tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50793117461190827792024-03-14T06:42:50.733-04:00William Morris Society of CanadaLera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11664928922011145872noreply@blogger.comBlogger218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-26119927796829622882024-02-20T19:09:00.007-05:002024-02-21T12:10:17.754-05:00Lecture and 190th Morris Birthday<p> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;">"Where is our William Morris?" - Tracing Global Arts and Crafts<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Lecture by Professor Antonia Behan </span></h1><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Sunday March 24th, 2pm EST.</b><br />Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity Street, Toronto, M5A 3C6<br /></span></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1X6q5a0Vs8I0xxoz4-Nbi3IkLJYLM-WmD7KexeqGPiPWd1pmOb74sPXxYGU40bTQwaulbgv7r6LCVTmsdownKna_UiYyq-BWGaot_d-WwB0qNCvucO581NUv8_5LEW4Xxy8pmK04zmCh4UnTdoUmpfyOcfvEF__aI1bL42e7bm06DMvRX-Mp4-YYbXNPH/s735/AfricanMarigold.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="735" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1X6q5a0Vs8I0xxoz4-Nbi3IkLJYLM-WmD7KexeqGPiPWd1pmOb74sPXxYGU40bTQwaulbgv7r6LCVTmsdownKna_UiYyq-BWGaot_d-WwB0qNCvucO581NUv8_5LEW4Xxy8pmK04zmCh4UnTdoUmpfyOcfvEF__aI1bL42e7bm06DMvRX-Mp4-YYbXNPH/w640-h370/AfricanMarigold.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">African Marigold furnishing fabric, designed by William Morris, 1876</span><br /></div><div><span><span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">T</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">he craftsman</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">, designer,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"> and writer William Morris had a surprising influence on </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">thinkers and makers</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"> all over the world</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"> who were variously inspired by ideas about </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">validation
of the craftsman and hand work, the value of tradition and vernaculars,
and critiques of contemporary Western industrialism and imperialism. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">But </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">w</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">hy </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">were so many people around the world inspired by Morris? </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">What did </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">craft </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">practitioners
and theorists embrace and what did they critique? How did the
principles of Arts and Crafts change over time and in different
contexts? </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">And how was Arts and Crafts used by different empires as well as by anti-colonial movements? </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">In this talk, I will explore how Morrissian ideals were appropriated, translated, and reinterpreted </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">by different </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">figures across the globe</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">, from Ireland to India, Japan to Aotearoa New Zealand</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"> in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">. </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Bio: </span></p><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Antonia
Behan is Assistant Professor of Design History and Material Cultures in
a Global World at Queen's University, Canada. Her work focuses on the
global legacies of Arts and Crafts (with a particular focus on South
Asia), weaving and artisanal knowledge, and the history of materials.
Her current book project, </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">The Brain of the Machine: Crafting Design between Britain and South Asia</span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">,
is a dual study of the English handweaver Ethel Mairet and the
Anglo-Ceylonese art historian Ananda Coomaraswamy. Previously, she was a
research fellow at Bard Graduate Center for projects including </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and in London</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">.
In addition to her research, she co-hosts Craft History Workshop, a
virtual works-in-progress seminar that aims to expand research </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">o</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">n</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">histories of making.</span></i><p><span style="font-size: small;">Presentation of this year’s birthday cake and a toast celebrating Morris’s 190th birthday will follow the lecture.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">The lecture itself will be available via Zoom at no charge for those unable to<br />attend in person. To access professor Behan’s talk <b>virtually</b>, please sign up at<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/fJVt4GABYaESmxKg6"><b>https://forms.gle/fJVt4GABYaESmxKg6</b></a><br />by 6 pm on Friday, March 22. You will receive a link before the presentation begins. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><b>To take part in the celebrations in person, please register at<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/iGHXjU4g66421y2o9">https://forms.gle/iGHXjU4g66421y2o9</a> </b>by<b> Friday, March 14.<br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">$10 for Society members; $20 for guests. Capacity is limited. To ensure your spot, please <b>register and pay by March 14</b>. Send cheques made out to the William Morris Society of Canada to: 3 Wolfe Court, Thornhill, ON, L4J 6T9, or pay by Paypal below:<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></p></div>
