New York!
This past week we spent 4 days in New York. We wanted to do something memorable for our 40th anniversary and New York was perfect. As our Uber driver said, as he forked over $15 for the Holland Tunnel to Manhattan; “Worth the price of admission”. This is a street view from the Highline, the amazing railway line turned green space. Don’t miss it if you go.
Walking the Highline
Twisted train tracks grow out of the grassy Highline gardens.
Shopping for fabric at Mood Fabrics, Garment District. I bought some heavy linen.
Hell’s Kitchen is the Garment district and packed to the rafters with fabric.
The new Whitney is fabulous. This is a giant candle sculpture that will burn for many months. His head is on the floor behind me.
Carmen Herrera 1948. Still painting at 101.
We met up with friends to see the Agnes Martin retrospective at the Guggenheim. 100 paintings. Peaceful, uplifting, energizing. I particularly wanted to see this tiny painting called Blue Flower. Agnes painted canvas blue, cut it to tiny squares and nailed them to a canvas. This piece has inspired my new indigo square stitching that I talked about in my last blog. I’m intrigued by the spaces around the squares.
Agnes Martin detail. Repetition. Distilled peace. Mindfulness. Calming.
Judith and me in the beautiful Cooper Hewitt Museum.
The beautiful Cooper Hewitt Museum had a show called Scraps: Fashion, Textiles and Creative Reuse featuring creative and alternative approaches to textile industry waste presents the work of three designers who put sustainability at the heart of the design process that embraces the tradition of using handcraft to give new life to scraps. Work by Luisa Cevese, founder of Milan-based design studio Riedizioni; Christina Kim, founder of Los Angeles-based brand dosa; and Reiko Sudo of Toyko textile design firm Nuno.
Nuno. Close up of scraps stitched between layers of gauze.
Silk scraps hand stitched to large silk banner.
So glad you had a wonderful time, Val! New York is quite the experience isn’t it?! Don’t know how people can live there, though. 😉 We’re so lucky to be able to live where we do, aren’t we? I’m sorry I missed the Cooper Hewitt show — I didn’t know about it — it looks AMAZING! I’m back in St. John’s today and enjoying the green grass, blue skies, fresh air and sunshine. And I’m telling my dog that he doesn’t know how lucky he is not to be a New York doggie.
What a city! Special every time and so rich with art and culture. The noise level gets to me, though. Sorry we didn’t manage to meet up, that would have been fun. The Majors said to say Hi.
Oh val
I think you must have had a wonderful time in New York. I have only been once, but would go again in a heart beat and see art art art art art. I was there with April when she turned 25, We walked the high line too. We also found Habu textiles – a tiny shop in a second or third floor space with one of a kind threads and fabrics.
xo
Such an interesting city! Love going there and would love a couple of days in the garment district.
LOVED that enormous candle where the head has melted off. Hilarious! I feel like that some days!