Lately I’ve been busy with an experiment. A few months back I had the opportunity of buying some beautiful strands of natural coloured handspun yarn. I was especially appealed by the craftsmanship of the spinner and the idea that it had been spun from greasy wool straight from the sheep. I mean, how ecobasic can you get? Maybe I should ask the spinner if she knows the sheep personally!
Lily
And now for something completely different: from literature to figurative art! A few years back I came across the website of a young highly talented Russian-Canadian artist who makes porcelain ball jointed dolls. Her name is Marina Bychkova.
One early autumn afternoon I was enjoying a cappuccino at a Berlin terrace. I wore my lizard green jumper. The slightly transparent fabric couldn’t conceal that I was wearing my orange/brown bathing suit underneath of which the orange straps showed around my neck. The sun stood low but you could still feel its strength. It scattered such beautiful yellowish light that afternoon!
My second source of inspiration was Kate Bush. Now I want to talk about literature: seven years after Kate Bush’ song Wuthering Heights had reached the charts I red the book written by Emily Brontë. In that period I also read ‘The tenant of Wildfell Hall’ by her younger sister Anne and ‘Jane Eyre’ by her elder sister Charlotte.
35% silk | 35% mohair | 30% wool
This dress was created directly for the customer. I have not designed a prototype for myself first, like I usually do. Instead, the woman for whom I created it gave me the free hand to design a dress for her.
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