CoUrQuEeN'S Augustus Sempus TuLiP MaNiA Art Knit

In the 1630s the price of a Tulip bulb in Holland rose to ten times the average earnings of a skilled craftsperson. It was a Dutch Golden Age that was later termed  Tulip Mania and has become a metaphor for the bubble and burst of economic booms.
 So the tulip has a significant history and attributes of rarity and momentous value. As a consequence it was the flower of choice in many 17th and 18th century Dutch Masterpieces.
This was the starting point for my >Augustus Sempus Tulip Mania< Art knit.



Augustus Sempus

Viceroy

CoUrQuEeN's HoMaGe To SoNiA DeLaUnAy CoMpOsItIoN No.9

SoNiA DeLaUnAy

I have been having lots of fun knitting a series of vintage jumpers called Homage to Sonia Delaunay. This one is the > triangles composition <  worn here with coral beads from my friend Barbara and green Bakelite opera beads from the grandmother of one of my Art pupils in Oxford before we moved to France. The butterscotch Bakelite beads were picked up for a song at a local brocante.

Earlier compositions from my > Homage to Sonia Delaunay < series can be seen at the following blog address http://simultaneousrazzledazzle.blogspot.fr/ .



CoRkErS ArTkNiT



Sonia Delaunay

Side and front views. The cream silk block printed backdrop of butterflies and fans is original art deco fabric. It was one of many surprises in a box of treasures given to me by an actor who is enjoying her retirement in la belle France.
The skirt and top I am wearing are an original Raoul Dufy print from the same era as Delaunay's textile design.





CoUrQuEeN'S OmEgA ArTkNiT

CoUrQuEeN's OmEgA ArTkNiT

The Omega Art knit was created by jane Loveday Courquin as part of an ongoing 1910 ~ 1930s project linking painting and textiles.

The palette is inspired by the paintings of Bloomsbury artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant who formed the Omega workshops in the early 20th century.