iPad painting, in a sub-acqua setting…
A group of figures
Recent drawing on iPad
I started painting again on iPad about a week ago
Jennifer Caron Hall
There seems to be some confusion so for the record this is me, Jennifer Caron Hall also known as Jenny Hall daughter of Sir Peter Hall and Leslie Caron, sister of Christopher Hall and half sister of Edward Hall, Lucy Hall, Rebecca Hall and Emma Hall.
I am not American I’m anglo- french.
A special poncho for HOOK CROCHET
Here’s a sneak peak at a prototype poncho in corded red mercerised cotton. It hangs beautifully because there’s a satisying weight to it. It will be a very special garment, for day or evening. A little bit of edging and it will be complete.
What is luxury? I think it’s something made with great care and love, by hand.
HOOK CROCHET is Jenny Caron Hall’s new company, for crochet bedspreads, baby blankets, wall hangings and elegant contemporary garments. They’re made entirely by hand using traditional crochet stitches to contemporary design.
Crochet is one of the oldest art forms, and can be traced back to ‘Nålbinding’. The oldest known textile fragment of Nålbinding dating from c. 6500 BCE was found in Nehal Hemar cave, Israel. Another from the Ertebølle period c. 4200 BCE was found in ‘Tybrind Vig’, a Mesolithic fishing village in Denmark.
Crochet
I have been away some time! Exploring something new: the art of Crochet.
I’m incredibly inspired! Particularly by vintage work called Uncinetto, or Croché, traditionally done across Europe, South America and Mexico. I love Filet Crochet, and everything done in cotton particularly in white. Here are some samples in cotton and wool.
Memphis Minnie
She sang a lot of songs including ‘Me and My Chauffeur’.
Fiddle Player – Mississippi Delta Blues II
A boy playing the fiddle on the porch.
Green Chair
This iPad picture began as a man on a porch playing guitar in a hat. As I drew, it transformed and morphed and ended as a Parisian lady in a sitting room, under the same hat. The chair has a loose cover made of linen. Like in the film ‘The Yellow Rolls-Royce”, the hat remained the same as the owners changed. It’s like a small domestic story of metamorphosis.
Mississippi Delta Blues
i saw the film Detroit a couple of nights ago. It made a big impact, got me thinking. This is not yet finished but is somehow related and I’m excited about it.
Gone thinking…
I’m away for a period of time while I think…
I will be back…
London in the Rain
This is an iPad drawing done on a rainy summer’s day in London…
There are always elements in drawings that come up through the subconscious. I tell myself I must stand by them even though they might puzzle me. Sometimes it takes weeks or months to understand what I’ve drawn.
Drawing again
I’ve been gone on Instagram for a while, but here I am back again with a drawing. Ballpoint on paper.
Santa Monica 1970
This is work in progress -from a group of boys by the beach in California, way back. iPad drawing. I drew this on 31st January – in the ancient Celtic Calandar that’s Imbolc – when Brigid the goddess of fire is recovering from giving birth to a young boy God. That’s a very old way of saying it’s the beginning of Spring.
Instagram Stranger’s Portrait
This is a portrait I drew on iPad – from a Selfie by a stranger on Instagram. It turned out to be Jack Trewin, a painter, and the son of Simon & Helen Trewin.