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9efAE1CNO6j2XneI_zVfI8P_5yhHj4p0vUooSPVieqh7b6VDEl533AmyZ_3L9AG-C0V_aMf6x1TML0IqivHKy8OsAlCozBiLLu9MUh09067XeAdR2osULFWTDAKXE5H8i3J72s_dAl4V5I0_awOwU2SYYI3mk-Dz0dlRg9qQzsw1sRIBZ35qtT5gC8KdD/s900/portrait-of-jane-morris-mrs-william-morris-john-robert-parsons.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="740" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9efAE1CNO6j2XneI_zVfI8P_5yhHj4p0vUooSPVieqh7b6VDEl533AmyZ_3L9AG-C0V_aMf6x1TML0IqivHKy8OsAlCozBiLLu9MUh09067XeAdR2osULFWTDAKXE5H8i3J72s_dAl4V5I0_awOwU2SYYI3mk-Dz0dlRg9qQzsw1sRIBZ35qtT5gC8KdD/w526-h640/portrait-of-jane-morris-mrs-william-morris-john-robert-parsons.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Portrait of Jane Morris by John Robert Parsons</span><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><span style="font-size: small;">Jane
Morris’s highly individual beauty, a symbol of the Pre-Raphaelite
movement, was made famous through her many portraits by her long-time
lover, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. In the shadow of her illustrious husband
William Morris, she has been unfairly neglected by posterity. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>John Hawks</b>,
founder of Merton Abbey Mills, director of Wandle Heritage Limited and
curator of the Merton Priory Chapter House Museum, looks at the life and
contribution of someone who most certainly was ‘not just a pretty
face’.</i></span>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-79686992865231938592024-01-14T16:29:00.000-05:002024-01-14T16:29:03.293-05:00Membership Reminder<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq14a1nxxjvQ81HSJZ9jPJUBZJxSbrqw9UNxvSdtEfsIfAj2h93dwxpYhVw1SqECi630uOktvwrxJqbULPIIDVTIaIXg7bQFQBluM9sdnNtUDLG3CMQENwuWfL8oR4_5vXVM3fSVirUhJ5BS6RvixPAOpd68qsSbt5mjny-q7svnOf54pOdR7Eh_hE2ElP/s2000/WMSC_Renew_2024.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq14a1nxxjvQ81HSJZ9jPJUBZJxSbrqw9UNxvSdtEfsIfAj2h93dwxpYhVw1SqECi630uOktvwrxJqbULPIIDVTIaIXg7bQFQBluM9sdnNtUDLG3CMQENwuWfL8oR4_5vXVM3fSVirUhJ5BS6RvixPAOpd68qsSbt5mjny-q7svnOf54pOdR7Eh_hE2ElP/w494-h640/WMSC_Renew_2024.png" width="494" /></a></div><br /> A reminder to renew your membership with the WMSC! We have many wonderful events in store for this year!<p></p><p>*A reminder to please renew by January 19th, 2024 to ensure you receive The Journal of William Morris Studies.</p>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-91212848864165172372024-01-04T20:27:00.006-05:002024-01-04T20:27:51.383-05:00Happy New Year!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xd9SmkSgJQw5_jv6hurPxJ4hpjv1DFIcvPlQbqXPCSQFLo28FKKmHyN835RgwkZidK2iCfNrbzyiJQyq8bPOBHi7pU4xEfDeSNf36uQJ5b6VyusmB4bJTHS-AHdlezqR5mzgCFElzF3vAKX50ZkZr_5OkhBnzuK9k0uCmpbf197tL_TnRBsKCMdK7L5o/s1920/The%20Earthly%20Paradise%20-%20January.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xd9SmkSgJQw5_jv6hurPxJ4hpjv1DFIcvPlQbqXPCSQFLo28FKKmHyN835RgwkZidK2iCfNrbzyiJQyq8bPOBHi7pU4xEfDeSNf36uQJ5b6VyusmB4bJTHS-AHdlezqR5mzgCFElzF3vAKX50ZkZr_5OkhBnzuK9k0uCmpbf197tL_TnRBsKCMdK7L5o/w360-h640/The%20Earthly%20Paradise%20-%20January.png" width="360" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">THE year has changed its name since that last tale;<br />Yet nought the prisoned spring doth that avail.<br />Deep buried under snow the country lies;<br />Made dim by whirling flakes the rook still flies<br />South-west before the wind; noon is as still<br />As midnight on the southward-looking hill,<br />Whose slopes have heard so many words and loud<br />Since on the vine the woolly buds first showed.</p><p style="text-align: center;">- The Earthly Paradise, January<br />William Morris<br /></p>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-6425618535492787652023-12-24T19:09:00.001-05:002024-01-04T19:11:44.486-05:00Happy Holidays from the WMSC!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0hvikoaymhXLrdsKuQA52ezeJoTO17Gpr6aznx0_6oOyBSvZoilTXMH914GVPmaUVMj_vtsBuErbSphgdnaAP9PvLBKvXxXediyJlRxmpWye0-SJ2E4ZK0i-s-QcaSLWH5QgoZ2AQkSj3TAS3gVjhcSEJ4o5Vfxa-8-KfI_YmW4PWisXAEFVP_hkYlCp/s4000/Holidays2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0hvikoaymhXLrdsKuQA52ezeJoTO17Gpr6aznx0_6oOyBSvZoilTXMH914GVPmaUVMj_vtsBuErbSphgdnaAP9PvLBKvXxXediyJlRxmpWye0-SJ2E4ZK0i-s-QcaSLWH5QgoZ2AQkSj3TAS3gVjhcSEJ4o5Vfxa-8-KfI_YmW4PWisXAEFVP_hkYlCp/w480-h640/Holidays2023.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy holidays from all of us at the WMSC!<br /></p>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-20759561986905474252023-11-08T18:19:00.004-05:002023-11-08T18:19:54.881-05:00WMSC Holiday Party 2023<p> </p><span><span><h1 style="background-color: white; 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</form>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-50997604093942292092023-11-03T15:04:00.001-04:002023-11-10T15:14:18.525-05:00WMSC Event: The Life & Work of J.H. Dearle<div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: left;">The Life & Work of J.H. Dearle<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Lecture by Mallory Horrill</span><br /></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;">On Zoom from the UK at 2 pm EST<br />Sunday, November 12, 2023 <br /></h2><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1h-wAV13Gp32uGzlZTPo8eleAYZhi21_bJPN1aun0bCA9_FoYtZKLC5J5169ex4yAdQv4AYjdR9n8IoqemtWMslZUh7HviT5UD4EOyI-oaJ-tJ2gTmBdhZF9u1bop4jixtcnqhM0_TWfs46HvYLUj6Sq5NLixnZP5wopT4smy4VtDud6wfadhyzm2mFJG/s1354/john-henry-dearle-morris-and-co.