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Thursday, August 30, 2012

2012-2013 Color Palette: Three Colors Grey







Complementary colors are defined to mix to grey, either additively or subtractively. Most grey pigments have a cool or warm cast to them, as the eye can detect even a minute amount of saturation. Yellow, orange, and red create a warm grey. Green, blue, and violet create a cool grey. When there is no cast at all, it is referred to as neutral, achromatic or simply grey. Mirroring the silvery, shiny fur of its namesake, this season's silvermink is an endlessly versatile rich mid-tone grey.

Belgian fashion designer, Natalia Brilli, is based in Paris where she creates leather jewelry, accessories and objects. Monochromatic yet weightless, her pieces are freed from unnecessary embellishment. Brilli's inspiration follows the natural rhythm of the seasons without ever forsaking her signature "pearls" and her color range. Limited in the beginning to black, green and purple, it now includes pastel tones with natural or metallic finishes.

Portland based, Heather Gabriel, uses primitive methods to form and fire her work. Making objects that can't be reproduced glaze is used sparingly, allowing the clay and flame to speak for itself. Fired with wood in her ClayWoodStone ceramic studio, every fire ishttp://obviouspath.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2698&action=edit different according to the fuel used, the time lapsed, the patterns of stoking and rest - each leaving its unique mark on the work.

Inspired by nature South Africa's, Ronél Jordaan, playfully infuse contemporary interiors with the beauty, simplicity and serenity of the outdoors. Her 100% wool, hand dyed, hand felted gorgeous pouffe is the net result of following her own creative instincts which led her to explore the possibilities of turning fine gossamer threads into robust felted forms  by patiently rubbing and coaxing threads of pure wool into eo-friendly shapes.