One of my favourite images that I took on my trip to India back in February is the one below. It was taken on the outskirts of Jaipur on a very impoverished side street. But in one snapshot, I see embroidery. I see ombre dyed fabric (a sunset effect from lilac to orange) and I see… Continue reading Fabric of India: Woven Into Life
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Fabric of India: Colours
Back in February some of you mightrecall that I experienced India for the first time in my life on a brief but compelling trip courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum. The sole reason was to discover the roots, the craft and the tradition of the textiles that will feature in V&A’s upcoming exhibition The… Continue reading Fabric of India: Colours
Bucolics at Port Eliot
I’m not personally a fan of nostalgic regressions into the past. Themed 1950s rockabilly bars with mandatory poodle skirts and busty cardigans? No thanks. Insisting that eating wartime rationed diets and rag rolling your hair into victory rolls is far superior to what the 21st century has to offer? Not for me. And yet Port Eliot Festival… Continue reading Bucolics at Port Eliot
Molly for Life
>> I’m still trundling through my Port Eliot pictures but I thought I’d start with the last thing I saw on Sunday before I departed what is still a haven of a festival down in St Germans, Cornwall. Molly Goddard made her Port Eliot debut inside the newly added Theatre of Fashion – an extension to… Continue reading Molly for Life