CoRkEr'S 1930s vInTaGe kNiT

This 1930's knit is made from an original 1930s pattern . I made two . The above in bleu marine and another in a different colour way that is in mid process .It is a mixture of ladder stitch and moss stitch. It also features an original 1930s button . 

DeLaUnAy DeLiRiUm

More images  from the Sonia Delaunay Archive i assembled for the 2012 Art & Textiles Atelier i gave earlier in the year, inspired the next stages of the 'triangles' Corkers RaZzLe DaZzLe Artknit . The hand-knitted  shapes are still on the move and not yet in their final composition . I have been researching Art Deco and Thirties pattern designs for collars, sleeves & capes that would have been typical of the era when Delaunay was making her textile designs .  

 

Inspiration from les Ballets Russes

In 2005 I put on a production of Diaghilev's Firebird with a class of children who were learning about Russian Art with me in Oxford. I had been playing Stravinsky's Oiseau d'Or as we looked at the beautiful costume drawings by Leon Bakst for the Ballets Russes and the children had been moved to dance . By sheer coincidence I found we had the daughter of a Russian Ballerina on the premises and she helped with the choreography .Her heroine was and is the russian ballerina Tamara Karsavina pictured above and below.

The costumes, designed for les Ballets Russes primarily by Bakst are stunning and inspirational works of Art. My next cOrKeRs RaZzLe DaZzLe dIsRuPtIvE ARTweaR originates from the wealth of imagery i assembled during this time and has began as a series of triangles to be constructed.

CoRkErS RaZzLe dAzZLe diSruPtiVe 1930'S ChEvRoN CaPe

 The CoRkErS RaZzLe DaZzLe 1930s ChEvRoN CaPe originated as a response to the Delaunay 'Color Moves' exhibition with a measure of  good old fashioned Constructivism from the Stepanova archives thrown in . Vintage ribbons run through the back in an iconic deco fan . The front is pinned with a dazzling vintage costume jewellry brooch .