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Kaffe Fassett Dreaming in Colour - An Autobiography (Hardcover)
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Kaffe Fassett Dreaming in Colour - An Autobiography (Hardcover)
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Kaffe Fassett has led an extraordinary life and is a captivating
storyteller with a vivid memory. Born in 1937 in San Francisco, he
spent much of his youth in Big Sur, where his parents bought a log
cabin from Orson Welles and transformed it into the world-famous
Nepenthe restaurant, a gathering place of artists of all sorts
(Kaffe has many stories to tell about mingling with the likes of
Olivia de Havilland, Elizabeth Taylor, and Henry Miller). After
attending a boarding school run by the disciples of Krishunamurti,
an Indian guru, he studied painting on scholarship at the School of
the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, but left after less than one
year and traveled to England, where he ultimately made his home.
After struggling to make a living as a fine artist for several
years, Fassett met the fashion designer Bill Gibb and began
designing knitwear for his collection. He went on to design
knitwear for Missoni and for private clients like Lauren Bacall,
Shirley MacLaine, and Barbra Streisand, and to revolutionise the
hand knitting world with his explosive use of colour. Further
explorations led him to needlepoint, mosaics, rug-making, yarn and
fabric design, set design and quilting. Now in his 70s, Fassett
continues to produce new work in his studio in London and to travel
worldwide to teach and lecture. This intimate autobiography is
lavishly filled with Fassett's amazing stories about his bohemian
childhood, his hard-earned rise to fame, and all of his creative
pursuits. It includes photos of him throughout his life (including
his stint as a model in Paris), his home (which is an artwork in
itself), his work (everything from childhood drawings to pencil
sketches, to oil paintings, to massive tapestries and set designs,
to hand knits and quilts) as well as the people and places around
the world that have inspired him.
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