perhaps because of the relative scarcity of mid century textiles, they seem to feature far less both in the radar listing and in the forum than the 'hard stuff'. Carpets, curtains, cushions, wall hangings and tapestries don't seem to get much attention and yet these are all dynamic visual and functional elements in the modernist or mid-century interior. After some twenty years or more of collecting twentieth century furniture, the 'hard stuff', the chairs, tables, credenzas, and so on, I have only recently began to appreciate the 'softer stuff' the textiles and tapestries such as Jack Lenor Larsen's work, and more recently the work of Robert Four Tapestries in Paris who created tapestries for Fernand Leger, Man Ray, Cocteau, and the great tapestry of Picasso's Guernica for a museum in Japan.
At this stage in my collecting, I am thinking of trading in some of the more valuable 'thrift finds' some of the 'hard stuff', some that I have lived with for more than ten years, and investing in a commissioned tapestry something that may or may not become a collectors piece of the future. I wonder whether any DA's have similar thoughts of trading up, even on cherished pieces? In terms of furniture, its anathema to me to think of buying new, the closest i would get is Shiro Kuramata's 'How High the Moon". Any thoughts from anyone who is good at cutting loose and refreshing their collection?
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Sort of, I've never really been attracted to pattern much but am seriously thinking of getting rid of most of my stuff and just having a very big plain veneered cabinet with a fold out desk for books etc, an aluminium group lounge chair, a block of marble for a low table and a daybed for a sofa that I also sleep on. Trying to think of the least I can live with for the rest of my days and still be fairly comfortable, just stopping and pondering it for a while, not the sort of decision to make quickly!
sell/cell
would this do? bed and desk in one.....a little like a jail cell.
http://www.artnet.fr/ag/fineartdetail.asp?wid=425464918&gid=
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Not so keen on the materials or colours there but the general idea is pretty good! An anglepoise could swing around so I could read in bed too, would need to stow bedding underneath. Its nice to have good things to look at and use but am starting to feel like I'm drowning. No one needs 3 teapots.
I say sell and commision something, there was a radio doco here on the French tapestry works that wove Sutherlands hanging for Coventry Cathedral, pretty interesting, there is a book on him at a shop near here, some of his paintings might translate well, Hockney? Bacon? Copyright?
Alexander Calder: Zebra wall weaving signed & numbered edition
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Try this Alexander Calder: Zebra wall weaving signed & numbered edition with your new chair.
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well i did say ask for the...
well i did say ask for the moon, though this looks more like the sun.......shaking the piggy bank as I type! an exquisite artwork and an incredible story. I knew that many Nazis escaped to South America but I had no idea Jews escaped there too. Thank you for this post.
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Do it, it does feel like a waste of years of effort but I think I've learnt as much as I can from these things and to be honest there was always a bit of a greed involved, just need to work out what to do with it all. The workshop is getting full too and I can't handle all the stimulation for much longer.
I don't know what you make or do but maybe eventually you need to cut free? I hardly even look at design sites or magazines anymore, its not that theres nothing to learn from them but that there is too much information and marketing.
Also I hate cleaning and the less crap there is the less time is wasted cleaning and tidying.
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