Bokja - patchwork textile furniture

Wonderful textiles - there are other companies / designers who do some similar works but I am quite drawn to the particular selections of fabrics for this work.

www.bokjadesign.com

John Lindsten: Embroidered Chairs

John Lindsten is a sweedish furniture designer, in these pieces (spotted at Designersblock) he has utilised found embroideries for the back panels.

http://www.lindstenform.com/

traditional samples

Panel produced by Lancaster Prints, England, 1856.

Panel designed by Claude Camille Pierre Pernon, France, Lyon, 1788

Cape (section) Spain, 17th Century.

These examples demonstrate time, craftsmanship, vision.

They are all from the The Art Institute of Chicago collection. Source: 27

Toile de Jouy

Toile de Jouy is a french term which refers to cloth that was manufactured specifically in Jouy-en-Josas, south west of Paris. Printed cottons that depict scenes (traditionally) of rural life.

See Timorous Beasties for a contemporary translations.

Persian Influences

Sheki Foundation. Persian influences, built in 1762.

Detail from Dream House by Ghost of a Dream, 2009. Mirror reflection shows a reproduction of a church fresco which was actually restored using lottery funds.

These two images come from different articles in the same edition of World of Interiors, completely different times but clearly referencing of history by Brooklyn based duo: Ghost of a Dream who create these interior installations from discarded scratchcards. The more original image comes from the Sheki Foundation in present day Azerbaijan. Source: 24

I am also reminded of a visit to the Alcazar in Seville, Spain. Have some drawings from the visit that I will endeavor to upload.

Kuniyoshi

Gustav Klimt, The Bride, 1917-18. Source: 23

Kiki Smith, Come Away from Her (after Lewis Carroll), 2003. Source: 22

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Jiraiya (centre), with a monster toad, 1852. Source: 18

Last stand of the Kusunoki heroes at Shijo-Nawate, 1851 Source: 18

Kuniyoshi, Tametomo Rescued from Suicide by Tengu, 1851. Source: 18

These prints were created by the Japanese artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861), considered alongside Hokusai and Hiroshige as one of the greatest of the Japanese printers.

His work primarily uses a woodblock printing technique, the prints really are quite sublime and you can clearly see how this work has been visually influential in the work of other artists, Kiki Smith and Klimt come to mind immediatly.

Quilting - 2010

Peter Pilotto, 2010. Quilt inspired prints, pattern, plain, dye. Source: 5

Quilting in 2010 has seen a huge boost following the exhibition at the V&A which presented both contemporary and Historical British quilts - Cell Work which is a quilting project by prisoners was a piece I particularly felt inspired by and will find further images of this.

However, this image represents The Festival of Quilts as presented annually in Birmingham in August.

Source: 2