom

 Orla Kiely wall paper

Rothko moody colours

You may or may not have heard that this week a vandal calmly walked over to a Mark Rothko painting at the Tate Modern and inscribed the words: “Vladimir Umanets, A Potential Piece of Yellowism” across the canvas. (Read more in The Telegraph.)  

I have been thinking a lot about Rothko's work since this incident.  I first encountered Rothko's work in an exhibition in Paris 10 years ago and I was really taken aback by the moody colours overlaying his in his painting which seemed to evoked emotions in me which I rarely experience.