Barbara
Wunder Hynes
Memories of Eugenia
The colorful art of Gustav Klimt has long been an inspiration to fiber artists,
and I had long wanted to create a work of fiber art inspired by one of his
paintings.
For this challenge, I based my freeform crochet patchwork shawl on Gustav
Klimt's painting, "Portrait of Eugenia Primavesi" (1913-1914). In her
portrait, Madame Primavesi is wearing a long flowing garment, made up of both
warm and cool colors. Using the painting as my muse, I printed a copy and took
it to my yarn stash. I chose yarns based on the colors Klimt painted for the
garment. I then crocheted and knit an assortment of squares, rectangles,
circles, and triangles, arranging them and stitching them together like a
jigsaw puzzle.
The resulting shawl is hip length and is designed to stay on the shoulders. It
may also be swept to one side and worn with a shawl pin.
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