Textile art in Montmartre

Chris suggested that I would surely have time to find something in Paris to see.

(Of course, I will rarely not find *something* because I find wonder and beauty in doors and graffiti and streets full of wedding shops and other streets full of fabric shops and beautiful architecture, and just people walking about going about their day.)

And then he looked it up and found me la Halle Saint Pierre at the foot of the Sacre-Cœur hill. And they had a wonderful exhibition of textile art. I am in so much awe of this kind of work. Because it feels outside my capabilities, perhaps. Or perhaps because it is one of those things where someone makes art out of the ordinary in some way, which always moves me.

There was a lot more than this, but these were the pieces that spoke to me the most. My favourite was Shao Liyu Chen, whose work reminded me a little of Lowry, but also felt like it might belong in a picture book.

I hope I have got the artist names right.

I also picked up a couple of picture books in the gallery bookshop, where I could have bought *a lot* more. I am particularly looking out for European picture books this trip, though.Read more