Something important
Is about to happen
It's coming up
It takes courage
To enjoy it
The hardcore and the gentle
Big time sensuality
Bjork, Big Time Sensuality
One of the newest additions to our collections, Bjork (24% bamboo viscose,74% wood fiber viscose, with a 2% silk binder) has knit its way into my heart and has become my new personal Artfibers favorite! I had a wonderful feeling from the very beginning; there will be a beautiful friendship, this new fiber and I. My inspiration for this yarn initially came from my love of Bambusa. I had always yearned to paint Bambusa, which only comes in solid colors, but was unable to use this technique because of the cost of production. Two plies with a silk binder later, my craving was satisfied.
While working on color and product development for a new line, we draw from many sources of inspiration -from the natural world to human culture. For this yarn we wanted to explore a new source of inspiration that was both vibrant and expressive in ways that would expand and invoke a creative response in anyone who came in contact.
In the dye studio we often listen to a variety of music from around the world. The artist Bjork, in particular, is played often. In her music she emits the innocence and energy of a child, while evoking emotionally-charged intelligence that is both volatile and tender in nature. Since we have a deep respect and appreciation for Bjork and her creative efforts in this world, we wanted to use this opportunity to pay tribute to her and the gift of many inspirations she has produced in the minds of many.
Music is an extremely stimulating influence for body and mind, capable of transforming a quality of reality that can extend beyond a personal level to a sociological extreme. This is an understanding that starts in the womb for many, but the question for our team as artists was: how do you translate music into color and texture?
For Bjork it comes to me in three words: vibrant, soft, and impervious!
Bjork#4
The pleasure is all mine
to get to be the generous one
is the strongest stance
the pleasure is all mine
to finally let go
and evenly flow
(the harvest is here)
who gives most
who gets to give most
the pleasure is all mine
women like us
strengthen most
host-like - when in doubt give
in doubt: give
Bjork, Pleasure is All Mine
Bjork #5:
We live on a mountain
right at the top
there's a beautiful view
from the top of the mountain
every morning i walk towards the edge
and throw little things off
like:
car-parts, bottles and cutlery
or whatever i find lying around
It's become a habit
A way
To start the day
Bjork, Hyper Ballad
Bjork# 7:
I tip-toe down to the shore
stand by the ocean
make it roar at me
and i roar back
Bjork, Violently Happy
Bjork# 8:
Mon petit volcan
You're eruptions and disasters
I keep calm
Admiring your lava
I keep calm
-Bjork, Possibly Maybe
Grímsvötn, near the western end of the Vatnajökull ice cap, is Iceland's most active volcano. This is an inferred photograph, taken from space,of an eruption of Iceland's Grímsvötn volcano.
Iceland is one of the most active volcanic sites in the world, with 80 of Iceland's 130 volcanoes erupting since the island's settlement in 874 AD. Eruptions are typically experienced somewhere in Iceland on an average of once every five years.
The Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull Volcano threatened a full blown eruption on May 11, 2010, and is yet again causing some major issues across Europe. This kind of news regarding man vs. nature really gets my creative juices pumping - how we manipulate our environment and how our environment manipulates us in return. But this is a topic for a different kind of blog.
Bjork #9:
The atmosphere
Will get lighter
And two suns ready
To shine just for you
Bjork, One Day
Bjork has worked with experimental beats that reflect the landscape of Iceland. She emphasizes in one of her many televised interviews that it takes years of collecting sounds to produce the kind of "flavor" she has intended for one track. She says that besides being a musician and creator, there is a part of her that must be very academic, a librarian of sounds.
I have attached a music video below for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
Last but definitely not least you can get your hands on Bjork on the Artfibers website through the link below.
Click here for Bjork!
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