tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28648607372522469592024-03-20T08:35:00.442-07:00liliesforOscarWildeWhat would you give a flamboyant theatrical genius to thank him for his wit and writings – a bouquet?
Reading artists have created individual artworks based on lilies as tributes to the great man. These have been brought together as an installation by
Reading florist Marc Allridge, Cherubs Floral Design.
The installation will spend October at Haslams, Friar St and then move to Reading Museum for the winter.
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There is a silent auction of the flowers created for Oscar Wilde by Reading Artists that is currently on show at Reading Museum.<br />
There is a box for bids alongside the Lilies for Oscar Wilde in the Box Room at Reading Museum <br />
Auction closes at 12 noon Wed 7th February.<br />
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"...Only in mirrors should one look, for mirrors do but show us masks. "<br />
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To pick a flower - a lily. This one, simply plucked out and
appropriated from an Aubrey Beardsley print ( The Climax) from the Oscar
Wilde play Salome.<br />
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Experiments with black and white, positive,
negative, mirror, acrylic, cutting, engraving. A simple cutout from the
page of a book. An object that reflects today, while still echoing the
history and the period shared by Wilde and by Beardsley. (As we know,
they both died prematurely, in fact within a couple of years of
each other).<br />
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I was first introduced to the writings of Oscar Wilde in my teens by an
English teacher at my secondary school who, cleverly, told me that the
singer of the band I was currently obsessing over was heavily influenced
by Wilde's writings. He then lent me various plays, which I read
discovering for myself the delightful wit and humour contained within. A
love of Wilde has stayed with me and obviously the sad link to my
hometown of Reading has underpinned this. The opportunity to<span class="text_exposed_show">
create a lily to pay homage to Wilde was enormously appealing and I
have endeavoured to make something not only beautiful but that also has a
slightly wicked and entertaining side. I have worked with recycled
materials and in particular pages from an old book of children's verse,
the idea of working new meaning into old appealed, much like giving
words new meaning by altering the order in which they are read.</span><br />
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remember an eccentric student I knew at university who would wander the
quad of 60's concrete dressed in full morning suit, spats, and a cane.
Few people tried to get to know him, most ridiculed him. He was later
murdered for being gay.<br />
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Oscar Wilde was flamboyant and eccentric.
He was an easy target for gossip and the media. He was reputed to
promenade holding a lily in his arms like a baby. It was symbolic of
elevating beauty above utility.<br />
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Lilies feature in his work as symbols of pure beauty.<br />
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My lily features a stigma which is a wrapped male figure from which
emerges a golden butterfly. The figure dives headfirst into the centre
of the flower. The anthers crudely resemble male parts.#liliesforOscarWildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716967823999682929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864860737252246959.post-5101819456405613472017-10-22T13:52:00.000-07:002017-10-22T13:52:06.602-07:00Linda Saul - Broken Rose<div>
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concept behind this lily is that the pointless locking away of a genius
was a great loss to the world. The dark exterior of the lily is meant
to suggest the oppression of Reading Gaol. Within the lily the gold pen
and paper clips represent Oscar, and the interior of the petals his
writing. I chose the story of the Nightingale and the Rose, which ends
with the rose being run over by a cartwheel. I didn’t have a cart to
hand so I substituted a Fiat 500 to find out what a run over rose would
look like. Interestingly the rose ‘bled’, but remained surprisingly
intact. I incorporated a photo of the rose into the image for this lily.
