YOU SHOULD GO TO PARIS

http://www.mam.paris.fr/en/expositions/decorum-exhibition

 "The Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris has dedicated
an entire floor to the art of textiles with more than a hundred rugs,
tapestries, and freestanding sculptures by modern and contemporary artists.
The scenography of the stylishly titled exhibition Decorum
was designed by artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz, who,
in a Surrealist touch, placed unexpected domestic objects
on and around the carpets.
Anne Dressen, the exhibition’s curator,
grouped the works into the provocatively themed categories:
The Painterly, The Sculptural, The Decorative, Orientalisms, and Primitivisms.
Spanning the modern rediscovery of textile art,  
Decorum highlights influential 20th-century makers including
Le Corbusier, Pablo Picasso, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Louise Bourgeois,
and Italian Memphis group designer Nathalie du Pasquier.
Arts and Crafts–era textiles are presented by the likes of William Morris,
the Vienna Secession group, and the Omega Workshops in England,
along with tapestries by Bauhaus weavers Anni Albers,
Gunta Stölzl, and Johannes Itten."
(text taken here.)

WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING

I bought myself this pink cardigan. Instant crush.
We visited the house Van Buuren in Brussels,
those carpets, the curtains, the paintings,
the architecture, the garden, again instant crush...
And I started a new warp, my boyfriend said spring is in the house...
:-)

LAST SCARF OF 2013

This very blue scarf was finished in 2013.
I only made 5 scarves last year,
because of some other big assignments.
But I look back on a good textile year,
with a prize, a new loom, a memorable textile trip to Finland,
two exhibitions, ...
Up till now 2014 looks calm.

But!
I would like to wish all of you a happy and healthy new year,
with nice plans and suprises, love and friendship.