080914 – Pattern Cutting – Matisse

In 1941 Matisse was diagnosed with cancer and, following surgery, he found renewed and unexpected energies for creativity, producing works through paper cut outs.Vast in scale (though not always in size), lush and rigorous in colour, his cut outs are among the most admired and influential works of Matisse’s entire career.

I am exploring the parallels between the paper cuts of Henri Matisse stencil work and the pattern cutting of fashion for possible window ideas.