Etsy Shop

Well, My etsy shop stats are blowing up! Hip-hip, hooray!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/WithLoveandCheer?ref=si_shop

NFL Kick-Off

Well, it's been awhile since I've been able to post. Since I posted last a lot has happened. 

First 2 weeks of august : Got a job at a flooring business, doing sales, marketing and design; my brother got married.

Last 2 weeks of August : Worked my tail off at work, and spent a tremendous amount of time on my etsy shop. Then I got a call that I was chosen to help with the NFL Kick off event in baltimore!

The experience was incredible. I was able to master the art of assembling Ikea furniture and got to decorate with Official NFL game footballs, Raven's helmets and Bronco's helmets. The event was sponsored by Budlight & Pepsi, and while i was working I got to listen to Keith Urban practicing on his swanky stage raft in the Inner harbor. It's unfortunate that the Raven's lost, but the event was fun nonetheless. 

N.F.L. Kickoff Concert Treats Fans to Keith Urban

Here's a link to the party where you can see more pics, this link will take you to BizBash, a site focused on event planning and inspiration.

Wedding inspiration - Art Deco and the Great Gatsby - Etsy Designer, Sally from Elise Victoria Designs.

As I mentioned previously, my brother is getting married. For the past week I've been searching through Etsy looking for 20's era Bridal wear. Needless to say I came across a lot of amazing things! Today it's all about Elise Victoria Designs, and my interview with the designer, Sally!

Vintage Style Bridal Headpiece, 1920's Headband, Flapper Gatsby,

 Silver, Crystal, Ivory No. 118

Elegant and Sophisticated, while still maintaining drama! ;) 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/157220376/vintage-style-bridal-headpiece-1920s?ref=shop_home_active

Vintage Headband, Flapper Headpiece, 1920's Headband, 

Old Hollywood, Silver No. 116. 

Bold. simple, and sweet! What more is there to love?

http://www.etsy.com/transaction/144129293?

When I began my search, I was first attracted Sally's overall 1920's theme that she has in her store. I really enjoyed how she captures the energy of the 20's through bold BUT classic statement pieces! A Very hard to do and something to be extremely proud of. When I interviewed Sally, I asked about her creative process. For Sally, her ideas are sparked by her materials, when she finds a beautiful piece of lace, vintage jewelry, and appliqué.

"My design process usually begins as soon as I discover a beautiful piece of lace, jewelry, or perhaps a vintage appliqué. I imagine using these items in a headpiece. The basic concept of the piece is usually complete, before I physically begin putting it together.Of course, it is important to always do ones research on vintage fashions. Sometimes I like to add a modern twist, and sometimes I like to design them as authentic as possible."

Then I just had to know about her favorite design process. 

I think my" favorite design experience" would have been with the ivory lace, with the pink, grey and ivory feathers [number 60, images shown below].

1920's headpiece, Flapper Headband, Gatsby, 

Ivory, Pink, Grey, Feathers, Peacock, Lace, number 60.

click link for Sally's Listing!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/151813433/1920s-headpiece-flapper-headband-gatsby?ref=shop_home_active

I discovered the peacock brooch in a little shop on my last trip to New York City. It appeared to be a replica of an antique piece, and I felt it would be wonderful on a headpiece.

 I wanted it a little "edwardian'', and a little "flapper" After weeks of searching for the perfect color feathers and vintage style lace, I was excited to begin putting it together. 

I am not sure as to the hours spent constructing it, but I know they were many. When It was completed, I felt so pleased. It was just as I had hoped. From conception to completion, I enjoy each step of the process equally.

 - Sally

Elise Victoria Designs

All I can say is, spoken like a true artist! After our interview, I decided to add her shop to my favorite list. 

Here's a link to Sally's shop, Elise Victoria Designs, go check it out!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/elisevictoriadesigns

Gypsy Horse Headdress : Unexpected Oppurtunity

Navy Blue - White Polka dot - Wrap Headband

one of my favorite items in my shop

http://www.etsy.com/shop/WithLoveandCheer

So for the past couple weeks, I've been busy. I have been doing everything from dog sitting, working on my SEO for my Etsy, http://www.etsy.com/shop/WithLoveandCheer, shopping for my brothers wedding, and even made a Gypsy horse Headdress for a Magazine photo-shoot (I am not kidding folks! It has actually caused a recent obsession with embroidery). 

