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Book title (Zoom sur Longwy)
21 cm x 30 cm
Stitched and glued art book - 18 mm square back.
Cover: glossy laminated cardboard.
Creation, photos and realization: Denise Bloch. Texts, mythology research, quotations, poems: Rachel Quinet
112 pages in four colors.
Publication date: September 11, 2009.
This book takes another look at 'the' Longwy and offers a poetic journey into the heart of the 200-year history of the Faïencerie.
From the first page with the Soupière in Faïence called 'De la Légion d'Honneur' 1804 to the last page with the Boule Midi in Emaux 'Zoom' 2007 of the creator Valérie Brand, the reader will be carried away in a world of colored dreams. Over two hundred years of artistic history are woven into the life of Longwy, 'Cité des Emaux'.
Enamels famous for their multi-faceted flowers; enamels marbled with gold; enamels in sixty-seven variations of blue, from cerulean to the most evanescent azure...
Sparkling with shimmering light, imprinted with the original cracks of fire, some pieces feature more than fifty colors, each variation bordered by that legendary black Indian ink border...
In this book, each 'Longwy' goes beyond the stage of a simple object, to become a flower of life, for those who know how to observe it and forget the monotony of reality to reach the artistic sublime of the soul.
Annie Henry - Director of the Musée des Emaux et Faïences de Longwy.
The Zoom Collection:
Where is this beautiful picture book praising the colors, materials, iconography and poetry of all these treasures on display that I expected to find? Let's face it, this book only exists in my image-magician's imagination...
So it's up to me to bring the concept to life!
Denise Bloch
A collection was thus created around this desire to produce beautiful, generously illustrated books, using the dual language of photography and poetry to showcase the creations of artists from these 'temples' of decorative art, which contribute to the influence of our regions,
in Eastern France, for example, Gallé, Daum, Baccarat, Longwy, Bergeret and Lalique le petit dernier...
Where is this beautiful picture book praising the colors, materials, iconography and poetry of all these treasures on display that I expected to find? Let's face it, this book only exists in my image-magician's imagination...
So it's up to me to bring the concept to life!
Denise Bloch
A collection was thus created around this desire to produce beautiful, generously illustrated books, using the dual language of photography and poetry to showcase the creations of artists from these 'temples' of decorative art, which contribute to the influence of our regions,
in Eastern France, for example, Gallé, Daum, Baccarat, Longwy, Bergeret and Lalique le petit dernier...
Model in : Books & DVDs
Catalogue number: 1007
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