Kaffe 2014 : The colourful world of Kaffe Fassett at the American Museum in Bath

I had a few days away visiting daughter Molly -  a couple of weeks ago now. She lives in Bristol at the moment, and I haven't really spent a lot of time in that area, so before I went I was looking for things we could do and remembered reading on Amy's blog Love made my home about the Kaffe Fassett exhibition at the American Museum in Bath. If you pop along to Amy's blog you will see so many other photographs - well worth a look! We decided to go and visit, and daughter Clara came over from Oxford to come with us - so a little family outing - and it was truly amazing.
I love Kaffes work and have been to a couple of his exhibitions now see here and here, and although I had seen many of the pieces before it is always a thrill to see them again. The excitement began (well my excitement - not sure the girls were quite as excited as me, although they did enjoy the day) walking from the car park passing yarn bombing on the lamp posts and the huge tree outside the exhibition space. Then inside and through the wobbly tunnel into a little area based on Kaffes studio with all the fabrics on shelves, yarn in baskets, etc then turning left we went into the main exhibition area which is divided into colour zones, we went into the yellow zone, then green, red and blue - such a colourful explosion. I loved the detail, with the chairs in each zone matching the colour for instance. Anyway a visual feast, so below are just a few of my photos from the day…...

We also had time to visit the House and the gardens. It was a lovely sunny day, so we strolled around and then had a cup of tea and a cake on the terrace.

Then we went inside the house to look at the exhibitions, and the fantastic American Quilts (difficult to capture as they are behind glass), but I loved these of Kaffes hanging in the stairwell.

The exhibition is on until 2nd November, so if you have a chance to go along I'm sure you will really enjoy it!