Now, when I am frustrated at the job market, or when people ask me the infamous question: 

"Julie now that you've graduated art school, what are you going to do about a job?"

Now I tell them, "I created a Gypsy horse headdress for a pre-teen magazine's fall photo-shoot!"

There are no words to express the confusion they experienced.

For me it can be described in one word. 

VICTORY.

Which one of my friends with a less cool degree has been asked to do anything even CLOSE to that? I'll tell you! NONE OF THEM! C: That experience alone has given me the drive to learn new skills and to continue to make things. Not paintings, because frankly it's just too hot and humid on the east coast to paint in the garage, but creating small accessories and prints.

Of course, the horse they used for the photo-shoot wasn't allowing anything to be on its head...so for the model's safety, they ended up not using it :(. However they were happy with what I made, and now I could be contacted in the future. The weirdest part of this story? Every person I told about that opportunity, hasn't asked me a question about my endeavors since. Maybe good news isn't what people always want to hear.

I'm going to ask Girls Life if I can have my headdress back to take photos for my portfolio, but in the meantime, here are my in-progress shots, Enjoy!

Is The Great Gatsby Art Nouveau or Art Deco?

So, your coming home from watching The Great Gatsby. You're completely inspired, and now you want EVERYTHING glam, everything Gatsby. What do you drop into your Google search other than "Gatsby style" or "Jazz age"?

Maybe Art Nouveau or Art Deco? 

But which one?

Well, the truth is The Great Gatsby takes place in the summer of 1922, and the novel was published in 1925. The story is set and published at the very beginning of Art Deco. While Art Deco is derivative of Art Nouveau...

(in fact a lot of the artist who began Art Deco were also involved in Art Nouveau)

...They are very different.

This post talks about the difference between the Art Nouveau and the Art Deco movements, and how they have been translated into 2013 Etsy trends.

Art Nouveau (1880's - WWI)
Think of Art Nouveau as a celebration of craftsmanship and design. This movement caused artist to rethink everyday objects, and considers everyday objects should be viewed as a work of art.

Characteristics of Nouveau: 

• Rhythmic, whiplash style line work (yes, that's what the line work is seriously referred to as, see a link below that will give you a much more in depth description of it!)
• Floral derivative forms
• organic and harmonious compositions
• Craftsmanship
• Flat utilitarian perspective

Art Nouveau is influenced by:

• Japanese wood block prints (hence the flat perspective and line work ;) )
• Celtic designs ( take a second look at the whiplash examples, and a glance at the letterpress blocks below)
• English Arts and Crafts movement
• Romanticism
• Pre-Raphaelites

Czech painter, Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860 - 1939), painted during the height of the Art Nouveau movement. He created everything from posters, ad's, and paintings. He also designed jewelry, packaging designs and stained glass. 

His work is considered to be the most influential and iconic of the Art Nouveau movement, so we are going to look at his work to identify characteristics of this time period. 

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Moët & Chandon White Star,
Alphonse Mucha, Lithograph, 1899.
Alfons Mucha [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
(link below)

Moët & Chandon Crémant Impérial
Alphonse Mucha, Lithograph, 1899.
Alfons Mucha [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
(link below)

Peonies, Alphonse Mucha,
ink and watercolor, 1897
via [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons
(link below)

Letterpress ART NOUVEAU LOWERCASE alphabet 26 pieces, a very iconic font of the nouveau period.
from TheLetterPressShop, on Etsy.http://www.etsy.com/listing/153439049/letterpress-art-nouveau-lowercase?ref=col_view

Black Dangle earings from 53Countesses, On etsy
These earrings are an excellent example of the thin, intricate, linear quality of Art Nouveau
http://www.etsy.com/listing/128796967/black-earrings-dangle-earrings-butterfly?ref=col_view

Statement Necklace made from a Nouveau Era mold, trying to re-find this etsy shop so I can give proper credit! Please help!

Art Deco 1920-WWII
World War I causes a Conservation of materials and demanded a more stream lined production process.  After the war ended, Art Nouveau tranforms into Art Deco. Art Nouveau becomes streamed line, artist and craftsman begin to produce their objects with the consideration that they need to be simplified for industrial production, causing a unique, simple design with lavish materials.

