Cotton and Pastels

You may remember from an earlier post that I look for interesting reliefs where ever I go.

I found a few in Paris...

My children said I gathered quite a crowd as I made my rubbings!

I plan to make a journal with these pieces of cotton fabric. It will be a sample for the class I am teaching next July in Sulmona, Italy.

Past

A few weeks ago I was in Lucito, population 745.

Lucito from the roof tops, photo credit: A. Pizzuto

It's a small town in the mountains in the province of Molise in southern Italy.

Lucito in the background.
My cousin on the far left, me the far right and two of my children in the centre.

I stopped by the comune (city hall) to do some research about my roots.

My grandfather was born in 1912 and his father is 1883.

This might inspire a new artwork.

To see a past work about my grandmother's immigration to Canada click here. The art work is entitled Pages of my Life.

Sunday Breakfast

Breakfast at Villa Cheta in southern Italy. For August, we rent a
 house close by and
we always make a point of walking up to the villa at least once
for a special treat. 

Lovely white linens.
I have seen the italian ladies make this kind of thread design.
They pull out the weft threads of the weave and
tie the remaining warp threads together to make the designs

Moroccan Tea

Cooling down with some Moroccan tea just around the corner from the Paris Mosque.

steps

The Los Angeles Times (july 2007) says since Ladurée supplied the pastries for the period Hollywood movie Marie Antoinette, tea has become a near obsession for Parisians!

Afternoon at the Musée D'Orsay

We weren't able to take photographs of the art work so I have none to show you. It was astonishing to see the amount of visitors who did not respect the museum's request!

The museum building was originally used as a railway station in 1900. It opened as an art gallery in 1986 and houses works mainly from 1848 to 1914. We spent most of our time in the Impressionist and Post-impressionist galleries. The center hall on the main floor has been dedicated to sculpture. It is lovely walking through there with the natural light that enters through the arched glass roof.

Stopping for tea on the 2nd floor in the most beautiful room made you feel like royalty! (pictures allowed there)

These curves could be adapted to a quilt design!
photo credit, Sophia Reford

Moving Art

The dance begins.

The end.

(recently acquired video by Centre Pompidou. Anonymous. Danse Serpentine, d'apres la choreographie de Loïe Fuller)

Crêpes

You can't be in Paris and not have a crêpe!

I know it says "droguerie" but it's a crêpe place
with take-out window!

nutella- banana crêpe!

Look at the floor inside the crêpe place- a traditional quilt pattern.