The rose could also represent Oscar’s heart, he once wrote to his lover
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lily is a response to The Ballad of Reading Gaol. C.3.3 is Oscar’s
prison number, and the pseudonym he used when the ballad was first
published. The dark rivulets are meant to be suggestive of the brutality
and suffering of the prison regimen. CTW are the initials of Charles
Thomas Wooldridge whose execution is narrated in the poem. The gold pen
for the stigma represents Oscar and the stamen are prison bars.</span></div>
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Lily flower for Oscar wilde<br />
Description: delicate lily made with a white steel wire integrated together with golden wires<br />
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Artist and designer Ahmad Alazami, Born and raised in Damascus, Syria. Now living in Reading.<br />
Representing the feelings and situations of human beings living in a war-torn country.<br />
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And now delighted and honoured to be a part of this great artist meet up, and honouring a fine artist.<br />
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The first two lilies are riffs on quotes from the Ballad of Reading Gaol.<br />
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One has dried lily petals encased in fine mesh of careful wires - ‘yet each man kills the thing he loves’. The dead petals are all that is left of the lily which had been carefully wrapped in a delicate cage when it was beautiful, full of life and perfume.<br />
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The other has drawn petals in different mediums and papers to suggest the prisoners’ attempts at remembering flowers or petals - the quote:<br />
‘But neither milk-white rose nor red<br />
May bloom in prison air;<br />
The shard, the pebble, and the flint,<br />
Are what they give us there:<br />
For flowers have been known to heal<br />
A common man's despair.’<br />
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The last one - some dangling dried petals with an envelope attached, inside a torn piece of paper with part of Wilde’s subtitle to his book The Critic as Artist - ‘Upon the importance of doing nothing’.<br />
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<i>Opening night at Haslams last night and the first time all the artists' got to see their flowers brought together in the window display at Haslams on Friar. The installation was created by Marc from <cite class="_Rm">www.cherubsfloraldesign.com/</cite></i><br />
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<br />#liliesforOscarWildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716967823999682929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864860737252246959.post-65692308092619405972017-10-16T08:43:00.001-07:002017-10-16T08:43:27.265-07:00A conversation in lilies<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Lilies for Oscar Wilde project is an art
installation born out of a conversation between the artists and makers of Reading
and Oscar Wilde. A conversation in lilies, one of Wilde’s favourite flowers. It
is a conversation in aesthetic forms, and ideas. Each work is a search for
deeper connections with Wilde’s plays, essays and with his experiences. This is
the first time so many of the artists and makers living and working in Reading
have all come together to make this collaborative work so it is very exciting
and sets a precedent for future projects. Some are long-term residents of
Reading, others born and bred here, and many have come here from around the
globe to live and work here and make Reading their home. This is a truly multi-cultural
and international town that is going places. <span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">There are over 80 flowers – a stunning tribute to
Oscar. I think he would be moved and delighted. Visitors to the Lilies For
Oscar Wilde installation this Autumn at Reading Museum will be intrigued and
uplifted by the textures and complex layers of meanings behind each flower, and
by how each artist and maker has engaged with Oscar Wilde, his life or his
work. The personal stories and journeys of making behind each flower will be
being revealed here on this blog and at LiliesForOscarWilde hashtags on
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">introductory thoughts from Salma Caller</span>#liliesforOscarWildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716967823999682929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864860737252246959.post-13410934307367731422017-10-16T07:57:00.001-07:002017-10-16T07:57:34.425-07:00The Makers and Artists<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />Alazami Ahmad <br />Appleton Robyn <br />Baldwin Cath <br />Barbaresi Rachel <br />Beardmore Mike <br />Blake Elaine<br />Blake Georgia<br />Brockbank Sadie <br />Bunker Julie <br />Burns Charles<br />Caller Salma <br />Casey Hester<br />Castle Sally<br />Chong Kit Yan<br />Corder Kate <br />Davison Claire <br />Dennis Jo <br />Eley Sue<br />Fletcher Caroline<br />Gay Stephanie <br />Gillmor Emily <br />Greiner Jane <br />Griffin Lucy <br />Grimes Trish <br />Hemken Celia <br />Hildebrandt Bernd<br />Hildebrandt Martina <br />Jacob Rosana<br />Jehan Huma<br />Jessop Lou <br />Jones Sue <br />Knight Sam<br />Langley Mark <br />Lunn Helen <br />McQuillan Joan <br />Mercier Chris<br />Montague Shelley <br />Moxom Laura de<br />Mundy, Sue<br />Nabarro Melanie<br />Newell Price Cathy<br />Parry Mary <br />Pembrooke Carole <br />Richardson Sally <br />Ryan Gwen <br />Saul Linda <br />Shave, Christine <br />Short Tony<br />Smalley, Roger <br />Stephens Carole <br />Thomas Jo <br />Thorn Ruth <br />Thorne Val<br />Whitfield Jenny<br />Wilson Tim<br />Zaheer Ayesha </div>
#liliesforOscarWildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716967823999682929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864860737252246959.post-24447945045159652372017-10-16T07:18:00.000-07:002017-10-16T08:28:50.947-07:00Sally Castle - Recycled lily<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lily made from water bottles, drinking straw and a cocktail stirrer<br />
Medium: Recycled plastic <br />
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Plastic bottles recycled as a lily? My rather tenuous link is an Oscar Wilde quote: "No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.”<br />
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Coincidentally, I have recently taken a few weeks break from lino cut printing and have been painting. I have been attracted to subjects involving the less obviously beautiful subject matter: discarded objects and mechanical structures seen in a natural environment. Making a recycled lily was a natural progression of<br />
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Website: www.sallycastle.co.uk<br />
