Sunday, 20 May 2012
London Calling - my new video
Just a quick post with my new video - London Calling. It shows some of my latest British & London themed pieces including my new Vintage London collection based on vintage London street signs.
Hope you enjoy it - warmest wishes, Paula .
Friday, 7 October 2011
New Venture - THINGS BRITISH - Exciting New Shop in London...
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Altered Eras can now be found in a London shop - Things British, Kingly Court, Carnaby Street.
Here is a slideshow of a selection of the wonderful designer makers that can be found there...
THINGS BRITISH was created to support and promote a community – a thriving network of designer makers from all corners of Britain. From ceramics to furniture, jewellery to glass, metalwork to textiles - designer makers played a massive role in the social, cultural and artistic history of Britain. For centuries Britain was a nation of makers and society was built around such skills. In these modern times, however, life is very different indeed.
"Few people today can say that they possess the skills required to make even a basic necessity in life, let alone any niceties."
Practical making skills that formed the basic fabric of our society are disappearing and have all but been replaced by mass production and a society where a "disposable" attitude had become almost standard. It is only in recent times that people have started to think seriously about reviving and preserving these skills - before they are lost forever.
"Out of a population of more than 60 million people, less than 0.01% professionally practice making skills today."
Designer makers are a part of our culture and society that need to be recognised and celebrated. Making skills have started to grow and bloom over the last few years. THINGS BRITISH aims to help support, nurture and preserve British crafting skills and jobs and to celebrate our ever-evolving British cultural society.
Designer makers are a part of our culture and society that need to be recognised and celebrated. Making skills have started to grow and bloom over the last few years. THINGS BRITISH aims to help support, nurture and preserve British crafting skills and jobs and to celebrate our ever-evolving British cultural society.
THINGS BRITISH is an innovative, contemporary new business designed from the start to help and support British designer makers by providing a much needed network of retail shops and support. THINGS BRITISH is more than a shop - it’s a gallery, a museum and a fun place to socialise and learn about British craft.
THINGS BRITISH aims to become the largest retail brand destination for things handcrafted, unique and special, backed by an appreciation from the public that eagerly wants to support and buy British.
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I think you will agree that this is an exciting new venture that shouldn't be missed!Want to see more? find more pictures here -
Things British - Products In Store
Or want to apply to join? More info here -
Things British - Info for Designer Makers
Check here for more updates coming soon!
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Things British - Info for Designer Makers
Check here for more updates coming soon!
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Art Nouveau - what is it?
Last week I posted a few new Art Nouveau Necklaces to my Etsy Shop - an artistic style I just LOVE - so thought it might be good to explore the genre a bit...So asking the question - What is Art Nouveau - this is what I got...
Art Nouveau Anglicised to /ˈɑːrt nuːˈvoʊ/) is an international philosopy and style of art, architecture and applied art —especially the decorative arts —that were most popular during 1890–1905. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art". It is known also as Jugendstil, German for "youth style", named for the magazine Jugend, which promoted it, and in Italy, Stile Liberty from the department store in London, Liberty & Co., which popularised the style. A reaction to academic art of the 19th century, it was inspirated in natural forms and structures, not only in flowers and plans, also in curve lines. The architects tried to be in harmony with the natural enviroment. It is also considered a philosophy of design of furniture. They must be designed according to the whole building and making part of ordinary life.
The style was influenced strongly by the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (the above picture is the Mucha Lithograph Zodiac from 1896), when Mucha produced a poster, which appeared on 1 January 1895 in the streets of Paris as an advertisement for the play Gismonda by Victorien Sardou, featuring Sarah Bernhardt. It popularised the new artistic style and its creator to the citizens of Paris. Initially named Style Mucha, (Mucha Style), his style soon became known as Art Nouveau.
Art Nouveau was most popular in Europe and the British Isles, but its influence was global. Hence, it is known in various guises with frequent localised tendencies. In France, Hector Guimard's Paris metro entrances were of art nouveau style. . Art Nouveau was also a style of distinct individuals such as Gustav Klimt, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Alphonse Mucha, René Lalique, Antoni Gaudí and Louis Comfort Tiffany, each of whom interpreted it in their own manner.