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1146" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1h-wAV13Gp32uGzlZTPo8eleAYZhi21_bJPN1aun0bCA9_FoYtZKLC5J5169ex4yAdQv4AYjdR9n8IoqemtWMslZUh7HviT5UD4EOyI-oaJ-tJ2gTmBdhZF9u1bop4jixtcnqhM0_TWfs46HvYLUj6Sq5NLixnZP5wopT4smy4VtDud6wfadhyzm2mFJG/w339-h400/john-henry-dearle-morris-and-co.png" width="339" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> JH Dearle</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">A talented artist, pivotal to the success of Morris & Co, Dearle is still a neglected figure often lost in the shadow of his mentor Morris. This talk will examine Dearle’s extraordinary 54-year career at Morris & Co, his relationship with Morris and the contribution he made to the development of the English interior in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.</p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"> <i><b>Mallory Horrill</b> serves as Curator of Collections &
Exhibitions at the William Morris Society and Senior Curator at Emery
Walker’s House, both located in Hammersmith, London. She is Canadian
born and moved to London in 2015. Mallory completed two Masters in
History and Museum Studies and is currently completing her PhD at
University College London, Institute of the Americas. Her research
explores the British perception of Canada prior to Confederation.</i> </p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOi1G7ZpPJGvRW1NoucPbJBw2NE8PPVdJbEYlbX9QSrAtOiQklJzg-a6lMZ7tqV4jvBjFfLrepMfBForr0vAJmAFQALpKYntDUXg2Gzksuf7j7aBVdhj-1QyVljHkPCfKhEIVeun6WuVAorb0UscoIs5161lpLDy0sHV5Y6V6lha03LoIL3LdwU8bT97ie/s928/compton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOi1G7ZpPJGvRW1NoucPbJBw2NE8PPVdJbEYlbX9QSrAtOiQklJzg-a6lMZ7tqV4jvBjFfLrepMfBForr0vAJmAFQALpKYntDUXg2Gzksuf7j7aBVdhj-1QyVljHkPCfKhEIVeun6WuVAorb0UscoIs5161lpLDy0sHV5Y6V6lha03LoIL3LdwU8bT97ie/w364-h400/compton.jpg" width="364" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Design 1896, made 1917–25, Designed by John Henry Dearle</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></p>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-50994869374876078442023-11-02T02:12:00.002-04:002023-11-02T02:12:24.677-04:00Lecture at the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts<p> <strong>William Morris Cakes - Laura Bright and Gianna Wichelow share
techniques and inspiration for their sweet tribute to the British design
legend.</strong></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCBC5X5v9PaEbCS9t-IHLU_bAMQ7-5E9989d-Q5zFR-QA4XvPvdJQM7LfbBM2Zd0NTizer-qmbu9jSb0t4ZWC4SCd2ag54ZESvngwe8trHXi3xduo5Er_nR_nRlpnfteTZxibEz8sKLGRGw3DEccRLRs_zGn7hGDh0jdi6AJg8tb36H_3dlpLqVFYixBB/s1534/CakeSquare.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1534" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCBC5X5v9PaEbCS9t-IHLU_bAMQ7-5E9989d-Q5zFR-QA4XvPvdJQM7LfbBM2Zd0NTizer-qmbu9jSb0t4ZWC4SCd2ag54ZESvngwe8trHXi3xduo5Er_nR_nRlpnfteTZxibEz8sKLGRGw3DEccRLRs_zGn7hGDh0jdi6AJg8tb36H_3dlpLqVFYixBB/w640-h636/CakeSquare.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">On
Sunday, November 5, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. EST, Laura and Gianna will
share techniques and inspiration for their tribute to the British design
legend in an illustrated, online presentation to the Canadian Society
of Decorative Arts (CSDA).</span></p><p style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p>
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Why is there a Queen Street ghost station? What was the Mystery Block? What happened to Federal Avenue? Discover the answer to these and other questions in this informative and entertaining talk.<br />Mark Osbaldeston spoke to the William Morris Society in 2020 on unrealized plans for Queen’s Park and the University of Toronto. He is the author of three books, Unbuilt Toronto, Unbuilt Toronto 2 and Unbuilt Hamilton. He has curated exhibitions based on his research at the Royal Ontario Museum, the Toronto Archives and the Art Gallery of Hamilton.<br /><br />Reception to follow.</div>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-80918882469178120832023-09-08T14:59:00.002-04:002023-09-08T14:59:24.677-04:00Morris & Co x Williams Sonoma<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEharwQm38ouab4Rg3U1hWNaSIVX_v3_x8IxpvddsoKeXkzVxk_8m8mUmLWr25oiPN5_OB2umiOXa78VJlAVf_kjoNDN6gn1hmIW5yZc_PGaYmzhl1cpeLfh4pMyULK-EkjNKAhmQwauWCu0-0gMl26uhmPMlK6cE7jPM-IqQoe4seeeo3uh_C_QqlaH7Xqe/s1345/WmorrisxWsonoma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="1079" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEharwQm38ouab4Rg3U1hWNaSIVX_v3_x8IxpvddsoKeXkzVxk_8m8mUmLWr25oiPN5_OB2umiOXa78VJlAVf_kjoNDN6gn1hmIW5yZc_PGaYmzhl1cpeLfh4pMyULK-EkjNKAhmQwauWCu0-0gMl26uhmPMlK6cE7jPM-IqQoe4seeeo3uh_C_QqlaH7Xqe/w514-h640/WmorrisxWsonoma.jpg" width="514" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Friends, the Morris & Co x Williams Sonoma collection is here, and it's available in Canada!</p><p><br /></p><p>Tableware, bedlinens, all in lovely Morris patterns! Maximalist opulence through an Arts & Crafts aesthetic.