14 - Friday, February 18, 1994 - North Shore News

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Romancing the tone

TEA, SCONES and singalongs were the order of the day at the Silk Purse Art Centre recent-
ty. Musicians entertained a full house at a tea party fundraiser whose theme was romance.

_ Curved walls born of fantasy

From page 13

at the expense of function.

When the fascination with flow-
ing curves and organic shapes
reached the architectural world, it
must have presented a bit of a prob-
lem. |

For structural reasons curved
and undulating walls were hard to
produce. _

The architect Antonio Gaudi of.
Barcelona managed.

Layers of irregularly cut sione
created stunning surfaces in the
facades of houses he designed —
warped from top to bottom ‘and
undulating from. side to side —
Structures’ born of | fantasy.
Understandably. they were not
often imitated.

‘Some of the most beautiful
pieces of jewelry date back to. the

Reflective film
stops sun’s rays

BEFORE BEGINNING any
remodeling project, think about
turning down the heat buildup in
your home during the hot summer
months to come.

ff you're installing new win-
dows, the best defense against sun
is heat-reflecting or low-cmissivity
windows, says Remodeling Ideas
magazine.

But even without new windows,
the following are some handy ways
to help keep homes cool.

& Install a film on old windows.

One type of film — a window
tint — absorbs solar radiation; the
other ——- a reflective film —
reflects the sun’s rays and is more
transparent than the window tint.
Both should last at least 10 yeurs.

Insulate the attic.
@ Auach awnings.

Buy either ready-made fabric
awnings or aluminum models, or
build wood awnings that lie in with
your overal] house scheme.

BA Attach outside sun screens.

Block the sun by covering win-
dows that receive direct sunlight
‘with screenings of bamboo, wood.
fiberglass. or polypropylene.

@ Hang light-colored shades on the
inside.

Art Nouveau era,

Many are still being reproduced
today.

The graceful curves were more
easily adapted to gold and silver
than to furniture.

And since jewelry is ornamental,
there was no problem with func-
lion.

In the early 1900s the shapes of
Art Nouveau became more abstract:
the curves were straightened out,
and the emotional expression of
earlier designs disappeared,

No doubt the change was influ-
enced by the fact that furniture
could be mass-produced by
machines — meticulously hand-
crafted pieces were not economical.

On the other hand. undulating
lines and maidens embedded in tree
trunks might have had the same
effect as an overdose of ice cream
— mikes you feel a litte queasy in
the stomach.

Edith Saatkamp is an interiar
designer who teaches Design and
Decoration on the North Shore.

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