Kandinsky Archives - Cornelia Weinmann Design https://www.corneliaweinmanndesign.com/tag/kandinsky/ Sustainable clothing made from preloved textiles Sat, 06 Jan 2018 10:56:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.corneliaweinmanndesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Logo-2022-jpeg-e1645955298564.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Kandinsky Archives - Cornelia Weinmann Design https://www.corneliaweinmanndesign.com/tag/kandinsky/ 32 32 179263075 Upcycling furniture: chest of drawers https://www.corneliaweinmanndesign.com/upcycling-furniture-chest-drawers-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=upcycling-furniture-chest-drawers-5 Sun, 08 Jan 2017 18:21:17 +0000 http://www.corneliaweinmanndesign.com/?p=553 More furniture upcycling: Kandinsky is the name of this piece – the first one I ever painted, transforming a really drab and flimsy chest of drawers into an eye-catching focal point. Exploring the work of this great Russian pioneer of abstract art, I came across his painting Swinging (1925). Simplified, more stylised, and with less […]

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]]> More furniture upcycling: Kandinsky is the name of this piece – the first one I ever painted, transforming a really drab and flimsy chest of drawers into an eye-catching focal point. Exploring the work of this great Russian pioneer of abstract art, I came across his painting Swinging (1925). Simplified, more stylised, and with less muddled colours it was just the right motif for this chest. I mounted different handles on the drawers because Kandinsky’s clown-like figure invites playfulness.

furniture upcycling Kandinsky

Kandinsky
Wood, acrylic paint, acrylic varnish. 1995
79 x 43 x 120 cm

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