Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let down your tulle...

We are MASSIVE fans of tulle in The Kingdom.

Having happily swathed ourselves in it for decades before Molly Goddard and her delicious creations came along to delight us all.

So when I came across the installations of artist Ana Maria Hernanndo, I simply gasped out loud.

Just looking at these will brighten up even the darkest day.

“Waterfall” (2020), a temporary tulle installation at the Château de la Napoule, La Napoule Art Foundation, France. Photo by Rachel Berkowitz

Ana María Hernando  is an Argentine visual artist currently living in Boulder, Colorado. Her artwork includes feminine fibre installations that celebrate the lives and community of Latina women. In addition to fibere arts she also incorporates painting, drawing, printmaking, and bilingual poetry into her art and installations

Her work is wonderful but what I love most are her site specific installations where rivers of colourful tulle cascade from windows and down staircases.

Evocative of ballgowns and garments that are traditionally worn by women, the tulle explodes into a flood of fabric as a way to break with social constructions surrounding feminity. “As a Latina, I explore how the feminine comes forward in strength and flexibility, in beauty and in (an) unstoppable abundance of generosity,” the Argentinian artist says.

The things they made from fabric and thread were expressions of their spirit. All the beauty—the hours of work, the washing and ironing—was made invisible once the table was laid and stained with food. I explore the unacknowledged feminine force of work as a prayer that I have known my whole life.

Visit her site and Instagram. to see more of her wonderful work.

“Flood (Déferlante)” (2020), tulle, installation at the Château de la Napoule, La Napoule Art Foundation, France

“Solo se escuchaba el aire (Only The Air Was Heard)” (2020), tulle, wood, metal, 125 x 120 x 258 inches. Installation at the Château de la Napoule, La Napoule Art Foundation, France. Photo by Sebastian Collett. All images © Ana María Hernando, shared with permission

“Lantern” (2020), tulle, wire, and wood. Château de la Napoule, La Napoule Art Foundation, France, featuring Nelcy Mercier

Nothing like a giant cloud of tulle to chase the blues away.

Hope you are having a bearable Tuesday.

With love

Queen Marie

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