Saturday, May 30, 2020

The Art of Jenny Kee - Part II
Art Practice

Marie-Therese Wisniowski

Preamble
For your convenience I have listed below the other posts in this series:
The Art of Jenny Kee - Part I
The Art of Jenny Kee - Part III


Introduction
Jenny Kee is one of Australia's most exciting designers. She opened her first Jenny Kee salon in Sydney, NSW in 1973 and was soon receiving acclaim for her knitwear and fabric designs.

Jenny Kee.

In 1980 the world-renowned Italian fabric printer, Fabio Bellotti, began printing Kee designs on silk and in 1983 Karl Lagerfeld used her Black Opal fabric at their first Chanel ready-to-wear collection.

Chanel Suit with 'Black Opal' lining by Jenny Kee.

Since then Jenny Kee has been commissioned to design tapestries, rugs and fabrics. Her clothes have been exhibited at the Gallery of New South Wales and the Australian National Gallery, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and exhibited at 'Australian Fashion - the Contemporary Art' at Tokyo's Marimura Museum. More recently her designs have been translated into homeware - the subject of this post.



The Art of Jenny Kee - Part II[1]
The homewear shown below was sourced from reference[1] which is based on needlepoint/embroidery work with instructions and patterns by Alison Snepp based on Jenny Kee's designs. The theme for today's homewear is: 'The Sea'.



Inspiration: Coral of the Great Barrier Reef.

Embroidered Cushion: Barrier Reef.

Embroidered Cushion: Aphrodite (Full View).

Embroidered Cushion: Aphrodite (Detailed View).

Inspiration: Tropical Sea Garden.

Embroidered Cushion: Tropical Sea Garden (Full View).

Embroidered Cushion: Spotty Fish (Full View).

Embroidered Cushion: Spotty Fish (Detailed View).

Inspiration: Dolphins.

Embroidered Chair: Dolphins.

Embroidered Cloth: Barramundi.

Embroidered Cloth: Barramundi (Framed).


Reference:
[1] Jenny Kee Needlepoint, Simon & Schuster, Roseville (1993).

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