Hello and welcome to a Style Imitating Art review featuring all the wonderful interpretations that were sent to me this week. What is Style Imitating Art? tyle Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and me. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration [...]
Category: Lucienne Day
Two Looks for Two Colorways-“Calyx” by Lucienne Day
Hello, and welcome to Style Imitating Art’s “Reveal Monday”. Today is the day that the hosts, unveil our interpretations of the chosen artwork. What Is Style Imitating Art? Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and me. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw [...]
Lucienne Day’s “Caylx” for Style Imitating Art
Hello and welcome to my fifth selection of Style Imitating Art for the year! Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art, at the moment, is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and me. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other [...]
Lucienne Day-The Geometric
"Lines"-a pattern created for Heals, a fabric design house in Britian Non-objective is pure design. We are not associating the images with anything we think we know. Only The Elements of Art* are referenced. Lucienne Day was inspired by these basic elements. This post is devoted to some of these pieces . Lapis, 1953 [...]
Lucienne Day and Nature
"Plants and the sense of growth was a very strong inspiration for me"-Lucienne Day Today's post starts out with a quote from one of my favorite designers, Lucienne Day. With this quote in mind, I have put together a Look Book of some of her designs that definitely have a nature and growth influence. I have to revisit Calyx, [...]
Lucienne Day-The Orange Lookbook
Apollo, (detail), late 1950s. Lucienne Day. Manufactured by Heal Fabrics. At the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C Jill A. Wiltse and H. Kirk Brown III Collection of British Textiles. Courtesy the Textile Museum. I was thinking about Pantone's color of the year Tangerine Tango and decided I wanted to feature fabric designs by Lucienne Day using [...]
MeadowTree Style 