Isabella Ducrot born 1931 in Naples Italy has had a career of art and writing a true inspiration at 93.
“I must tell you immediately that I have never been so happy in my life!... I am terrified also, naturally, because friends of mine, old people, are dying,” she said. “But happiness is another thing. I think I am helped by the words that come to me—words are more generous with me now.” NY
I can tell you this was great fun, all of us really enjoyed ourselves!
'Loose Threads' written and illustrated by the incredible Isol Misenta, what a timely and incredible book this is. The combination of thread and collage is sublime, this is a book to cherish!
“Loose Threads is inspired by a shawl with traditional hand-embroidery that I was given on my visit to the Tamer Institute in Palestine… I thank the Palestinian women who embroidered it and the generous people who gave it to me to bring home to Argentina. Creation and generous travel far, and they inspire and bring together humankind."
”It weaves together gorgeous Palestinian Tatreez with a story of imagination and the idea of letting “the other side” slip through to the everyday, to how there’s a symbiosis between the wild, untidy, strange, and our usual striving for certainty and rules."
During her studies at La Cambre, Elisabeth Ivanovsky published CIRKUS in 1933 with stencil sponge work of Tiger trainers, trapeze artists, elephants, jugglers and clowns in compositions inspired by the Russian avant-garde artist Vladimir Lebedev.
Today I am sharing the illustrations of Elizabeth Ivanovsky for Bonshommes des Bois originally published in 1944 and re-published by MeMo in 2016. A charming book about a summer fête.
Elizabeth Ivanovskywas born in 1910 in Kishinev, Bessarabia. She moved to Belgium to study illustration and theatre design when she was 22. She died aged 94 in 2006
Another beautiful book by Evaline Ness; 'Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine' published by Weekly Reader Book Club Edition Vintage 1966.
