Wow!
I've walked the Market for two days, and that just about sums it up in one word.
This show is HUGE.
And the products are gorgeous.
Take a look:
Low Country Linens had a pretty booth, chock full of block printed linens that are made in the Low Country area of South Carolina.
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| Block and Brayer image
Block Prints on canvas or twill or linen.
Colors ranged from charcoal to every hue of the 2014 Pantone chart.
So beautiful, so graphic, yet so "mark of the hand".
All made in America.
The lovely prints above from Block and Brayer are just one of the collections represented in the Market that are either hand printed or screen printed from the original hand-carved blocks. |
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| Image from Low Country Linens |
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| Image from Design Legacy |
This image from
Design Legacy includes many of the themes that the Atlanta show is filled with-
Lots of Blues - Cobalt, Indigo, Delft, and Navy. Most of the time, the punch combined with these blues is....
Orange, of course!
Wooden spools of every size, most wrapped with cord, ribbon, or jute.
Maps. Maps. Maps.
Old World Maps,
Compass Point Maps.
Compass Point Maps.
Printed on a variety of surfaces.
And those vintage style numbers are still everywhere.
Lowcountry Originals (those artisans in South Carolina sure are busy!) pulled me right in to their oyster-shell adorned booth, as always. Lovely lighting, furniture, and accent pieces, all cleverly incorporating oyster shells.
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| Image from Lowcountry Originals. |
Sitting on one of their mantels was another icon that permeates the Atlanta show...
Hogs. Pigs. Wild Boars.
Like this pig from Eric and Christopher, who take pictures of animals on Eric's farm, and then Christopher turns them into screen prints. Visit their website and read about their process; it is very inspirational. Makes me want to Push, Pull, Print!
Animals are huge in this Market, with Pigs leading the way, accompanied by Sheep, Goats, Cows, Chickens, Squirrels and a few Foxes and Hedgehogs.
Mostly, it was all about large farm animals.
Owls, Blackbirds and Crows
were still around,
but not as much.
The overall feel of the Market is still very Old World European, with delightful punches of color. There is still a lot of burlap, iron, rust, distressed paint and topiary, relieved with natural linen and softened canvas.
The Authentic Movement Showroom was divine...
Fishs Eddy.
Always pleasing to look at and pick up.
Check out this Bow Tie from Forage;
their packaging is perfect.
Lucia Soaps, and more divine packaging:
The fabulous Mara Mi:
And Lotta Jansdotter...
Tomorrow and Monday will be filled with more scouring, observing, and appreciating...
Appreciating all these thousands of artists who design all this lovely stuff.
Now do you see why Lilla Rogers says "Get Cracking!"??
Hogs. Pigs. Wild Boars.
Like this pig from Eric and Christopher, who take pictures of animals on Eric's farm, and then Christopher turns them into screen prints. Visit their website and read about their process; it is very inspirational. Makes me want to Push, Pull, Print!
Animals are huge in this Market, with Pigs leading the way, accompanied by Sheep, Goats, Cows, Chickens, Squirrels and a few Foxes and Hedgehogs.
Mostly, it was all about large farm animals.
Owls, Blackbirds and Crows
were still around,
but not as much.
The overall feel of the Market is still very Old World European, with delightful punches of color. There is still a lot of burlap, iron, rust, distressed paint and topiary, relieved with natural linen and softened canvas.
The Authentic Movement Showroom was divine...
Always pleasing to look at and pick up.
Check out this Bow Tie from Forage;
their packaging is perfect.
Lucia Soaps, and more divine packaging:
The fabulous Mara Mi:
And Lotta Jansdotter...
Tomorrow and Monday will be filled with more scouring, observing, and appreciating...
Appreciating all these thousands of artists who design all this lovely stuff.
Now do you see why Lilla Rogers says "Get Cracking!"??
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