Welcome back to our series of posts where we highlight the three new patterns that are designed for the new collection Even More Paper. We already talked about Enfold and Paper Beauty, so this week we are taking a closer look at the Bauhaus pattern. But first, let’s talk about where my inspiration for the Bauhaus pattern came from. Let’s dive into some history lessons.
The history of Bauhaus
Have you ever heard of Bauhaus before? It is quite interesting. This is what you can read when you do a Google search.
"The State Bauhaus, meanwhile mostly just Bauhaus, was an art school founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius in Weimar (near Leipzig in Germany). In terms of its nature and conception, it was something completely new at the time, since the Bauhaus represented a merging of art and craft.
The historic Bauhaus today is the most influential educational institution in the fields of architecture, art, and design in the 20th century. The Bauhaus existed in parallel with and during the Weimar Republic from 1919 to 1933 and is now regarded worldwide as the home of the avant-garde of classical modernism in all areas of free and applied art and architecture.
The resonance of the Bauhaus continues to this day and significantly shapes the image of modernist movements. The influence of the Bauhaus was so significant that commonly the term Bauhaus is often equated with modernism in architecture and design..", source: Wikipedia.
This all is very interesting to me. It has to do with my background as an interior and textile designer. I thought it would be fun to share where I got my inspiration from for the Bauhaus quilt.
Bauhaus Art School founded by Walter Gropius
The Bauhaus quilt, a closer look
Our quilt Bauhaus reflects a couple of aspects of this art school.
First, the shapes
The blocks in this quilt remind us, in their simplicity, of a set of building blocks.
In 1924, Alma Siedhoff-Buscher designed this construction game in the Bauhaus workshop in Weimar as part of the art education concept.
The play objects of the Bauhaus were made of wood and kept in strong colors to stimulate and sharpen the imagination. With the building blocks that can be put together as you like, ships, houses or imaginary structures can be built.
In the same manner, you can build new constructions with the single blocks of the Bauhaus Quilt.
Second, the colors
One of the main topics taught at the Bauhaus school of arts was color theory. The main colors the theory built upon were the so-called primary colors red, blue, and yellow, together with black.
Johannes Itten's teaching said that colors are in harmonious balance when the eye can complement them to form a totality and when two or more colors mix to produce a neutral gray.
A lot of posters and graphics from the Bauhaus school use just these primary colors.
Our quilt, therefore, is also determined by red, blue, yellow, black, and white and brings a couple of neighboring colors in. I wonder, if we would mix all these colors together - would it meet Itten's harmonious balance of gray?
Third, textiles
One of the classes taught in Bauhaus art school was the weaving class. A lot of wall art was created during these teachings and they look nothing of 1920somehting, rather from this century. Look at those wonderful examples of keen women, pioneers of today's modernism.
Where can we be pioneers and create breathtaking quilts?
I hope this little excursion in art history was something, which could pass my enthusiasm for why I created this Bauhaus quilt and our Quilt Along.
The Flash Sale
Now to our special event, the weekend's flash sale, where you can get your Bauhaus pattern and many more for a special price. To celebrate the new Even More Paper collection and the new patterns, we will have a huge 3-day flash sale this coming weekend.
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Joining hexagons can be a daunting and time-consuming task. Knowing how to do this properly using your sewing machine is a great skill to have under your belt. Watch the video tutorial by All People Quilt featuring the Day in Paris fabric collection.