Although Art Nouveau was replaced by 20th-century modernist styles, it is considered now as an important transition between the historicism of Neoclassicism and modernism. Furthermore, Art Nouveau monuments are now recognised by UNESCO with their World Heritage List as significant contributions to cultural heritage. The historic center of Riga, Latvia, with "the finest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe", was included on the list during 1997 in part because of the "quality and the quantity of its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture", and four Brussels town houses by Victor Horta were included during 2000 as "works of human creative genius" that are "outstanding examples of Art Nouveau architecture brilliantly illustrating the transition from the 19th to the 20th century in art, thought, and society".
Those involved in the Art Nouveau or New Art Movement wanted to take art away from its classical forms and create a new type of view on art in its various formats. This movement lasted in Europe & North America from approx the 1880's until World War I.It tried to break down the barriers between all types of art, from the traditional, like paintings and sculpture, to arts and crafts, including jewelry, textiles, doors and wallpaper. In this, the Art Nouveau Movement may have succeeded, because both traditional art and non-traditional art from the period are remembered today as being representative of the Art Nouveau period.
Art Nouveau pieces have many curvilinear lines incorporated into their designs and are more organic, focusing on vines, flowers, leaves, insects, birds and, in many cases, women's bodies and faces.
As with any movement when creative human beings interact, there were not clean lines of demarcation in Art Nouveau. For example, the effects of the Industrial Revolution influenced the direction individual Art Nouveau artists took, although artists did not all go on the same path. Some artists embraced the new technologies that were created during the Industrial Revolution. Architects were particularly blessed to have innovations such as steel-reinforced concrete, electric lights and elevators and more ceramic tiling for decoration. On the other hand, some Art Nouveau artists disliked the changes that the Industrial Revolution brought to society and chose to seep their work in mysticism or ancient mythology.
In addition, the Art Nouveau period did not start in 1880 and end with the advent of World War I. Some experts do not set the starting date of Art Nouveau until the 1890s, and artists and architects in some countries, such as Spain, were using Art Nouveau styles well after the end of the Great War.
Art Nouveau was then succeeded later in the 20th Century by the emergent Art Deco style, which incorporated more geometrical shapes and had an even more stylized appearance. However,Art Nouveau still holds somewhat of an influence in certain decorative arts, especially jewellery.
And talking of jewellery, here is a selection of my new necklaces, all representing this WONDERFUL artistic style -
Art Nouveau was most popular in Europe and the British Isles, but its influence was global. Hence, it is known in various guises with frequent localised tendencies. In France, Hector Guimard's Paris metro entrances were of art nouveau style. . Art Nouveau was also a style of distinct individuals such as Gustav Klimt, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Alphonse Mucha, René Lalique, Antoni Gaudí and Louis Comfort Tiffany, each of whom interpreted it in their own manner.
Although Art Nouveau was replaced by 20th-century modernist styles, it is considered now as an important transition between the historicism of Neoclassicism and modernism. Furthermore, Art Nouveau monuments are now recognised by UNESCO with their World Heritage List as significant contributions to cultural heritage. The historic center of Riga, Latvia, with "the finest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe", was included on the list during 1997 in part because of the "quality and the quantity of its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture", and four Brussels town houses by Victor Horta were included during 2000 as "works of human creative genius" that are "outstanding examples of Art Nouveau architecture brilliantly illustrating the transition from the 19th to the 20th century in art, thought, and society".
Those involved in the Art Nouveau or New Art Movement wanted to take art away from its classical forms and create a new type of view on art in its various formats. This movement lasted in Europe & North America from approx the 1880's until World War I.It tried to break down the barriers between all types of art, from the traditional, like paintings and sculpture, to arts and crafts, including jewelry, textiles, doors and wallpaper. In this, the Art Nouveau Movement may have succeeded, because both traditional art and non-traditional art from the period are remembered today as being representative of the Art Nouveau period.
