Ellis Tertoolen

The  painter has passed away,  ... she loved light, her life was painting. Her words : "the minute I open my eyes in the morning I long to paint..." ... what an  amazing gift to  have known her and  the way she led her life.... wish her all the light there is...and more

More Chairs and Sofas

Great love of mine ... these french chaise longues and  chairs...upholstered in the traditional way...

 

The French call a daybed a "meridienne" and a chair is called " fauteuil en gondole ", "voyeuse" or "crapaud" depending on the form.... the name says it all

a crapaud for example is an overstuffed low armchair , with toadlike proportions ....and it really does remind me  of a sitting toad, 

love toads as well by the way , always makes me very happy if I can spy on one...

what more could one wish then lying on the "meridienne" on a summer afternoon and looking at a lovely old fat  toad making his lovely ugly noises...or is this just a matter of taste ...?

For the time being this one guards my frontdoor , we greet each other every morning...good start of the day... and I know he's a fake one but of course  that does not keep us from communicating...!

Chairs and sofas

I love the idea of this sofa, the fabric on the seat is  long gone , maybe it's even more beautiful now, one can see the inside of the oldfashioned  upholstercraftmanship ... or is it just because I have a soft spot for worn out upholstered furniture...? Think of old the stories the sofa has heard... told by the ones seated on it...
could fill a book, I guess...

A chair

It all starts with a good frame, I love the all the forms, the wood , the way they're made

Making a chair is a bit like building a house, ...and it all starts with a good frame...and finally the framemaker  brought these ... I was very pleased...feels very good to have some "fresh" frames again...

Colours of the desert IV

 

a lazy sunday

The dogs decided today to be the perfect lazy sunday...
that means they're willing to accept loads of hugs  from  the human members of the tribe...but only if brought to them, no need for them  to move of course ...

...and, they're willing, in case of emergency but as said only if  really necessary,  to accompany the human members of the tribe outside... but not too much excitement  and wild walks today please ...

..dreaming of wild life....they might look awake but  don't be fooled... they're daydreaming... lying for hours on the same spot..never mind the fact they're blocking the pathway, who cares...

it's their lazy sunday..mind you...

Desertbag

The Bedouin, always being on the move through the desert,  sometimes leave things behind untill they come along again,
it's  out of respect for one another,the Bedouin don't touch something left by another Bedouin, sometimes
things wait quite a while before being picked up again, but then again time in the desert has its own rythm ...

This bag hangs here already quite a while I was told...it's a pretty thought that the bag waits and waits ,

no hurry, it will be picked up when needed....

lovely loyal bag

the story of the dress that became a cushion

Too much icecream can have consequences, but then again...
one never has enough cushions....!

and anyway its fun making them...so on we go...

colours of egypt III

One of these days in Egypt...every morning when the sun came I was surprised by the intensity of the colours,  untill the evening came ...and then the next morning I was surprised again...

then the evening came...

and then the next morning I was surprised again...wouldn't you be ...?