<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.williams-sonoma.ca/search/results.html?words=Williams%20Sonoma%20x%20Morris%20%26%20Co" target="_blank">https://www.williams-sonoma.ca/search/results.html?words=Williams%20Sonoma%20x%20Morris%20%26%20Co<br /><br /></a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKa3uaLKaC5ZZ7OxudNs5K2Lx21447LNK-45-YwYmBubpWgXwaf9QYqGTHKCwZ6u1iT1LOF0_RAJlWuH4Rw9XUmQIvQnyi39eyJMTpqZW_CUcA2L0ZUpcwTc0dCAtcefrP6iQbtyVlhcBXKu51YeFT8D7HxME1ef09W3ZdqITj051yr4Zh7WeJvXMHjHy/s1164/WS_BrerRabbit.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="1160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKa3uaLKaC5ZZ7OxudNs5K2Lx21447LNK-45-YwYmBubpWgXwaf9QYqGTHKCwZ6u1iT1LOF0_RAJlWuH4Rw9XUmQIvQnyi39eyJMTpqZW_CUcA2L0ZUpcwTc0dCAtcefrP6iQbtyVlhcBXKu51YeFT8D7HxME1ef09W3ZdqITj051yr4Zh7WeJvXMHjHy/w638-h640/WS_BrerRabbit.png" width="638" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-50830463852354516172023-07-28T21:46:00.009-04:002023-07-29T22:06:35.252-04:00WMSC Event: Fall Excursion to Orillia, Ontario, October 14-15, 2023<p><b>Dates: October 14-15, 2023</b></p><p><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeUzozU9Yxc_JQPxvAJZSuGqhF6gs4aobzrd0k_1FDEKhZXpwitUuTNUZc-JBJlNbbHdKCXf7Q5ltXHnc0TXXgkUZqKvCWUQBB5jnWhoZYu37QVA9k7sx2OqeBIUBxQSuY7OwxApVeup93QuYB8g_SbWckqDu3UjDe0ir4Hp69qCr2jU_wgrWwLmpOHOd/s1241/orillia-opera-house-credit-through-my-eyes-deb-halbot-photography.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="1241" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeUzozU9Yxc_JQPxvAJZSuGqhF6gs4aobzrd0k_1FDEKhZXpwitUuTNUZc-JBJlNbbHdKCXf7Q5ltXHnc0TXXgkUZqKvCWUQBB5jnWhoZYu37QVA9k7sx2OqeBIUBxQSuY7OwxApVeup93QuYB8g_SbWckqDu3UjDe0ir4Hp69qCr2jU_wgrWwLmpOHOd/w640-h384/orillia-opera-house-credit-through-my-eyes-deb-halbot-photography.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Orillia Opera House</span></div><br /><p></p>Enjoy a fall weekend in Orillia. It is the birthplace of Group of Seven artist Franklin Carmichael and singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. It was the place where humorist Stephen Leacock chose to build his summer home. From his boyhood days through to his adult years, it was a town beloved by pianist Glenn Gould for its quiet charm.<br /><br />We will visit the OMAH (Orillia Museum of Art and History) and tour the Arts & Crafts-designed Stephen Leacock House and its grounds on the shores of Lake Couchiching. We will lunch and shop at a local favourite, the Mariposa Market.<div><br />Dinner will be reserved for us at Theo's Eatery, a restaurant highly recommended by local residents. 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in the Bibliography Room at Massey College.<p></p><p><a href="https://magazine.utoronto.ca/campus/were-going-to-print-like-its-1899-bibliography-room/">Read the full article here.</a></p>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-90198405584862866032023-05-28T11:01:00.001-04:002023-06-05T14:22:52.138-04:00POSTPONED: Ceramic painting at the Clay Room<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcik8PlFFBFmzxEhPHUkfTCbusOI2G3k4SdammO5SDZm8Gh8VFpBbUmprEcyMV-xF0g5AleVFqBcMkV_FvZY0m2BEjp5Nc0gnMgO9jSC2cHYHHS2lFkjmTd7pcL4qHDfo5U68V5L6Ga6pujG2tdXGZGHUUxVPIns5WUy6dF1iyGYSai4nL8VqhBNe5Kw/s800/William%20De%20Morgan.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="800" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcik8PlFFBFmzxEhPHUkfTCbusOI2G3k4SdammO5SDZm8Gh8VFpBbUmprEcyMV-xF0g5AleVFqBcMkV_FvZY0m2BEjp5Nc0gnMgO9jSC2cHYHHS2lFkjmTd7pcL4qHDfo5U68V5L6Ga6pujG2tdXGZGHUUxVPIns5WUy6dF1iyGYSai4nL8VqhBNe5Kw/w640-h636/William%20De%20Morgan.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">William De Morgan lusterware from Wrighwick Manor</span> <br /></p><p>Join us for an evening of artistic expression and laughter!<br /><br /><b>POSTPONED<br /></b>The Clay Room<br />279 Danforth Avenue, Toronto M4K 1N2</p><p>Select from a wide range of ceramic objects and spend a few hours painting your item in the company of fellow Morrisians. We can each bring in food to fuel our creative juices while we paint, or alternatively have a bite to eat beforehand at one of several restaurants in the area. </p><p>The web page <a href="https://clayroom.ca/collections/bisque">https://clayroom.ca/collections/bisque</a> shows prices for each object available for you to choose and paint in the do-it-yourself studio’s party room.</p><p>Ceramic pieces range in price from $8 to $99 and have a corresponding studio fee. Studio fees which range from $9.50 to $21.50, depending on the size of the piece you paint, include everything we need – paints, brushes, aprons, work area, sponge shapes and letters, stencils, tools for techniques, reference materials, personal assistance, clear glazing and kiln firing.You can also come back to work on your piece as many times as you like over 30 days at no extra charge. Complete costs can range from $18 to $120, depending on what you select. For example, the complete cost of a mug or cereal bowl would be around $27.</p><p>After firing in the Clay Room’s kilns, items will be ready for pickup one week later and held for 30 days.</p><p><b>Members only event.</b><br />Check your email for the link to sign up!<br /></p>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-33652868892513362522023-04-19T16:38:00.002-04:002023-04-19T16:39:36.864-04:00WMSC Trip to Hamilton 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBYbJd0YZnlFvMh4vC7M3xEJHYVkCM7oai55F6s0MZdYyRwvXKyscSyL3liZEWKIW_tFppeVxvX9ixQE_WBJynf7xYgyXoQBUVOGMW9uSQ8xUFiZ2yOa2sckmK4idcx5C7epYAFB9i4hw9wgIG1_haij0aUEaDNTPpIaK8NOoBNb3UlE_6zI8hXBKQQ/s3354/RadicalStitch.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="3354" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBYbJd0YZnlFvMh4vC7M3xEJHYVkCM7oai55F6s0MZdYyRwvXKyscSyL3liZEWKIW_tFppeVxvX9ixQE_WBJynf7xYgyXoQBUVOGMW9uSQ8xUFiZ2yOa2sckmK4idcx5C7epYAFB9i4hw9wgIG1_haij0aUEaDNTPpIaK8NOoBNb3UlE_6zI8hXBKQQ/w640-h304/RadicalStitch.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p>