Art Nouveau pieces have many curvilinear lines incorporated into their designs and are more organic, focusing on vines, flowers, leaves, insects, birds and, in many cases, women's bodies and faces.
As with any movement when creative human beings interact, there were not clean lines of demarcation in Art Nouveau. For example, the effects of the Industrial Revolution influenced the direction individual Art Nouveau artists took, although artists did not all go on the same path. Some artists embraced the new technologies that were created during the Industrial Revolution. Architects were particularly blessed to have innovations such as steel-reinforced concrete, electric lights and elevators and more ceramic tiling for decoration. On the other hand, some Art Nouveau artists disliked the changes that the Industrial Revolution brought to society and chose to seep their work in mysticism or ancient mythology.
In addition, the Art Nouveau period did not start in 1880 and end with the advent of World War I. Some experts do not set the starting date of Art Nouveau until the 1890s, and artists and architects in some countries, such as Spain, were using Art Nouveau styles well after the end of the Great War.
Art Nouveau was then succeeded later in the 20th Century by the emergent Art Deco style, which incorporated more geometrical shapes and had an even more stylized appearance. However,Art Nouveau still holds somewhat of an influence in certain decorative arts, especially jewellery.
And talking of jewellery, here is a selection of my new necklaces, all representing this WONDERFUL artistic style -
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| http://www.etsy.com/listing/63083061/art-nouveau-poppy-necklace-the-poppy |
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| http://www.etsy.com/listing/63084307/art-nouveau-poppy-necklace-the-poppy |
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| http://www.etsy.com/listing/78934224/art-nouveau-female-figure-necklace-love |
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| http://www.etsy.com/listing/78936927/art-nouveau-reclining-female-necklace |
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| http://www.etsy.com/listing/78964374/art-nouveau-repousse-necklace-flowing |
Saturday, 2 July 2011
I am having a SALE!! 10% OFF EVERYTHING!
Go on - treat yourself! You KNOW you just need that lovely piece for your summer hols or that wedding you are going to!
I am having a SALE! 10% OFF EVERYTHING!
** STARTED JUNE 30th - 10% OFF 10 DAY SALE. ENDS 9TH JULY **
On 9th July I will close my shop for over 2 weeks while I prepare for & attend a local music festival so get those items you LOVE NOW - especially OOAK items!!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/AlteredEras
Oh & while I am here, take a peek at some new things :) All available in my shop on Etsy :)
I am having a SALE! 10% OFF EVERYTHING!
** STARTED JUNE 30th - 10% OFF 10 DAY SALE. ENDS 9TH JULY **
On 9th July I will close my shop for over 2 weeks while I prepare for & attend a local music festival so get those items you LOVE NOW - especially OOAK items!!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/AlteredEras
Oh & while I am here, take a peek at some new things :) All available in my shop on Etsy :)
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Friday, 25 March 2011
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
New Treasury on Etsy - Toile en Bleu...
'Toile en bleu...' by AlteredEras
Toile is the name of a fabric that entered the English language around the 16th century from a French word meaning "linen cloth" or "canvas" — particularly cloth or canvas for painting on. The word toile in modern English has multiple meanings.
 White/blue toile ho... $43.00 |  French Blue Toile W... $150.00 |  Gold Toile Earrings $30.00 |  Blue Pictorial Toil... $8.95 |
 Allure Vest Reversi... $39.00 |  Coffee Stained Fren... $3.25 |  Baby Hare tiny comp... $18.00 |  Lemon Lavender Natu... $4.75 |
 Blue Bird With Hear... $5.00 |  Triple strand cuff ... $24.00 |  Personalized blank ... $25.00 |  Romantic White and ... $55.00 |
 Great Big Bobbies- ... $3.50 |  Faded Blue Toile AT... $3.50 |  TOILE de JOUY COLLE... $30.00 |  Mosaic Tiles - Yell... $14.50 |
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