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Closing the #TopsyTuesday series this week with Frederick Hollyer's platinum print (1874 @NPG) From next week we focus on Morris's companion featured here, Burne-Jones. Dissatisfied with #TedTuesday (B-J was Ned not Ted!) the PRS welcomes all suggestions for an alliterative tag!
'Wey' furnishing fabric (1883, V&A) for this week's #TopsyTuesday. One of several designs taking its name from Thames tributaries, Morris was apparently also inspired by a fine piece of Italian cut velvet for this luscious, rich & undulating design.
'Poppy' or 'Wreath' a wallpaper design with poppies & acanthus flowers, c.1880 (private collection) for this week's #TopsyTuesday. Gouache on paper over pencil and crayon, inscribed with colour instructions in the artist's hand.
The lush, verdant 'Forest' Tapestry (1887, V&A) for this week's #TopsyTuesday. Festooned in swirling foliage, we find a rich menagerie (designed by Philip Webb) including a fox, a peacock, a crow and a majestic lion (Aslan always come to mind) in the very centre....
A small panel from King Rene's Honeymoon Cabinet (1861, V&A) designed by Val Prinsep for this week's #TopsyTuesday. Representing the craft of 'Ironwork' it shows Morris as a blacksmith. Walter Crane arguably followed suit in the Socialist League membership card design in 1888.
Midsummer Morris! Continuing Solstice week on #TopsyTuesday with lines from Morris's letter to Georgiana Burne-Jones, Midsummer Day June 22nd 1889 'Haymaking is going on like a house afire..one big nosegay, the scents wonderful..' (Pic: Holman Hunt: Cornfield at Ewell 1849, Tate)
Exquisite pages from Morris's manuscript of Virgil's Aeneid (1875) for this #TopsyTuesday.
A labour of love yet frustration, Morris transcribed 6 books of 12 & provided ornament/borders. Illustrations by Burne-Jones. Completed by Fairfax Murray, Louise Powell & Graily Hewitt.
Now that fishing is permitted again, here's a skit of Morris by Rossetti (British Mus.,1871) showing him sitting with a rod under his arm, reading a copy of 'The Earthly Paradise', whilst the fish are laughing & rolling around in the water! No catch today then!๐ฃ๐#TopsyTuesday
Fresh & floral for this week's #TopsyTuesday as we enter June, the month of the burgeoning rose ๐น๐ต๏ธ
Trellis wallpaper (1862), Rose textile design (1883), Rose & Thistle furnishing fabric (1881), Tulip & Rose furnishing fabric (1876) (all V&A)
Join Ms. Sadina for #TopsyTuesday very soon. Sheโll be showing us how to make our very own #StainedGlass artwork! Youโll need: tracing paper, washable markers, scissors, and painters tape.
#HCPL #CraftingTogether
With all this staying @ home, sedentary comfort has been crucial! Here are 2 'gothic' chairs designed by Morris & Rossetti featuring 'Glorious Gwendolen's Golden Hair' & 'The Arming of a Knight' c.1856 taken from Morris' early poetry. Medieval yes, but comfortable?! #TopsyTuesday
Join Ms. Sadina soon for #TopsyTuesday Today youโll need: paint, brushes, a plastic spoon, and some sort of data disc (CD/DVD).
#HCPL #CraftingTogether #UpcycleArt
Morris's beloved medieval-style settle for #TopsyTuesday. Morris shown sitting in it with Burne-Jones in Beerbohm's affectionate caricature (1916), photo of whitewash treatment from Red House's later residents (!) & digitally recreated there for TV (Brilliantly British BBC1 2004)
A collaboration between Morris & birthday boy D.G.Rossetti for #TopsyTuesday.
DGR's 'Two Designs for a Sofa' (with measurements & notes mostly by Morris).
The settee was created & exhibited by Morris's co in 1862 & appeared in DGR's 'Joseph Accused Before Potiphar' (@BMAGimages)
Its #TopsyTuesday ๐ Join Ms. Sadina soon and learn how to make your very own stamps. Youโll need: cardboard or toilet paper rolls, scissors (for cardboard only), glue, pipe cleaners, paint, brushes, and paper.
#DIYcrafts #Crafternoon #HCPL #CraftingTogether
An affectionate sketch of William Morris with his 2 daughters Jenny (born 1861) and May (born 1862) at Red House, created by Edward Burne-Jones, for this week's #TopsyTuesday
Happy #TopsyTuesday ๐
Todayโs #Crafternoon brings us a touch of science. You will need: heavy paper (like watercolor or multimedia paper), a shallow pan, water, straws, baby oil (or cooking oil), and food coloring (or watercolor). See yโall soon!
#HCPL #CraftingTogether
Some perhaps much-needed Utopia, fantasy & escapism for this weeks #TopsyTuesday
Exquisitely illustrated by Morris, Burne-Jones & Crane @ Kelmscott Press
News from Nowhere 1890
The Story of the Glittering Plain 1891
The Wood Beyond the World 1894
The Well at the World's End 1896
Happy #TopsyTuesday yโall! Todayโs #Crafternoon is #EdibleClay in that it is #TasteSafe and non-toxic.
It is a craft quickie in prep time but should last you a few days if refrigerated in a plastic baggie. #HCPL #CraftingTogether
Photos of the idyllic Red House, Bexleyheath for this week's #TopsyTuesday
Co-designed by Philip Webb & Morris & inhabited by the Morris family & friends between 1860-5, one wonders whether the 'Towers of Topsy' & Palace of Art would have been the perfect place to self-isolate...
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