In the hall of the mountain king

November 26, 2024 2:35 PM

Peer Gynt-inspired quilts If you like classical music, patchwork quilting, or in-depth explanations of creative design process, you will absolutely love this blog series about 4 Peer Gynt-inspired quilts. BONUS: The Melbourne-based artist (and musician/computer geek) Deborah Pickett was inspired by this painting based on Ravel’s Boléro.
posted by web-goddess (7 comments total)

I'm too stupid to really understand how cool this is, but Peer Hunt suite slaps and I love seeing people love it. (It's on at the CSO next week, I'm going for my birthday!)
posted by phunniemee at 3:09 PM on November 26 [1 favorite]

(Gynt god dang it autocorrect is a philistine.)
posted by phunniemee at 3:17 PM on November 26 [1 favorite]

Gorgeous work, all of it. And the article about Unraveling Bolero answers the question I had about whether Adams might've had synesthesia and that her particular perspective on notes and color meant Pickett couldn't discern that pattern in the painting. I'm sorry to learn it was possibly due to primary progressive aphasia instead. I had no idea that kind of patterning and creativity might be a symptom.
posted by EvaDestruction at 5:08 PM on November 26

What an excellent way to resolve the staging difficulties.
posted by Runes at 6:03 PM on November 26 [1 favorite]

An amazing psychedelic version of Hall of the Mountain King.
posted by mike3k at 7:27 PM on November 26

From the reflection at the end of part four:

Would I do this project again with another piece of music? Hell, no. I understand now why Anne Adams stopped at one. But as I walk past these quilts hanging in the hallway, I can read them like sheet music and smile as the music comes back to me.
posted by demi-octopus at 3:45 AM on November 27 [1 favorite]

In related, I recently read a fascinating biography of polymath Harry Smith, mostly known for compiling The Anthology of American Folk Music, but also less famously painted a series of canvasses that were each interpretations of classic jazz tracks, somewhat in the style of the pieces described in this post.
posted by ovvl at 10:39 AM on November 27