tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22779184280432907232023-11-16T10:43:11.330-08:00Zoned for BeautyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00448018907936407289noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277918428043290723.post-85283916799005422192014-08-06T16:08:00.002-07:002014-08-06T16:08:23.195-07:00Modern Art Kimono<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My collection of 'Modern Art Kimono' will be shown at the Portland Japanese Garden in October/November 2015. I'll be working on the exhibition with co-curator Diane Durston, the Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, &
Education, during the next year to create the show. This is an exciting development for me, and I love any opportunity to show my collection. You can view some of the kimono that will be included on my Web site: </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://lorenzhermsen.com/kimono.html">lorenzhermsen.com/kimono.</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The Japanese Garden Web site is here: <a href="http://japanesegarden.com/">japanesegarden.com</a></span><br />
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<!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00448018907936407289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277918428043290723.post-73025359231990045912014-07-24T16:02:00.004-07:002014-08-06T16:08:46.421-07:00Beautiful Old Technology<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my home town, Independence, Iowa, there is an old grain mill on the Wapsipinicon River that has been preserved. It's one of the few remaining in the state, and one of the largest. It is full of wonderful old, mostly wood technology for processing various types of grain. </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00448018907936407289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277918428043290723.post-65496125585509518992014-06-05T09:43:00.004-07:002014-07-07T23:01:40.939-07:00A Marriage of Two Cultures<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my never-ending search for kimono to add to my <a href="http://lorenzhermsen.com/kimono.html" target="_blank">Modern Art Kimono</a> collection, I came across this one: <a href="http://net-shinei.co.jp/com/item/detail.php?Item=1111767&Cate=5&order=h&date=&cnt_no=1" target="_blank">Picasso Wedding Kimono</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And here's a lengthy article about him from the <i>New Yorker</i>:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week, at <a href="http://monographbookwerks.com/" target="_blank">Monograph</a><a href="http://monographbookwerks.com/" target="_blank"> Bookwerks</a>, a bookstore of used art books in Portland, I discovered that they had just purchased an old library of textile-related books. I was able to look through them only briefly, but found a book from the 70's called 'The Language of Pattern', which explains the mathematics behind Islamic pattern design. It's dense. I was able to create this design based on the hexagram—pretty simple, but it's a start. I wish I had more time to devote to studying this book in a concentrated way, and at some point in the future I will. It should be very useful in creating new scarf designs.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00448018907936407289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277918428043290723.post-82806081288099098492014-04-14T19:07:00.004-07:002014-07-07T23:02:55.910-07:00Lisa Kaser<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday I went to an artist talk by my friend Lisa Kaser, at Waterstone Gallery in Portland. Lisa creates wonderful, quirky, endearing, and a bit disturbing figures from found objects, wool felt that she makes herself, and beeswax. I love her new work, which is larger than her previous figures; these are about 18" high. Lisa also does prints, wall hangings, and has illustrated a Korean children's book. She's a true original and a treasure. She's incredibly prolific and has made her living from her art for some time. </span><a href="http://www.waterstonegallery.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">waterstonegallery.com</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00448018907936407289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277918428043290723.post-13502606851702293062014-04-12T11:11:00.001-07:002014-07-07T23:04:01.246-07:00Ray Morimura<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last evening, I had the privilege to be invited to the premiere of a show of Ray Morimura's woodblock prints at the Portland Japanese Garden. I have always loved block prints, and his are exceptional. </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00448018907936407289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277918428043290723.post-86387449811357498852014-04-10T22:18:00.000-07:002014-07-07T23:04:13.924-07:00Recent Projects<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A beauty junkie, that's what I call myself. I love being surrounded by beauty, seeing others create it, and bringing some to the world myself. It's my mission in life.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, I too have started a blog, </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">about beauty, at least as I see it</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. It'll be mostly images. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My first entry is about my recent design project, a line of silk scarves that I designed and have printed digitally: the <b>Lorenz Hermsen Collection</b>. I created this line of scarves last year, and am in the process of building an online business to sell them. Any marketing suggestions are welcome! </span><a href="http://lorenzhermsen.com/lh_collection" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">lorenzhermsen.com/lh_collection</a><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(I also designed my Web site, and just spent about 12 hours on the phone setting up my shop so customers can order through it with credit cards and PayPal!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, I was the featured designer on the Pattern Observer Web site, a resource for textile designers: <a href="http://patternobserver.com/2014/04/04/featured-designer-lorenz-hermsen/" target="_blank">patternobserver.com/2014/04/04</a></span></div>
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