Willow pattern

'Two birds flying high, A Chinese vessel, sailing by. A bridge with three men, sometimes four, A willow tree, hanging o'er. A Chinese temple, there it stands, Built upon the river sands. An apple tree, with apples on, A crooked fence to end my song.' The poem tells of Knoon-shee, a lovely Chinese maiden, whose affections were bestowed upon her father's secretary, Chang, but who was commanded by her parents to wed a wealthy rival suitor. She refused to comply with their wishes, whereupon her…

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It was my birthday last week and one of the gifts I received was this gorgeous little book called The Willow Pattern Story (by Allan Drummo...

The drawing is finished - the two doves [the lovers] now deconstructed into wings, beaks and feathers. I feel quite euphoric. I really enjoyed making this drawing which I can see, now is the beginning of a whole new piece of work.After this experimental stage I intend to deconstruct the images, patterns and motifs in a more systematic and organised fashioned, thinking more about how to draw the items, how to separate them and their positioning.The project will take this iconic, traditional…

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Recession biting. Money too tight to mention. Studio downsized. Projects started, yet to be completed... • Tree (Jan-March 2012) Requires expensive box frame to finish! (Piece measures 76x57cm) Plane tree seeds collected from my immediate environment were painted blue to create a 3D mystery tree based on the willow pattern. David Richard Quinter, in his book Willow!, searches for the origins of this tree. "There are a half-dozen, maybe seven, different trees in the standard Willow Pattern…

Here I have all the elements except the three people crossing the bridge. Plus a couple of things that don't exist yet (but are being built, credit crunch or not). Actually I have two bridges (the Ha'Penny Hatch footbridge and the DLR) across the creek instead of just one (when there are in reality also two road bridges). The Mandarin's house is a jumble of new and old buildings; the newer ones are gated communities. The island is the Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf. The two skyscraper images…