BOOK COVERS - TEXTILES OF THE BAUHAUS

The Bauhaus existed for a short span of time but the potentials intrinsic in its principles have only begun to be realised. The sources of design remain forever full of changing possibilities. The Bauhaus is dead. Long live the Bauhaus. - Herbert Bayer, 1984

The Bauhaus continues as a major design influence and archive for contemporary practitioners. A collection of Bauhaus publications that were purchased from an ex-library sale forms a personal archive of art resources for Julia Holderness. These were often the starting point for her own early art-making as a teenager and have recently been used in her investigations into Bauhaus influence in New Zealand. In this applique series, Holderness has reproduced the covers of Bauhaus textile reference books.