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Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-10191566440463101602023-04-12T11:46:00.004-04:002023-04-24T11:47:48.180-04:00Zoom Lecture: The Beauty, Politics, and Practicalities of Plants: William Morris and the Garden<p> </p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.3px;"><h1 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;">The Beauty, Politics, and Practicalities of Plants: William Morris and the Garden</h1><div>A lecture by <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;">Dr. Sarah Leonard</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Monday April 24, 2023, 7PM EDT</div><div><i>Members Only Zoom Lecture</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.3px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25xnsYIWaFmZe_wxN75ZeQalkIETSVKQcdeH7-HUIZnbN0vmj1_aujOMeEML5joU4CzAc7ZgydgT7lIyqpKbhubqQKlOCAj4xDP6xPaXkhBjSUd-rVMoj8ylllnt9JaOa_pQUl8eLLOULTKIGe-Hrme4_PLe0yxqrkSCWMepRTRdLupz4RP49uZj0yQ/s2048/Marie_Spartali_Stillman_-_A_lady_in_the_garden_at_Kelmscott_Manor,_Gloucestershire.jpeg" style="color: #9c2e19; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25xnsYIWaFmZe_wxN75ZeQalkIETSVKQcdeH7-HUIZnbN0vmj1_aujOMeEML5joU4CzAc7ZgydgT7lIyqpKbhubqQKlOCAj4xDP6xPaXkhBjSUd-rVMoj8ylllnt9JaOa_pQUl8eLLOULTKIGe-Hrme4_PLe0yxqrkSCWMepRTRdLupz4RP49uZj0yQ/w640-h470/Marie_Spartali_Stillman_-_A_lady_in_the_garden_at_Kelmscott_Manor,_Gloucestershire.jpeg" style="background: transparent; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 1px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Marie Spartali Stillman, Kelmscott Manor. c. 1904. Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, University of Delaware Library.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>“In this presentation, I will explore the importance of the garden to William Morris’s utopian vision and everyday life. Prolific and unpretentious gardens were essential elements of – and symbols of – Morris’s ideal society, appearing frequently in his political and literary texts. This ideal garden, with its combination of structure and free growth, was also an influence on his famed designs for wallpapers and textiles. And last – but certainly not least – gardens were also very real physical spaces at Red House, Kelmscott House, and Kelmscott Manor. This talk will interweave these strands – political, literary, artistic, and horticultural – in order to give a fuller vision of Morris’s garden ideals. I will also look to the larger history of the Victorian and Edwardian garden in order to contextualize Morris’s work, considering both the trends he reacted against and the like-minded artists and gardeners who shared and perpetuated his views and aesthetics, creating a quintessentially English, Arts and Crafts garden style which has remained highly influential into the twenty-first century.”<br /><br /><br /><i>Dr. Sarah Mead Leonard studies the art, and design, and landscapes of Victorian Britain. She is particularly interested in human interactions with the natural world, and of course the works of William Morris. Her PhD dissertation, “‘The beauty of the bough-hung banks’: William Morris in the Thames Landscape,” investigated Morris’s complex lifelong relationship with the river and its tributaries. A portion of that research was published in the 2021 British Art Studies article “Printed Ecologies: William Morris and the Rural Thames.” She is currently a Postdoctoral Associate in Research at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut.<br /><br />Dr. Leonard holds MAs in Historic Landscape Studies from the University of York, UK, and Art History from the University of Delaware, and a PhD in Art History from the University of Delaware. She has held fellowships at institutions including the Huntington Library, New College Oxford, and Dumbarton Oaks, and she is a proud past recipient of the William Morris Society in the United States’s Dunlap Fellowship. She has served on the board of the William Morris Society in the United States since 2019, and currently holds the position of Vice President. She also manages two Twitter- based digital projects about William Morris: <a href="https://twitter.com/EveryMorris" style="color: #9c2e19; text-decoration-line: none;">@EveryMorris</a>, tweeting about every printed pattern by Morris & Co., and <a href="https://twitter.com/ScreenMorris" style="color: #9c2e19; text-decoration-line: none;">@ScreenMorris</a>, tweeting about uses of Morris & Co. patterns in TV and movie set design.</i></div>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-51515845417141263532023-03-25T16:17:00.002-04:002023-03-25T16:17:43.527-04:002023 Cake Reveal: Melsetter<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="333" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uXrb-qFfY6o" width="461" youtube-src-id="uXrb-qFfY6o"></iframe></div><p></p><span class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap" role="text">Our pattern this year was designed by May Morris, embroidered alongside Theodosia Middlemore on linen with wool thread.
