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Living the Vintage

Where fashion trends change and move on I am always amazed to find that old linen and lace and living the vintage is alive and kicking and still trending with a lot younger crowd now. Over 15 years ago I was doing the fairs in London and surrounding counties. I loved old linen, lace, quilts anything in the textile line.

English Durham quilts and cushions on an antique french Corbeille bed

1930's Eiderdown quilts

My number one fav quilt in my collection is this Allendale English Quilt

I am always in awe of the time and effort that was taken to hand stitch these quilts and to keep them in good order like this for over 100 years.

 My children looked down on my collections and could not understand the term Vintage or Shabby as anything could be regarded as Chic. But now they are bandering around the word vintage like its only just arrived on the circuit .... Darlings your behind the times .... now I feel old .... my own email has had vintage in the name for more years than I like to even imagine. I am so glad we are all on the same page now. I love vintage ! even the name evokes excitement and its nothing to do with wine.

PS. I also love the word Vintique ... I guess my vintage is now just that.

The following pictures in this post were taken in August  this year at the Country Brocante in Wisborough Green, near Petworth, West Sussux. For many many years I always found the best fairs to be around Bath, Somerset, and Wiltshire area's but was so pleased to have found this group of happy sellars right on my doorstep.

This stall is called Hesta Nesta ( I think) - one of my favs along with Betty and Violet.

I'm sorry I don't have more info on these stalls, it was such a success that we could hardly move around the venue,  and it was difficult to get the names of them all. Love Lane Vintage ( on facebook)  run these fairs and there will be a lovely Brocante at Petworth House, West Sussex coming this Christmas, which they say will have a lot more room to manoeuvre.

Chichester Arts Trail in May - Arise your Tangles Sweet Spring

Arise your tangles sweet spring

 I am taking part in The Chichester Arts Trail  - 3rd 4th and 5th  and the 10th and 11th of May.
Artists all around the Chichester area in west sussex,  a very pretty part of  the countryside on the South Downs of England will be opening up there private studio's and workspaces for you to peruse their work for sale and see the journey they have made with their art. Full details are  here     www.chichesterarttrail.org

A taster of all the artists can be seen  at the preview art exhibition at the Oxmarket Arts Centre, St Andrews Court, Chichester until April 27th.

It is quite a shock to look back on my work and see that it has been a long time since I created anything of any note. Things happen and I had turned away from my art. But this year a good friend threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to get back to the board and join her and exhibit  on an Arts Trail.
She is an award winning artist who favours nude compositions, she creates fabulous work. So I was honoured to be asked. 

I am naturally nervous about all of this. There will be a varied selection of artists on the trail, painters, sculptors, jewellery makers and Mixed media.  I am more of an ethereal mixed media artist, I am mostly inspired by artists like Klimt, and Monet, historical themes, the Renaissance / pre raphaelite but I also love nature and the seasons.
I plan to show  the journey I have made with my art from my beginnings in creative embroidery with my textile art,  like this seascape worked in hand dyed velvets and silks, plastics and metal and then fresco style practicing with felts and papers.

The Blue Yonder worked with velvets, silk, metal and plastic

A homage to Klimt - Stiched Fresco on felt and paper of The Lovers

My fav so far - A Journal of collages  with the theme of  Marie Antointette

 I will also be displaying a fabulous themed journal I created alongside fellow bloggers whom I  joined forces with on blog back in 2007 / 08.

The piece at the top of this post was inspired by Spring and worked with threads, antique fabrics and embellishemnts, metals and melted plastics.
The title 'arise your tangles sweet spring' depicts the dead  dark tangled lost roots of winter and the rising of fresh new colour and growth that comes with spring, new birth, new hope of greater things to follow that come with the the magnificent strength of the full technicolour of summer.

 I hope that my journey will inspire other creative minds to have a go at art and see where it takes them. 
Ginny x

Isle of Mull at Christmas

 

The view across the fresh water Loch to the little church, strategically placed between this Loch and the larger Loch on the otherside

Which is where the post box is.

A magical setting for Christmas Goose dinner

Cooking on an Aga was beyond heaven ... I want one oh wonderful Universe

Even had time to make some Christmas bunting

Make new friends

Visit places that only live in childrens imaginations ( this is where "Whats the Story in Balamory " was filmed) its called Toblemory.

Visit the Little Post Office filled with all sorts of lovely things including Haggis

House Hunting  :-)

Weather watch - The road to Toblemory  on which  we had some gale force 8 winds - not great for driving in so close to the water.

Hail stones - not snow

avoid all the christmas eve traffic rush and prepare for Santa

and he did his magic

Someone is ready patiently waiting for dinner

 

The last day the Loch was like a mirror

                                  Oh beautiful Isle of Mull in Bonnie Scotland we will miss you.

                                                               Cheers to you all
                      I wish you all a Happy New Year and may all your dreams become reality.

Corset Is

 

 Maya Hanson Corset

I do love the coke bottle look and one day will delve into the corset construction on here with great gutso. I love the shape it makes and I find it a complete work of art. So just to start off the year I will give you a little taster of corset style at its best ... excuse the last pic :-o

 From the film Marie Antoinette

 Found on the web ... tumblr I think

 Dita Von Teese the Queen of Burlesque

Modern day girdle found on  Frou Frou website

 

My own mixed media creation

Guess Who

Corset is ...... Me