I just discovered Parisian artist Helene Georget and am finding her illustrations more and more irresistible as I explore her site. The wallpaper behind the model is so nostalgic: black & white with train tracks and cliffs from a generic destination. The train and forest motifs evoke a mysterious mood to surround the more upbeat colours of the fabrics. The clothes are so casual, and the prints are exciting, very approachable. Feels like a perfect wardrobe for traveling around the South-Western United States in an airstream trailer. Hair piled high and hair-sprayed up into a bee-hive, fastened with a colourful silk scarf. No make-up, though. Taking photos with a manual camera loaded with black & white film along the journey. But the most perfect thing is that this could be anywhere in the world.
So loving artists right now that cross-over between illustration and textile design. Being able to wear an item that would normally be put on a wall and admired from afar creates such an intimate connection with another person's art. Also it gives people on the street a chance to check out new visual ideas without the intimidation factor of seeking out gallery shows. win/win!
In fact if there wasn't a blizzard going on in Toronto at the moment. If. I would be itching to go on a little trip to the country (and maybe do a little thrift-hunting on the sly). But it is just so wonderful to see the snow falling, falling so much that it doesn't have the chance to become grey and dirty...
source: Helen Georget at Cargo Collective
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