Hand drawn
Do go and see the Georgia O’Keeffe exhibition at Tate Modern if you can. As well as the flower paintings, New Mexico landscapes and some lovely early synesthesia-inspired abstracts, there’s a room of Alfred Stieglitz photographs of O’Keeffe.
The photos of her hands are pretty well known and for good reason. They’re very photogenic hands! Jigsaw has created a clever O’Keeffe-inspired collection, called ‘Hands of Georgia’ that riffs on those elegant hands. Alongside minimalist suiting reminiscent of O’Keeffe’s personal style, there are scarves, tops and dresses featuring illustrations of hands by Rob Phillips and Sam Kerr.
I love drawing but one thing I need to improve is hands. I just can’t make them as languid and long fingered as these…
Apart from the collection, I’m loving the gentle photography in the look book, by Jesse John Jenkins, all shot on analogue – yay! On a side note, another artist I’ve come across recently, who is excellent at hands is Frédéric Forest. Here are a couple of his masterful line drawings. Note to self: must practice more…
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WORDS: Disneyrollergirl/Navaz Batliwalla
IMAGES: Jigsaw; Frédéric Forest
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