Many thanks to my friend Chris Harrell, who forwarded this link to me last week ... it links to a video of a fascinating man, Kaffe Fassett of London (born in California, a "transplant" to England in the Sixties) ...
Kaffe started his artistic life as an artist working with paint. He quickly became enamored of the color and pattern and sensuality of ... textiles. In particular, YARN. He learned to knit and has never stopped.
This video (yes, it's long, but WELL WORTH EVERY MOMENT SPENT WATCHING IT) covers Kaffe's views on ... art. color. pattern. craft. textiles. knitting. the SENSUALITY he talks about in textiles is one that grabbed me by the hand and drug me deeper into this video.
As an (now somewhat retired) interior designer, I always found that it was the COLOR and the TEXTURE of things that attracted me the most.
I hope you enjoy his story as much as I am ... honestly, I haven't even seen the entire 47 minutes of this clip yet! I just couldn't wait to share it with you all ...
http://media.xstream.dk/dk4_2006/Kaffe_720.wmv
-- Princess Magpie
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About Me
- Davielle aka Princess Magpie
- Encinitas, California, United States
- I love art, in many forms. Painting, photography, collage work, scrapbooking and card making, quilting, and especially mixed media works. CREATIVITY is a gift, not to be wasted. I have a penchant for lovely things, and I collect them for my "nest", hoping to use them some day in an art project. Until then, I just love to ... bask in their loveliness.
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Where I Craft From, part one
in our home, I have a very cozy (read: crowded) little craft room (closet, really) with this vintage breakfront full of supplies dedicated to scrapbooking & geneaology bits, and card making.
My Guardian Crafting Angel
a Princess Bride to angelically protect and inspire Princess Magpie
Where I Craft From, Part Deux
in our garage, I have THIS cool space set up for messier art ... it's a little slice of 'getaway' heaven, and I love it!
Treat Life as Art
photo of how I'd like MY palette to look ...
Sew Inspiring ...
Cover of book I made in a KC Willis workshop, February 2011
My Favorite Artists Blog / Web spots
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652 With His Song6 years ago
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"Always be kind ..."
the art & soul of Dyan Reaveley (i am crazy for her work!)
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My Other Blog
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ALL THE DANCING BIRDS12 years ago
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The Sketchbook Project: 2011 ... COUNT ME IN !!!
4 comments:
Thanks for the Kaffe Fassett video. It was great! Sara
Thank you, Sara .. I have to find time today to view the rest of it. Isn't he remarkable? I hadn't heard of him before ... had you? Thanks for visiting my blog & posting your comment :-) -- Davi
Hey Davi
So lovely to meet you in California. Hope you're going to share your photos and thoughts on the adventure some time!
Beth
Beth -- I'm thrilled that you're visiting my blog :-). Thank you, and thank you for leaving a comment. I LOVE GETTING COMMENTS ON MY BLOGs. Yes, it was lovely to meet you, too. I've been wondering how it went for you, with all that travel time back home again. Are you still as excited and inspired as I am? and YES, I am certainly going to share my thoughts and photos SOON and VERY SOON on my blog - here, and over on www.DH2travelers.blogspot.com as well. xoxo -- Davi
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