The cake is a carrot cake with cream cheese icing, the birds and flowers rendered in royal icing. Enjoy the video!</span>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-21014268770057210222023-03-01T12:46:00.001-05:002023-03-01T12:46:17.993-05:00189th Birthday Lecture: “Gardening with silk and gold thread” botanical imagery in the work of the art embroidery designer May Morris<p>Lecture by Dr. Lynn Hulse <br /><b>Saturday, March 25, 2023</b><br /> Zoom at 3 pm EDT</p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*Lecture followed by a presentation of this year's birthday cake and toast</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxTR9p638T84vfcdBeexw8hcggWNYB5rnUL8Ufx409OfTAx4bwPBDT1365X_91QpE1Pc15EjUnJmsQPv9_VOilZr9f45qTxu704GVznXq5YaGSVGoo5npMjU7Nk7dKbiHZAXZ6txw3vvVLgkTiWRoZJKTOiGLRwzjvKG_v2T9GaRJOr_kgWjrcNyz3w/s1644/May%20Morris%20Embroidery.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="1250" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxTR9p638T84vfcdBeexw8hcggWNYB5rnUL8Ufx409OfTAx4bwPBDT1365X_91QpE1Pc15EjUnJmsQPv9_VOilZr9f45qTxu704GVznXq5YaGSVGoo5npMjU7Nk7dKbiHZAXZ6txw3vvVLgkTiWRoZJKTOiGLRwzjvKG_v2T9GaRJOr_kgWjrcNyz3w/w304-h400/May%20Morris%20Embroidery.png" width="304" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Embroidery design by May Morris (c1900) © National Museums Scotland</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>The development of the English cottage garden in the hands of the Irish horticulturalist and journalist William Robinson (1838-1935) had a marked effect on the textile arts during the final decades of the nineteenth century. Author of The Wild Garden (1870) and The English Flowered Garden (1883), Robinson rejected the artificiality and formality of High Victorian pattern gardening in favour of naturalised plantings of perennial shrubs and climbers. His revolutionary approach was reflected in the choice of botanical imagery featured in the work of many Arts and Crafts designers, including May Morris (1862-1938), one of the leading exponents of art embroidery. A constant theme in the work of May Morris is her love of English meadow plants and cottage garden flowers.</div><div>Throughout her life, she made detailed studies of plant life to familiarise herself ‘with all the possible peculiarities and diversities of such things.’ But like many other writers on art embroidery, she recognised that the designer’s work ‘should merely recall nature, not absolutely copy it’ (Decorative Needlework, 1893). May Morris’s approach to conventional design will be examined through her work for the embroidery department at Morris & Co. and her special commissions and gifts for family and friends.</div><div style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Dr Lynn Hulse is a Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries of London. She is also co-founder of Ornamental Embroidery, which specialises in the teaching and designing of historic hand stitch through workshops in museums, art galleries and historic houses across the UK. Recent exhibitions include The Needle’s Excellency: contemporary raised work at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (April - June 2017) and the Knitting and Stitching Show (2018), and The Needle’s Art: contemporary hand embroidery inspired by an early Tudor pattern book at the Bodleian Library, Oxford (November 2021- January 2022). Lynn has published widely on the development of art embroidery and is the editor of May Morris: Art and Life (2017) and The Needle’s Excellency: English raised embroidery (2018). She is currently completing a book on Lady Victoria Welby and the founding of the Royal School of Needlework.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Website: <a href="http://www.ornamentalembroidery.com">www.ornamentalembroidery.com</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Email: info@ornamentalembroidery.com </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/OEStitch" target="_blank">OEStitch</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ornamentalembroidery/">ornamentalembroidery</a></span></div></div></div><p><br /></p>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-54866799506395569882023-02-03T13:10:00.004-05:002023-02-03T13:10:36.633-05:00Members Only Event: The Sister Arts: Fashioning the Victorian Luxury Book<h2 style="text-align: left;"> The Sister Arts: Fashioning the Victorian Luxury Book</h2><div>Tuesday February 21st, 2023.</div><div><b>Guided tour of the current exhibition.</b></div><div>In-person event: Members please check your email for the sign-up link!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6fYlN9wtOYBnER0gIOLVPt2sPoeIYV_S_CjQKsLY3fxyWRhHXXwwZ-q9Yf4zKO_vrEiJ7XxglI6M2AQGPCDa-pDuBiTcWxBWOxFJSfERJCOEqRgv35CKBrPoxv-FfPT_Y_S8q-_zdGLphltYaZ1jBn4-WfgwxBXCGgH9KP76zVmGAsu2b7DxgNcJZQ/s650/lady_of_shallot_-_2021.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="623" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6fYlN9wtOYBnER0gIOLVPt2sPoeIYV_S_CjQKsLY3fxyWRhHXXwwZ-q9Yf4zKO_vrEiJ7XxglI6M2AQGPCDa-pDuBiTcWxBWOxFJSfERJCOEqRgv35CKBrPoxv-FfPT_Y_S8q-_zdGLphltYaZ1jBn4-WfgwxBXCGgH9KP76zVmGAsu2b7DxgNcJZQ/w384-h400/lady_of_shallot_-_2021.jpeg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Open sans"; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 750px; padding-bottom: 10px;">During the long nineteenth century (1789-1914), technologies proliferated to make books into beautiful objects that combined illustration with verse, uniting the 'sister arts' of painting and poetry. <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Sister Arts: Fashioning the Victorian Luxury Book</i> explores the ways that luxury book manufacture came to provide roles for women in the book arts, initiating a sisterhood of illustrators, illuminators, engravers, designers, compositors, and even publishers. The manufacture of these beautiful books provided women with the opportunity to adopt a range of professional roles in the book world.