Facebook: Sally Castle studio#liliesforOscarWildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716967823999682929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864860737252246959.post-79189397678823285152017-10-16T07:17:00.000-07:002017-10-16T07:51:24.423-07:00Tony Short - Layer by layer a 3-D printed lily<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Layer by Layer - A 3D printed lily. Modular for easy swapping of coloured elements.<br />
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Tony is an artist, typographer, designer, crafter and geek.<br />
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His artwork can be an eclectic fusion of mixed media paintings, digital art, 3D printing, traditional craft and multimedia technology.<br />
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With a keen interest in futurology Tony was always an early adopter of technology, computers and the Internet. In recent years this has impacted his work, opening his horizons and helping him explore innovative new ways to be creative. Tony enjoys investigating the way something works and how to reengineer it, combining the useful with something possibly beautiful. He is not only interested in the design perspective, but with one eye on the future, he is an active advocate of how technology changes cultures and creativity.<br />
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I created a lily that interpreted the themes of decay from Oscar Wilde's ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray.’ <br />
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“Decay fascinates me more,” Dorian says in the book. This was the quote that I chose as the inspiration to my lily. The lily a symbol of purity, it’s beauty decaying with the passing of time.<br />
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I created the lily petals out of polymer clay. I used foraged pieces for the stem. I settled on a moss covered branch that gave the feeling of decay juxtaposed with the smooth clay of the petal section of the lily.<br />
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To add to the sense of decay, and as a way to blend the branch and main flower head together I used delicate black pen lines, building up in intensity on some parts of the lily petals, to depict rot setting in and overtaking the lily much like the beauty of Dorian Gray in his portrait aging and overtaken by Dorian's transgressions.<br />
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Scarlet Threads Of Life<br />
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“He was trying to gather up
the scarlet threads of life and to weave them into the pattern; to find
his way through the sanguine labyrinth of passion through which he was
wandering.” <br />
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This was the quote from ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray' that served as the basis for the concept of my second lily sculpture.<br />
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someone who depends on regular blood transfusions, the words “scarlet
threads of life" connected to me in a personal way. The importance of
veins pumping blood throughout the body made possible and provided by
blood through IV lines; supporting life. I interpreted this in my second
lily by drawing red lines weaving into one another to cover the petals
of the lily. Symbolising the veins and pumping life to the lily.<br />
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beauty, and particularly with the imagery in his play <i>Salome</i>, written in 1891. My own work explores Orientalism, ornament
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman";">Ornament has complex
ways of meaning across different cultures but often now in Western culture
ornament is seen as superficial or lacking substance or profound meaning. For
Wilde, beauty was vital and ornament was also emotion and meaning, not just
superficial decoration. This for me is a crucial link to understanding ornament
in other cultures. The flat ornamental space free of perspective that Wilde
said he longed to sit in, is in fact a multi-dimensional world of touch,
concept and feeling.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">These are ideas that
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Looking is a very dangerous thing in </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 150%;">Salome</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">. The forbidden or taboo gaze or
the strange gaze seems to me to be at the heart of the play. It is utterly
fascinating. The ornamental language Wilde uses communicates deep and
complex meanings. There is also rich and beautiful imagery of the moon, and a
contrasting of the colours black and white. I wanted to make a dramatic
theatrical and beautiful lily that worked with the imagery of the play, yet
also explored the notion of the gaze that falls on those who are different
without seeing them. In this work for me personally there is a message about
looking at others, especially others from other cultures. Can we ever really
see them? Or do we gaze at them as if into a mirror and only see our own
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#liliesforOscarWildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716967823999682929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864860737252246959.post-69194846032349242572017-10-15T07:02:00.000-07:002017-10-16T07:51:46.805-07:00Local Reading artists and ‘makers’ joined forces to create some stunning liliesLocal Reading artists and ‘makers’ joined forces to create some stunning lilies – using a range of materials, from ceramics to fabric, paper and plastic, found objects and recycled ones, to create a unique ‘bouquet’, designed and staged by award winning florist Marc Allridge. The flowers will be debuting at Haslams, Friar Street, Reading on Monday 16 October.<br />
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Reading Museum in collaboration with Jelly, Reading Guild of Artists
(RGA), Two Rivers Press, Whiteknight’s Trail, and many independent
artists and ‘makers’ celebrate the wit and wisdom of Oscar Wilde by
commemorating his birthday on Monday 16 October.<br />
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Marc Allridge from Cherubs Floral Design in Caversham designed the installation which will be going into Haslams front window on the morning of 16 October. Marc’s company has been in Reading for 13 years and employs 16 people. The award winning florist, said: “I am delighted to be involved with this project. It was like Christmas morning opening all the lily boxes. What an eclectic mix of artistic expression! The lilies come in every material imaginable and some gave me cause to smile as I unfurled them from their wrapping. Drop by Haslams from Monday morning to see them displayed.” #liliesforOscarWildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716967823999682929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864860737252246959.post-85776364451440317942017-10-13T07:43:00.002-07:002017-10-16T08:39:57.955-07:00The very first lily - The Wounds Of Love:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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first lily to bloom onto our artists and makers forum was Sue Eley's.
