Apparently today (16th January) is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. Not sure who decided that but I know January can be a downer after the Christmas period. However, today has been a lovely bright sunny day with blue skies. There was a heavy frost and yes, it's cold, but it's beautiful.
I am also happy because today I went to the William Morris Exhibition (Story, Memory Myth) at Two Temple Place. The house has recently be refurbished and opened to the public for the first time. Wow! what a house. The rooms and stair case are wood panelled. There are carvings of the Three Musketeers on the banisters and the doors......solid and beautifully carved. You don't find those at B&Q! Entrance was free to the house and exhibition and to be honest it would be worth going to see just for the house.
The exhibition was wonderful. I'm a big fan of William Morris and the Art & Craft Movement (and Pre-Raphaelites) but I had never really seen any of the fabrics so close up before. They are intricately worked and there was the urge to run a hand over them, for they looked so smooth and velvety. Morris worked with many artists and designers around that time including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and Philip Webb but Burne-Jones was a good friend and they worked together many times. The exhibition featured carpets, tapestries, tiles, books and book illustrations, designs in the making and stained glass. It concentrates on Morris' storytelling through works by Geoffrey Chaucer, Norse Sagas, Arthurian Legend and Greek Myth. Seeing this has now made me want to visit the William Morris Gallery in Waltham Forest but I will have to wait for that as it's shut for for redevelopment until July this year.
For more information on William Morris please use the links.
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| The weather vane at Two Temple Place |
The exhibition was wonderful. I'm a big fan of William Morris and the Art & Craft Movement (and Pre-Raphaelites) but I had never really seen any of the fabrics so close up before. They are intricately worked and there was the urge to run a hand over them, for they looked so smooth and velvety. Morris worked with many artists and designers around that time including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and Philip Webb but Burne-Jones was a good friend and they worked together many times. The exhibition featured carpets, tapestries, tiles, books and book illustrations, designs in the making and stained glass. It concentrates on Morris' storytelling through works by Geoffrey Chaucer, Norse Sagas, Arthurian Legend and Greek Myth. Seeing this has now made me want to visit the William Morris Gallery in Waltham Forest but I will have to wait for that as it's shut for for redevelopment until July this year.
For more information on William Morris please use the links.
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