Textile Art Again

As I said last week in my post, at the beginning of last month I had the pleasure to visit three new exhibitions.

When I saw the exhibition is about textile art, my first taught was, thank God, I'm not going to have to deal with reflection. This was true, but there were still challenges, as each piece was long, bigger than the usual artworks you see these days and the space between them was not much, so I had to work magic to have some half decent photos and even so, there are some, where I could not cut off the artwork next to them.

As I was walking through them was wondering if any of these absolute beauties are for sale. I'm friends with the gallery lady, so asked her right away and to my surprise, some of them were actually for sale.

It's funny how the human mind works. When you go to an exhibition, you know your financial situation before you enter the gallery, you know what you can or cannot afford. I knew I'd love to have one or more, or all of these beauties, but was hoping none of them are for sale, because this way I wouldn't have to make a decision and it would have saved me from a lot of headache. Well, I was wrong.

When I was told I could negotiate with the artist and most likely the prices are affordable, I had to make a decision and after a lot of thinking, decided not to buy any. Not because I could not decide which one to be, but because I don't have the space for them. So all I am left with is the photos and the lovely memories and I'm really grateful as it motivates me to create my own textile art, or at least start collecting textile for the first one.

Ok, let's see what else I could see at this lovely exhibition, but before I start, if you haven't see the first part, feel free to check it out here.

On Stage

This was one of the pieces I'd love to have. A very elegant lady, a dive if I can say that, made of textile.

There's no way I could resist temptation, so I went closer and took some close-ups to see how it is made. Hand stitched as expected.

Flower Shower

I loved this a lot, due to the colors used but not only.

I was looking at the materials used and gave me an idea. I recognized some of the laces. I have some of them and although these are from my grandmother, memories from the past, still, using lace is a very good idea. I love how the artist chose the colors here.

The Bride

This is pretty straight forward, but not the way you'd expect it to be. Brides these days look like princesses, dressed up in white, but it wasn't always like that. A couple of centuries ago, ladies had folk costumes dedicated to this special event and I suppose this is exactly what the artist meant here. It's exceptional for sure.

Hooded Model

This is another one I'd be happy to have, because I like the concept and the colors as well.

If you look at the fabrics, you can see these pieces were selected with care, to match the composition as a whole. Choosing orange with green was a perfect decision.

Tree Of Life

As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, this topic is widely covered by art, and even though it's the same topic, each artist has their own way to illustrate it. This is a very simple way, you can see the tree with it's branches, but it's a good one.

Roots And Wings

This exhibition made me think of what I'm going to do with my desire of creating textile art and even though my time is limited and my first priority is studying, it feels like I'm one step closer to starting. I will definitely be back and posting about what I'll be creating.

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