Geneviève ATTINGER
FRANCE
Le Piège à Demoiselles_Marinière et Pompon rouge
The « marinière » or striped
sweater (a cotton long-armed shirt with horizontal blue and white stripes) and
the « bachi » ( a hat with red pompom) are worn by quartermasters and seamen in
the French Navy. I reinterpreted this marinière using a white long-armed shirt
and blue stripes arranged in a new way.
These seamen's sweaters are « traps to catch
the girls, in french : Piège à Demoiselles » because the seamen are known for
making the girls dream because of their characteristic striped garment, their
sailor hat with a red pompon, their travel stories, their adventures. Our
imagination suggests that they leave a girl friend behind them in each harbour.
This work depicts this fantasy.
Portraits: Free motion machine
embroidery,narrow compacted strips of jersey ( kept with free motion machine
sewing; machine appliqued blue strips of jersey cotton, knots : sheet bend, machine quilted, machine
appliqued
White cotton long armed shirt,
blue strips of jersey cotton, cotton, fishing braid, metallic circle
wow! this is a wonderful piece. love the story.
ReplyDeleteSandy