"Be The Pink Panther....." - feature

"Be The Pink Panther and Your Loves will be like The Wasp and The Orchid, The Cat and The Baboon" is to be featured in a book which, takes a global survey of artists working with text, words and physical books in a wide variety of media. 
Further information will be revealed in the not too distant future.

"Be The Pink Panther and Your Loves will be like The Wasp and The Orchid, The Cat and The Baboon" (detail) by Lisa Z. Morgan 2016. Embroidered text, linen. 36ins x 96ins

Photography by Matthew Clowney.

Filling The Void

The image provides a taste of the subject I will be exploring in the paper 'Filling The Void,' which will be presented at the Design History Society's Annual Conference in Oslo. The paper is one of three that will be looking at the subject of Repair from different perspectives.
More will be revealed as the conference approaches.......

Pair of stockings; silk and cotton from the RISD Museum Costume and Textiles Collection

Undressed: St Petersberg

The V&A exhibition "Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear" is beginning an International tour and will open at the Erata Museum in St Petersburg on 26th April. STRUMPET & PINK's "Rosette Cheeks (exploded and capped)" is featured in the exhibition and is to be included in the learning resources that will accompany the show as one of the 10 key objects.

"Rosette Cheeks (exploded and capped)" by STRUMPET & PINK. Image courtesy of V&A, London

Pink Full Moon - Textile Poem 35.768a

The following verse is a re-working of an archive label (pre-digital) for a length of deep red/pink Japanese Brocade. The lush lining was found in an inventory box at the RISD Museum, tucked away in the Costume and Textile Collection's vaults.

Textile Poem 35.768a

Japanese Brocade

In imitation of 17^th century Broussa textile

Symmetrical arrangement

Of pomegranates

Within ogives formed of stems

Bearing roses and pinks;

Tulips appear to grow from the top of pomegranates;

In green, blue, white and gold-coloured silk threads

And overspun gold threads

On crimson satin ground;

Gold galloon around edge.
Cond.: slightly worn

by Lisa Z. Morgan, 2017

The Underpinnings Museum

Wonderful to discover that Strumpet & Pink's "Garden of Delights' is now included in The Underpinnings Museum. The following post International Women's Day: Celebrating Lingerie's Women Designers, includes the piece in a one-off colour combination. It was a 'bridal request' if my memory serves me well?

Image courtesy of The Underpinnings Museum

‘Garden Of Delights’ knickers, c. 2008, UK, by Strumpet and Pink. A collaboration between Fine Artists Melanie Probert and Lisa Z. Morgan, Strumpet & Pink was their quest to create the perfect pair of knickers. A radical approach to underwear saw the pair experiment with luxurious textiles and details that the lingerie world had not seen before, creating couture, erotically charged wearable art. Sadly Melanie Probert passed away in 2015. Lisa Z. Morgan continues to create Art, which can be followed on her blog ‘The Pink Investigator’.

Making and Unmaking The Environment (Spring Equinox)

It is a thrill to be taking part at the Design History Society Annual Conference, 2017. I will reveal more about the panel and the proposed paper in due course.......

A Day Without a Woman

In the "spirit of love and liberation."

Red Hole (Kid Mohair) by The Lavender Hinge, 2013. Kid Mohair. 46 ins x 40 ins