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Irène de Watteville's love of 17th and 18th Century European decorative arts has influenced her choice of design elements and the importance of "Good Posture" as Art captures a moment. For twenty years she painted majolica tiles and now she constructs three dimensional clay pieces. She used English clichés to do Zandra Rhodes' portrait: a teapot and roses using Jeff Irwin's magnetic ink image transfer technique. Tea party chez Zandra evolved into a robust, rectangular tea pot simply draped on the four corners with clay resembling Rhode's hand printed fabrics. It is displayed on a formal pedestal as in a fashion parade. The Tea Pot celebrates Zandra Rhodes as a formidable yet quiet, colorful, warm, sensual, enticing English opera and fashion designer. Irène de Watteville is on the board of Synergy Arts Foundation and the Tile Heritage Organization.
Zandra Rhodes - Irène de Watteville