It appeared all serene, soft with curving white felt petals and a
beautifully intricate underside structure of the tiniest green glass
beads. One petal was bleeding a red heart glass bead from a delicate
glinting red gash of sequins. The little heart is suspended from the petal. A little jewel of pain The wounds of love, says Sue, from Oscar Wilde's tale The Selfish Giant.</div>
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Sue
is an artist and maker who works with Essential Tremor to make the most
delicate work in watercolours and beadwork, yet can equally turn her
hand to stone cutting. Sue Eley also writes a blog about making and
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Sue,
worked through Essential Tremor and a lily allergy humorously and
patiently to bring us this lily, saying ' Progress, but slow as
detailed work. Silk waste and merino, glass beads for opulence' and
later 'My tremor has given me grief over this to the extent that I
wish it spoke pain more loudly.' Perhaps that was the moment she
decided to attach the red silk wound and the falling red bead droplet ! <br />
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#liliesforOscarWildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716967823999682929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864860737252246959.post-59934195319434033402017-10-13T07:41:00.000-07:002017-10-16T08:33:16.449-07:00Recycled Beauty<div class="ox-8c549476cd-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Several of the lilies made for the Lilies For
Oscar Wilde project are by artists and makers who are interested in
recycled materials. Practical and
mundane objects that have been transformed into objects of beauty. These
'used' materials, also often implicated in the destruction
of our environment, that have been art-cycled, make for intriguing
comparisons
with traditional notions of materials and making. We often think that
natural materials like wood, metal and stone are more appropriate for
the making of beautiful things. But
looking more closely at the recycled materials lilies you begin to get a
feeling for a new aesthetic, another kind of opulence, ranges of
textures and sensory delights that I think Wilde would have really
appreciated. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">There is a paradox here, of course, in breathing new life into these often deadly materials. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"></span><br />
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Sally Castle's lily looks like glass, large,
stunning, and translucent. It is made
from two plastic bottles, straws, clear plastic tubing and a cocktail mixer
stick. Sally remembered the thrill of seeing the cocktail mixer in the pub !
Just the thing. Sally's link to Oscar Wilde is a quote: "No great artist
ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an
artist." I imagine her in the pub staring at the cocktail mixer and seeing
it instead as part of the anatomy of a lily. <br />
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Ornella Trevisan’s lily appeared suddenly like a
dream on our screens. She simply said ‘I finished my lily yesterday and here it
is, all waste and left over materials including sourcing from note books and
wine bottles.’ Ornella has a background in science and is discovering that she
loves to make art. Ornella says 'Diversity and integration are
represented in my lily by each of the petals being woven differently (material
as well as design) and together forming a flower in harmony. At least as wish
or intention.' Ornella’s sensational transformative acts of making have made
everyday materials transcend what we thought they could be. </span><br />
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#liliesforOscarWildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716967823999682929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864860737252246959.post-16398327117078734772017-10-01T06:30:00.000-07:002017-10-16T08:07:33.855-07:00the project teamThis project was conceived in the Forbury Gardens and brought to fruition by<br />
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Marc Allridge (Cherubs Floral Design)<br />
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Cath Baldwin (artist), <br />
Elaine Blake (Reading Museum), <br />
Jenny Halstead (Whiteknights Trail), <br />
Therese Lawlor (Reading Guild of Artists), <br />
Zsuzsi Lindsay (Reading Fringe), <br />
Sally Mortimore (Two Rivers Press), <br />
Suzanne Stallard (Jelly) <br />
Jo Thomas (artist)<br />
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