sugar skull

a little off topic, but i like this a lot. don't you?

bonjour, amoureux de textile!

hello, fabric lovers! it's been awhile, huh? lots of distractions lately, but here i am. in full force!

so to change things up a bit i'd like to make a post that shows off my art history skillz. ya know, just to show my mom that i have a little interest in my major that i've been studying for 5.5 years now. hey, mom! look at me! i'm an art historian!

no! that's not me, silly! that's paule marrot! i was introduced to paule marrot (1902-1987) this past year in nyc while selena and i were at market. how could i have missed out on this french textile designer for SO very long?! her textiles and paintings are absolutely beautiful. simplistic, but simply stunning & just enough whimsy to make you smile. you can tell that she just painted what made her happy-what every artist should do. lots of people think she's pretty neat. nike thinks so. natural curiosities thinks so too. & stupid anthropologie thinks so as well. (yea, i just called anthro stupid. what of it? that's a long post for another day.)

anyhoot, she began as a painter then started to veer towards textile design early in her career. let me just tell you that this lady and her family marketed her artwork WELL. from wallpaper and fabric, to perfume bottles and sneakers, marrot can be found just about everywhere. she's a really interesting lady too. & since i am graduating in december and never plan to ever write another paper on an artist again, i'll let you read about her here.

a marrot design doesn't work on everything though. i know clarence house rep'd some of her fabrics in the 90s, but i couldn't find any of them on their site. & this is probably why....

well, it was the 90s.

here are a few of my faves that i wanna share with y'all-just a few because the really great ones are copyrighted. enjoy. oh and the works shown are all reproductions on linen. (sorry for the lack of dates. big faux pas, i know)

Merr Clouds

Merr Abst

Les Toits de Montmarte

Plumes

Fete

this one in particular brings to mind a folk artist from Georgia named Nellie Mae Rowe. Nellie deserves a little post of her own at some point too, huh? (i'm not supposed to call an artist by their first name. art historian faux pas #2)

Picking Berries

just love those colors so much, don't you? what's that you say? you want some inexpensive paule marrot designs in your life? well just your luck, caspari put out some pretty paper products this summer with her designs. go pick some up at whole foods! or better yet, get the nikes if you're really cool. see you later...jobin.