ARTWORKS: MAMA PYJAMA

OUR FORMATIVE YEARS WE SPENT IN HER STUDIO, SEATED AT THE FOOT OF HER POTTER'S WHEEL. WE SPENT HOURS CRUSHING THE CLAY CURLICUES THAT FLEW FROM HER HANDS BETWEEN OUR FINGERS, AS SHE GENTLY COAXED GRACEFUL FORMS FROM MOUNDS OF MUD.

ALL THIS EARLY EXPOSURE MAY HAVE GONE TO OUR HEADS A BIT,

(WHO KNOWS WHAT KIND OF CHEMICALS WE MAY HAVE INHALED)

BUT CAN WE BRAG ABOUT HER FOR A MINUTE?

SHE IS OUR MAMAN, AFTER ALL.

ENTER, TOTEMS, THE NEW GIRLS,

 FRESH FROM THE KILN:

THINGS MAMAN ALWAYS SAID:

'THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAIL'

'BEING AN ARTIST IS ALL ABOUT FINDING SOLUTIONS'

'IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT, DON'T DO IT AT ALL'

AMONGST MANY MORE WORDS OF WISDOM 

(MAMAN TALKED A LOT)

BUT, YOU'VE GOT TO HAND IT TO HER,THAT LADY TAKES HER OWN ADVICE:

THE ORIGINAL HIPPIE MAMA HERSELF, WITH US IN FRANCE A FEW YEARS AGO

(OUR QUESTIONABLE HIGHLIGHTS ARE THE DEAD GIVEAWAY TO THE DATE)

FOR MORE OF MAMAN'S WORLD, GO AND VISIT HER

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PINK AND YELLOW ALL OVER

AND SO,

THIS IS THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA SWEET WILLIAM JACKET.

IN RAMBLING RENUNCULUS.

THAT DAMMED SUN REFUSES TO SHINE ECORE SO WE WILL FIND OUR OWN SPRING IN THE FABRICS. 

WE COMBINED THE MOST DIVINE INDIAN BLOCK PRINTED COTTON WITH AN ANTIQUE TABLECLOTH, 

QUILTING BITS HERE AND THERE FOR A BIT OF STRUCTURE, AND FINISHING WITH SOME LIGHT TASSEL ACTION AND SOME STRIPED TURQUOISE PIPING,

AND HOW DID SWEET WILLIE GET BORN?

FIRST WE HAD TO CALL TO THE MUSES AND GET OURSELVES A BIT INSPIRED. 

LETS TALK COLOUR-WAYS, GETAWAYS AND TEXTURE,

TALK DIRTY TO US BAY-BAY,

SHADES OF POMEGRANATE AND CITRUS

ACID ROTHKO

WE COULD WEAR THE SWEET WILLIE WHILST REPOSING IN HERE

CLUTCHING THESE

 THIS IS A VERY GOOD SHADE OF TURQUOISE,

AND WE DO NEED TO FIND OUR BEARINGS FROM TIME TO TIME

 ALWAYS SAY YES TO SAFFRON IN THE BEDROOM

THE OPTIMAL FORM OF TRANSPORT

A PULITZER (MAY THE PRINCESS OF PRINTS REST PEACEFULLY) CORAL PRINT

LIKE OUR JACKET, BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE TOO

 THE WAY THAT STUFF IS MADE. TOO RADICAL.

 A SIMILAR MOTIF, BY OUR BOHEMIAN BUDDY WILLIAM MORRIS.

HENCE, THE SWEET WILLIAM. 

AND WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND DONE, AND WE SECURED THE STORY,

WE WANDERED DOWN THE ROAD TO VISIT OUR FRIEND AND MILINER

MS. JESSICA COLLETT

WHO HAD TO TRY THAT STUFF ON

WILL HER RAMBLING ENGLISH GARDEN HAT.

 AND THEN WE TRY ON A HIPPIE VEIL

WHICH WE LIKE SO MUCH, WE MIGHT EVEN CONSIDER MARRYING ONE DAY, JUST SO WE CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO WEAR IT.

THEN AGAIN, WE MIGHT JUST WEAR THE VEIL AND SKIP THE CEREMONY.

 OH MISS COLLETT

YOU LITTLE ENGLISH ROSE

WITH YOUR RAMBLING ENGLISH HAT

YOUR PEACHY CHEEKS AND FLAXEN HAIR ARE RIGHT IN TIME WITH OUR PALATTE

DIVINE VALENTINE 

GO AND SEE JESSICA'S WORLD AND ALL OF HER HEAD CANDY

FRIDAY FRENCH LESSONS

WE'RE ALMOST DONE TELLING OUR FRENCH TALE.

A FINAL MONTAGE, IF YOU'LL FOLLOW US, 

ACROSS THE SOUTH AS WE ARRIVE AT EASTER.

AND WE TAKE SOME LESSONS FROM OUR FAIR FRENCH FOLK, 

BECAUSE EASTER IS A TIME OF REFLECTION, AND WE SHOULD BE GETTING WISER AS WE GET ON IN YEARS

WE LEARN THAT CLICHE FRENCH DOORWAY IMAGES ARE INEVITABLE AND ESSENTIAL

WE GET SCHOOLED IN STONE,  TERRA COTTA AND SHADES OF ROUILLE:

WE LEARN THAT EVERY HILL TOWN HAS A FRIENDLY CAT OR TWO

WE LEARN THAT NOTHING CAN TOUCH THE MAJESTY OF A ROMAN EGLISE

WE LEARN THAT THE PINK ORCHARDS PROMISE SPRING

WE LEARN ABOUT SIMPLICITY, THE DEVIL IN THE DETAIL

WE TAKE IN DREAMY WATERCOLOUR LANDSCAPES

WE LEARN THAT, THOUGH THERE'S SOME WIND, WE'LL EAT OUR OYSTERS AND OUR ANCHOVIES AL FRESCO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH

(FERREOL AND ISAURE AGREE)

CONTINUING THE COLOUR CONTRAST MASTER CLASS

AND THEN IT IS TIME TO PREPARE FOR PAQUES, 

AND WE ARE BROUGHT TO A PINK CHAPELLE AND ASKED TO HELP A LITTLE

                 WE LEARN THAT EVERYONE HELPS,EVEN IF YOU SUCK AT FLOWER ARRANGING, THE NUNS WILL BE VERY PATIENT WITH YOU.  
AND THEN WE HAVE A MASS IN THE PINK CHAPELLE, PEPPERED WITH CANDLES AND SISTERS SWEET CHORUS OF VOICES. AND WE LEARN, EVEN IF ITS MIDNIGHT BY THE TIME YOU FINISH MASS, YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE DO WITH WHATS IN THE FRIDGE. BIT OF SOFT CHEESE? HAM? VIN? BOOM. PASQUA PARTY. (REMEMBER FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND? ITS KIND OF LIKE THAT):

AND WE LEARN THAT WHEN WE ARE SLEEP DEPRIVED, WE LOOK REALLY AWESOME

AND EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO SHOWER FOR EASTER SUNDAY, PROBABLY NO ONE WILL NOTICE, OR CARE MUCH, BECAUSE THE SUN IS SHINING

WE LEARN THAT FRENCH KIDS REALLY ARE THE COOLEST DRESSERS

WE LEARN THE PROPER EGG HUNTING TECHNIQUE FROM FERREOL:

(YOU HAVE TO RUN IF YOU WANT TO GET TO THE CHOCOLATE)