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Open sans"; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 750px; padding-bottom: 10px;">Alongside masterpieces of the fine press, books made and designed by women are featured throughout the exhibition, including Victorian albums and annuals; publications by Emily Faithfull’s Victoria Press and the Yeats Sisters’ Cuala Press; an illuminated manuscript by Lady Louisa Strange; and books featuring women artists, including Phoebe Anna Traquair, Jessie M. King, Anne Lydia Bond, and HRH Princess Beatrice. Highlights of this exhibition include the 1857 Moxon Tennyson, with Pre Raphaelite wood engravings ; two manuscripts illuminated by Alberto Sangorski; the elephant folio edition of Henry Noel Humphreys’s guide to <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages</em> (1849); decadent Belles Lettres limited editions; and the Kelmscott Chaucer (1896), widely agreed to be the most beautiful book ever printed in English. Focused on British publications, the scope of the exhibition extends from the beginning of the nineteenth century until the onset of the First World War.</p></div>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-59520905816403517822023-02-01T13:43:00.001-05:002023-02-01T13:43:11.004-05:00The Rossettis at Tate Britain<br /><br /> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/the-rossettis"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SYs7G70bY4GhCMO7WujaHTz3znuXbhQ1e3YGXlZVRcVqcNG9IVcNI_43-4BLB3U0Z82S-RuFu1Q_a32TBiDMmo_M38qn9VSWzVJSSgJkE0_sqMy_tb8xF41XxKtTnDBLxrS1BesbDQRzwZN_oqcS7fw1aDPvgamS8T7GtgG8MjeBlP_Tlxglv0eYJg/w412-h640/Dante_Gabriel_Rossetti.width-1200.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Paolo and Francesca da Rimini, 1855</div></span><br /><b>A major exhibition devoted to the radical Rossetti generation</b><br />April 6 - September 24th, 2023<br /><br />This exhibition follows the romance and radicalism of the Rossetti generation, through and beyond the <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-are-pre-raphaelites">Pre-Raphaelite</a> years: <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dante-gabriel-rossetti-461">Dante Gabriel</a>, Christina and Elizabeth (née Siddal). Visitors will get to experience world-renowned works from their boundary-pushing careers.<br /><br />The Rossettis’ approach to art, love and lifestyles are considered revolutionary, and this will be thoroughly explored in an immersive show, using spoken poetry, drawings, paintings, photography, design and more.<br /><br />This is the first retrospective of Dante Gabriel Rossetti at Tate and the largest exhibition of his iconic pictures in two decades.<br /><br />It will also be the most comprehensive exhibition of Elizabeth Siddal’s work for 30 years, featuring rare surviving watercolours and important drawings.<br /><br />The Rossettis will take a fresh look at the fascinating myths surrounding the unconventional relationships between Dante Gabriel Rossetti, <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/elizabeth-eleanor-siddal-494">Elizabeth Siddal</a>, <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rossetti-fanny-cornforth-a00845">Fanny Cornforth</a> and Jane Morris.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/the-rossettis">More information here.</a><br /><br /></div>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-7843256216688680142023-01-27T11:01:00.004-05:002023-01-27T11:01:39.023-05:00At Home with Jane and William Morris – A New Joint Biography<p> </p><h1 class="tbp_title">At Home with Jane and William Morris – A New Joint Biography</h1><p><span class="tbp_post_meta_item tbp_post_meta_author"><span class="tbp_post_meta_before">by </span><span class="author vcard tbp_post_meta_autor_inner"><span>Dr. Suzanne Fagence Cooper</span></span></span></p><p><span class="tbp_post_meta_item tbp_post_meta_author"><span class="author vcard tbp_post_meta_autor_inner"><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="tbp_post_meta_item tbp_post_meta_author"><span class="author vcard tbp_post_meta_autor_inner"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwEKK2Gq-Ej8DI5e4s2HxWIwJwotl0nfKFsicRz5kiQG-3YMo3LbVlY1gEPWnffR8h7v87i5mz--4l5DZOQqwreegJZir_jVEChlNndkyzBwaLtudP9fVm4FfT9PrY5VmOr8ObIF6p6EL8AotuJVzi6_l5-QaRcvCbt6MG8p-bLQvjLsTmiGy087WIg/s1200/how-we-might-live-cooper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwEKK2Gq-Ej8DI5e4s2HxWIwJwotl0nfKFsicRz5kiQG-3YMo3LbVlY1gEPWnffR8h7v87i5mz--4l5DZOQqwreegJZir_jVEChlNndkyzBwaLtudP9fVm4FfT9PrY5VmOr8ObIF6p6EL8AotuJVzi6_l5-QaRcvCbt6MG8p-bLQvjLsTmiGy087WIg/w640-h334/how-we-might-live-cooper.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /><p></p><p>George Bernard Shaw called her ‘the silentest woman I ever met’. And
Henry James said she was ‘an apparition of fearful and wonderful
intensity’. But these famous descriptions do Jane Morris a disservice.
