A beautiful film from one of my favourite blogs The Sartorialist...
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Inspiration...
Frida Kahlo's 'Las Dos Fridas'
Our corazons (hearts) are a great unisex piece.
Available in bone (dyed red) and horn (black).
Tu Media Naranja Artwork
Here are some more beautiful artworks by Mexican artist Danny Sixx for the barton&bell Tu Media Naranja Collection.
'Papel Picado'
Papel picado is the Mexican folk art of paper cutting into intricate designs. The designs are commonly cut from tissue paper using a guide and small chisels creating numerous banners at a time. Common themes include flowers, love & skeletons. These brightly coloured banners are strung under the portals of homes and across narrow streets of colonial villages.
This artwork includes our 'papel picado' amor flag. A celebration of love (amor)!
'Corazon' (Heart)
The heart is a common theme in Mexican art and is often depicted as an anatomical heart. Mexican folk art sees the anatomical heart produced in a wide variety of mediums.
The heart is a common theme in Mexican art and is often depicted as an anatomical heart. Mexican folk art sees the anatomical heart produced in a wide variety of mediums.
'Cholula'
The cross is seen everywhere in Mexico - in home altars, on roadside shrines, worn by the faithful and in countless forms of folk art. Throughout Mexico you can see crosses in every medium imaginable. It is the detail and decorative form that crosses come in that makes them so unique to Mexico.
Named 'Cholula' after the town of Cholula which is home to the widest pyramid ever built. The pyramid was so neglected over the centuries as to become virtually unrecognisable as a man made structure. In fact when the Spanish settlers arrived they built a church on the top, not realising that their 'hill ' was actually a pyramid and native religious site!
The cross is seen everywhere in Mexico - in home altars, on roadside shrines, worn by the faithful and in countless forms of folk art. Throughout Mexico you can see crosses in every medium imaginable. It is the detail and decorative form that crosses come in that makes them so unique to Mexico.
Named 'Cholula' after the town of Cholula which is home to the widest pyramid ever built. The pyramid was so neglected over the centuries as to become virtually unrecognisable as a man made structure. In fact when the Spanish settlers arrived they built a church on the top, not realising that their 'hill ' was actually a pyramid and native religious site!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Tu Media Naranja Collection
barton&bell's 'tu media naranja' is a Mexican love story...
'tu media naranja' chronicles the journey of finding your 'half orange' - that other half, your perfect match...
Inspired by the colourful designs of the game Loteria; El Corazon (the heart), La Rosa (the rose), El Sol (the sun) and La Luna (the moon) have been selected to tell a tale of love and romance.
In a bold bright colour palette reminiscent of the playful theatre and colourful traditions of Mexico the collection weaves together luxe leathers, silver, brass and semi-precious stones encapsulating imagery of Mexico and it's unique culture and arts.
'tu media naranja' chronicles the journey of finding your 'half orange' - that other half, your perfect match...
Inspired by the colourful designs of the game Loteria; El Corazon (the heart), La Rosa (the rose), El Sol (the sun) and La Luna (the moon) have been selected to tell a tale of love and romance.
In a bold bright colour palette reminiscent of the playful theatre and colourful traditions of Mexico the collection weaves together luxe leathers, silver, brass and semi-precious stones encapsulating imagery of Mexico and it's unique culture and arts.
'El Sol & La Luna'
The sun (masculine) and the moon (feminine) are seen as a love story. Where the sun will bear down on any given subject the moon softly enfolds our attention. She is considered a luminary but produced no light of her own accord. She is reliant upon the sun's light to make her 'glow'.
The sun (masculine) and the moon (feminine) are seen as a love story. Where the sun will bear down on any given subject the moon softly enfolds our attention. She is considered a luminary but produced no light of her own accord. She is reliant upon the sun's light to make her 'glow'.
All Artwork by Danny Sixx for barton&bell
'Dia de los Muertos' (Day of the Dead)
A day of celebration, November 2nd The Day of The Dead focuses on family and friends gathering to remember the dead. A day to truly celebrate and enjoy those they remember the Mexicans are unique in their culture for on this day they will laugh and even joke about the deceased. Graves are visited and private altars are built with gifts of marigolds, the favourite food, candies and beverages of the departed and brightly coloured sugar skulls. After a full day of festivties the people continue the gathering to eat the food left on the altar.
The arts of Mexico are heavily influenced by imagery from 'Dia de los Muertos'.
This range depicts the brightly decorated sugar skulls synonymous with the Day of the Dead.
A day of celebration, November 2nd The Day of The Dead focuses on family and friends gathering to remember the dead. A day to truly celebrate and enjoy those they remember the Mexicans are unique in their culture for on this day they will laugh and even joke about the deceased. Graves are visited and private altars are built with gifts of marigolds, the favourite food, candies and beverages of the departed and brightly coloured sugar skulls. After a full day of festivties the people continue the gathering to eat the food left on the altar.
The arts of Mexico are heavily influenced by imagery from 'Dia de los Muertos'.
This range depicts the brightly decorated sugar skulls synonymous with the Day of the Dead.
Friday, September 3, 2010
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