Cream Wall Hanging - Moderne

Cream Wall Hanging - ModerneOur Moderne collection is a paean to the bold, quirky, folksy pottery coming out of the French town of Vallauris in the 1960s and 70s. Here we have reimagined the joyously abstract forms associated with this period of ceramics as a large scale tapestry wall hanging. When weaving at scale one is forced to use wool from several dye batches, which will vary somewhat in colour. We have encouraged our embroiderers to embrace these natural deviations with

evoking the timeworn beauty of aged plasterwork

An icon from the golden age of English illustrated storybooks

Inspired by Gustav Klimt and the Vienna Secession

offering depth and warmth

Having acquired around 400 coloured prints of European birds created from works painted by French ornithological artists in the 1950s

A combination of our ‘unconscious’ painting style – which uses graceful

the design celebrates the rhythm and richness of geological formations

These mixed-media paintings on board-mounted canvas employ layered pigment washes over gesso grounds

where depth and restraint converge

folksy forms

caramel detailing on an emerald silk velvet background makes for a particularly English colourway that somehow manages to be both traditional and arresting

Finished with metallic over-embroidery to echo gold brocade