Art Deco is influenced by:

• Cubism and geometric forms (focus on shapes and planes)
• Futurism
• Art Nouveau 
• Constructivism
• Bauhaus
• streamlined
• rich, jewel-like colors
• lavish materials

Tamara De Lempicka
Polish female artist, Tamara De Lempicka (1898 - 1980), comes from a significantly wealthy family. When Tamara was only 19,she and her husband fled from Russia after Tamara freed him from the Bolsheviks, in 1918. First they moved to Copenhagen, then to London, then finally to Paris where her painting career started to take off. By 1925 she had her first show in Milan from then she started pumping out paintings, like a machine, ranging from 20-60 paintings in a year.

Her work can be described as

• Soft geometric forms (cubist influce)
• portraits of powerful, female aristocrats (Material wealth)
• High-contrast, or chromelike luminosity (futurism influence, and a reference to lavish materials)
• focus on shapes, and planes (again, a cubist influence)

My Portrait, Tamara De Lempicka, 1929.
via Picasa web

Young Lady with Gloves, Tamara De Lempicka, 1929.
via Picasa web. 

The color palette and the dress featured in the painting above remind me SO much of the dress that Kierra Knightly wore in Atonement.

Kierra Knightly in a green evening gown in  the film, Atonement.
image found on http://crumpetsandt.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/keira-atonement-green-dress.jp

When you think Art Deco, you need to also think Bauhaus, and Futurism. Below are some typefaces created from the infamous Cassandre. If you compare them with the typfaces from the Letter Press shop blocks, you will notice that the Deco fonts are much more geometric, streamlined, and sans serifed whereas the Nouveau font is very organic, curved and serif.

Bifur Typface, drawn and designed by Cassandre in 1937
By EliseEtc (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)],
via Wikimedia Commons

Acier, drawn and designed by Cassandre in 1937.
By EliseEtc (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)],
via Wikimedia Commons

Peignot typeface, drawn by Cassandre in 1937.By EliseEtc (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)],
via Wikimedia Commons.

Handmade - Art Deco dress from Cihanbey Boutique, on etsy.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/97030104/handmade-art-deco?ref=shop_home_active

Art Deco Earrings Architectural Jewelry black and silver, for sale at the Sandrandan Etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/listing/61007923/art-deco-earrings-architectural-jewelry?ref=col_view

Now you know the basic differences of both styles and can tell them apart. 

Based on your own personal preference, you can choose to either shop for Deco or Nouveau. 

For the next post we're going to compare current gatsby inspired trends with trends of Art Deco and the roaring twenties

Further Reading /bibliography: 

Alphonse Maria Mucha

http://www.muchafoundation.org/home

Tamara De Lempicka

http://www.delempicka.org/artwork/1925-1926.html

Art nouveau "whiplash" description, with examples 
http://thetextileblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/art-nouveau-whiplash.html

Art Deco wiki description

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_deco

http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/pre-raphaelite-brotherhood.htm#preraphaelites

http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/art-nouveau.htm

Links to Images

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMucha-Mo%C3%ABt_%26_Chandon_Cr%C3%A9mant_Imp%C3%A9rial-1899.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMucha-Mo%C3%ABt_%26_Chandon_White_Star-1899.jpg

http://crumpetsandt.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/keira-atonement-green-dress.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACassandre_Peignot.svg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACassandre_Acier.svg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACassandre_Bifur.svg

Anna - My Trend Scout

This is Anna, my friend, my cohort, and my fashion and pattern trend scout.

Together we are the perfect team. Anna is all about the upcoming fashion trends, and I'm all about investigating the art that influenced them. Anna is a model, she resides in Hollywood and works at Bloomingdale's in Los Angelos. Right now we are teaming up and scouting out the next fashion and textile trends.

Here is Anna being Fierce!

An image sent from Anna Hoover's modeling portfolio

Anna, in a Macy's fashion show Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Macy's Fashion show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

With Love and Cheer is Finally Up and Running!

With Love and Cheer is Finally Up and Running!

My name is Julie, I'm the editor of this blog.

Recently I graduated with a BFA in painting, and gained a love of art history and pattern design along the way. With Love and Cheer is a blog focused on the influence of art on fashion and textile design, and how these trends effect DIY projects and craftsmen. 

Stay tuned for my upcoming posts : 

F.Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby - Influence on Current Pattern Designs.

New York City - Architecture - Influence on Pattern and Fashion.

Baltimore, Maryland's ArtScape Festival - Trends Among Handmade Merchants.