{"id":2469,"date":"2016-01-27T08:39:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T15:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2016-01-27T08:39:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T15:39:15","slug":"creative-nudge-leaves-of-morris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/creative-nudge-leaves-of-morris\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Nudge – Leaves of Morris"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve got a thing for William Morris<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

He was considered a radical Victorian designer, which is why his work still inspires us today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This gorgeous quilt “Acanthus” by Yoko Ueda, was a star attraction in the special William Morris exhibit at the Tokyo Quilt Festival. You can see why!<\/p>\n

Along the right side I’ve added some William Morris<\/a> reproductions and other fabrics in stock at eQuilter now…to pick up the bright colors in Yoko’s absolutely delicious quilt.<\/p>\n

Morris’ Acanthus Leaf design<\/a> is one of his most famous. (You can see it in the plum-colored swatch in the bottom right corner.) This full-sized quilt was immediately recognizable as his Acanthus design – from a distance – and yet Ms. Ueda has made it undeniably her own.<\/p>\n

It is very exciting to see the evolution of Japanese quilting over the years<\/a>, and especially in the big picture, to see how Japanese quilters have inspired<\/a> US and European quilters…and how Western quilts (and art and design) also inspire our friends in and around Tokyo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

William’s appreciation for Nature and his exquisitely detailed work, was expressed in a stylized technique, inspired by the Arts & Crafts Movement. I see his appreciation for Asian art in his work also…which no doubt later inspired the Mingei (Folk Crafts) movement in Japan.<\/a><\/p>\n

Art, design and color are part of the spiral which circles around but always returns at a new level. The cycle of inspiration that continues to spiral between the Asian world and the Western world…is a gift for all of us.<\/p>\n

Watch for my photos popping up shortly on my Flickr page<\/a>…I am working on getting all the artists’ names with the images so credit will go where it is due!<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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