Chintz roses; odd colours of pink, red and purple-blue

The chintz pattern has a lot of history and many books written about it.

But here are some chintz patterns that are have been brought to the present,

to the contemporary pattern structures and use of colours.

        

The colour palette is very expressive and bright and warm,

despite fabric having faded through multiple washes,

the colours still strike me as being original.

Especially that strange purple-blue.

These tiny rose buds are beautifully printed onto the fabric,

which is a kind of synthetic blend of materials -

and seems like it would be difficult to print upon.

Fabric Selection

A few photos I found weeks ago that I never posted but really should have. 
Below is a border design like piece on
a dress styled kameez (tunic top), which is a detail I love.
The whole suit puts purple alongside orange,
and then the touches of brown on the embellished
areas help when it comes to looking for matching jewelry and shoes. 

Just brilliant, two colours rarely worn in my opinion that are brought together.
The trim uses pink, white and brown shiny rayon like threads,
looking into damask like designs that
surround the flower shapes.
Lotus like blooms horizontally lined up.
The light plays with the shiny thread;
creating areas of shade, of light and dark.

The embellishments to the above neck area of a top are quite interesting, using thick black thread to create this beautiful leaf motif
and these splodge like flowers drops,
alongside swirls with sequins dotted around the shapes.
Leaves venation in gold thread – lush!

Autumn and falling

Those boxy trees at university seem to be stubbornly refusing to believe its autumn,
or at least the last few at the back of the ones that are bare.

 

I realise its probably because of the way the back tree 

 gets more shade and maybe 

seems to not learn till late 

that its time to let its leaves fall. 

It reminds me just how uncontrollable nature can be, 

despite those boxes that seem to trap the structure of the trees. 

 

The colours seem to bring to a colour spectrum of greens and yellows, 

a pretty thing frozen in its moment, before they are all bare.

 

To think all the leaves on the ground get biodegraded down, 

and turn, 

eventually, 

back into living things like leaves etc. 

Talk about the Lion King's favourite cycle of life.

Orange balloon, black fineliner

At least, I assume its black fine liner.
Any way a friend of mine at university found this piece of balloon in an artist's studio
- originally it was whole.

It's kind of hard to photograph some things,

deflated balloons is now one of them.

From the above image you can see the simple shapes 

forming vines and leaves, and a little butterfly in the centre. 

Amazingly simple, it works best though on top of the bright orange background of a balloon.

And blurred image above - I couldn't resist throwing something blurred in.