Up here in the boondocks Amazon and the UPS truck have become my best friends. I have read some great books this summer including Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman both wonderful transporting reads. I am currently termiting my way through a book that is consuming my thoughts...Dancing to the Precipice by Carloine Moorhead. This book is based on the journals of Lucie de la Tour du Pin, who, as part of the court of Louis XVI, was an eye witness to the French Revolution. She lived through the Reign of Terror and went on to lead a remarkable life. Reading this book has colored my thinking about the terrible state of our world today especially all the horrible news I hear everyday on the NPR as I pot away in the studio. Things are indeed very bad now but man they could be worse.... think guillotine that chops off 7 heads in one swipe. Will man E V E R learn to be civilized toward his/her fellow man?
This book has also made me fascinated with the dress and more specifically the underwear of the 18th century. OK, I'm weird but I wonder who invented the "pannier" - pictured above and why????
As I have been reading I have also been working on a sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project. My theme is Inside/Outside and you got it...my sketches are all about underwear both ancient and modern. Of course all this comes around to clay.... Check out the little ornaments I am doing in my etsy shop.
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This was truely fascinating, coincidentally I woke this morning and realized my underwear was getting snug! The "end" result:)was a very "bitchy" woman in chonies to small! I can only imagine what women went through in the 18th century and the men that had to deal with them on all accounts!
Rae and I have known and loved each-other since the age of 5...she will tell you I am not prone to lying, this is a true story! Thank you for letting me chuckle at myself and bending my brain just a little more today!
Love the undies! Di Overton, at Designer's Block blog featured some gorgeous underwear in a recent post. You might like it for inspriation.
Thanks Natalie...those are some fabulous undies.
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