As a model for Gabriel Rossetti, she became Queen Guenevere, Pandora or
Persephone. But should we accept that these images reflect the reality
of Jane’s life and character? With the publication of her letters,
edited by Jane Marsh and Frank L Sharp, we can recreate a fully rounded
picture of the lives of both Jane and William Morris, their family and
their close circle. As we read Jane’s words, we can reconsider the
creativity of the women who pioneered the Arts and Crafts movement. Jane
was an outstanding embroiderer, and ran the needlework department of
Morris and Company for over a decade. She built a network of female
friends and colleagues, and hosted poets, anarchists and artists at her
homes in Kent, London and Oxfordshire. For the first time, we can see
how she and William Morris worked together to develop a radical
household. As he said, ‘the true secret of happiness lies in taking a
genuine interest in all the details of daily life’.<span class="tbp_post_meta_item tbp_post_meta_author"><span class="author vcard tbp_post_meta_autor_inner"><span> <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="tbp_post_meta_item tbp_post_meta_author"><span class="author vcard tbp_post_meta_autor_inner"><span><a href="https://artsandcraftstours.com/at-home-with-jane-and-william-morris-cooper/">Read the full review here.</a> <br /></span></span></span></p>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-7974212053395669742023-01-22T13:09:00.005-05:002023-01-22T13:09:58.947-05:00Merton Priory - History Unearthed<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="335" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OAOUxRFqU4c" width="483" youtube-src-id="OAOUxRFqU4c"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-40512662304963924082023-01-11T20:32:00.002-05:002023-01-11T20:32:35.362-05:00Emery Walker's Arts & Crafts Home<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="311" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xvcf0SXnYgw" width="481" youtube-src-id="xvcf0SXnYgw"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>The World of Interiors presents Visitors’ Book from Emery Walker’s House at 7 Hammersmith Terrace. Together with William Morris, Emery Walker was a trailblazer of the arts and crafts movement during the 19th and 20th century. Emery Walker’s Georgian terrace overlooks London’s River Thames, and is preserved as a snapshot in time with Walker’s furniture and objects. <div><br /></div><div>From the drawer containing some of William Morris’ personal items to the hand-embroidered coverlet by William’s daughter, May Morris, the densely-decorated, jewel-toned interiors preserve a vibrant slice of Walker’s milieu. “Emery Walker’s house is a really unique survival of a truly authentic arts and crafts interior,” says Helen Elletson, curator of the William Morris society. Watch the full episode of Visitors’ Book as we explore Emery Walker’s charming and historic house, and view the new collection of wallpapers and fabrics from Morris & Co, which are inspired by the house.</div><div><br /></div><div>Read the full story: <a href="https://www.worldofinteriors.com/story/emery-walker-house-morris-co">https://www.worldofinteriors.com/story/emery-walker-house-morris-co</a></div>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079311746119082779.post-20702364009013473532023-01-06T13:20:00.004-05:002023-01-06T13:20:24.849-05:00Members Only Zoom Lecture: Morris at Merton<p> <span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #262526;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><h1 style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; white-space: normal;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #262526;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Morris at Merton<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h1><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.3px; letter-spacing: normal; white-space: normal;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #262526;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;">A lecture from the UK by <b>John Hawks</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.3px; letter-spacing: normal; white-space: normal;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #262526;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.3px; letter-spacing: normal; white-space: normal;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #262526;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Sunday January 22, 2023, 12PM EST</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.3px; letter-spacing: normal; white-space: normal;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #262526;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><i>Zoom Lecture</i><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.3px; letter-spacing: normal; white-space: normal;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #262526;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #262526;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MJrLgTKAhVpalcSm4kSzz49MwpcuzteNhuOmC_jzix7cH7JHw4Tob0h6tWhLCp3fBFPEPWC0rhlZgJI3sR5zfnCT0JoIEqBzc-Z7qUj3A_WBOQ1UJwVxVN3Z897HFvWRoA2bfSahktjQvHue0ihoInQvHpgFejDzUqgnv7h1vA4Z0e77yhqPZYQBDg/s792/ThePondAtMertonAbbey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="792" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MJrLgTKAhVpalcSm4kSzz49MwpcuzteNhuOmC_jzix7cH7JHw4Tob0h6tWhLCp3fBFPEPWC0rhlZgJI3sR5zfnCT0JoIEqBzc-Z7qUj3A_WBOQ1UJwVxVN3Z897HFvWRoA2bfSahktjQvHue0ihoInQvHpgFejDzUqgnv7h1vA4Z0e77yhqPZYQBDg/w640-h380/ThePondAtMertonAbbey.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="tBJ dyH iFc sAJ O2T zDA IZT swG"><span class="richPinInformation" data-test-id="richPinInformation-description">"The
Pond at Merton Abbey" or "The Pond at William Morris's Works at Merton"
by L. L. Pocock, watercolour, now in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
William Morris acquired the old silk works at Merton Abbey Mills in June
1881 and relocated the workshops of Morris & Co. to Merton.</span></span></span></div><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #262526;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.3px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; white-space: normal;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.3px; letter-spacing: normal; white-space: normal;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.3px; letter-spacing: normal; white-space: normal;">In
1881 William Morris moved his weaving, dyeing and stained glass works
to picturesque old buildings in Merton, then a village in South London
near Wimbledon. The works continued there for another 44 years after his
death, finally closing in 1940. They were known as the “Merton Abbey
works” because this had once been the historic site of a major priory -
which would certainly have appealed to the passionate medievalist in
Morris, though more important to him was the water quality of the River
Wandle which flows through Merton, a chalk stream ideal for his
traditional processes. This period of his life and achievement is
described by John Hawks, a trustee of the Wandle Industrial Museum and
Merton Priory Trust.</div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Lera Kotsyubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807797895753830003noreply@blogger.com0