
Actually I am still on my blog-summerbreak, although in the meantime it is more an autumn-break compared to the weather here. But blogbreak doesn´t mean also a blog-reading-break and so I still switch on my computer to browse my favorit blogs. And you all might know how this is, one blog leads to another and finally you are far away from where you started. By this way I discovered one blog which I enjoyed so very very much that I wanted to share it with you in any case, so I interrupt my blogbreak now for the blog of Ellen Giggenham.

Maybe you know Ellen Giggenbach already, but to me she and her art were completely new. Her pictures are not paintings but paper cuttings, and I so much love the clean and straight outter lines and her happy and bright colours. She says that she is much influenced by the design of the Fifties, the fabrics, children books and ceramik of this years, mixed with old folk art, but I am also much reminded of the 60´s and 70´s with the brightly coloured china of that time, the flowered bed covers and wallpapers. When I look at her pictures I immediately had to think of a cosy kitchen with red and white checked curtains, a vase filled with simple natural flowers from a meadow and bowls with fresh apples and red cheeked pears. The smell of freshly baked cakes in the air, mummy is peeling peas, buttermilk and potatoes in their jackets, a light crisp clean and happy home.

Leider kann ich mir keines ihrer Originalbilder leisten, aber vielleicht bekommt man ja irgendwann hier in Deutschland auch ihre Postkarte, das wäre schön. In kleinen bunten Holzbilderrahmen hätt ich nämlich schon das ideale Plätzchen dafür gefunden.
Ich hoffe, daß ihre Bilder euch genauso gut gefallen wie mir, wer mehr über sie selbst wissen möchte, hier gibt es noch ein interessantes Interview. (Und natürlich hab ich vorher um Erlaubnis gefragt, ob ich 3 ihrer Werke hier zeigen darf.)
Ich mach noch ein bißchen Ferien und hoffe, daß ich in der Zeit auch einen guten Ersatz für Bloglines finde, das wird nämlich zum 1. Oktober geschlossen und ich bedaure es sehr. Falls jemand einen Tipp für mich hat wär ich sehr dankbar dafür.
Ansonsten noch eine schöne Zeit, bis später wieder!
Unfortunately I cannot afford one of her originals, so I much hope that one day her post card will be available in Germany, too. I could imagine them so very well in brightly coloured wooden frames and of course I already know exactly where to hang them then.
I really hope you enjoy her blog and her art as much as I do, if you are interested to read more about her, here is a lovely interview with this much talented woman. (And of course, if you may wonder, I have got her kind permission to show 3 of her pictures here!)
I am back on my break and I hope during this time I will also get a good substitute for Bloglines, which will be closed down forever on 1st October, any advice of you to continue keeping up with my favorit blogs will be much appreciated.
Have a great time, we will meet again in October.
I am back on my break and I hope during this time I will also get a good substitute for Bloglines, which will be closed down forever on 1st October, any advice of you to continue keeping up with my favorit blogs will be much appreciated.
Have a great time, we will meet again in October.