THIS IS A PICTURE HEAVY POST!!!!
As the title suggests...Vintage is actually losing its real identity in India!!! Not many crafters work in Vintage art forms and for those who do they restrict themselves to a few shades....Black, Brown, Whites and Off whites smudged with Distress Inks to give a worn out feeling...
A little generic stuff on Vintage:
Vintage, in wine making, is the process of picking grapes and creating the finished product. A
vintage wine
is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and
harvested in a single specified year. And like wise Vintage clothing is clothing which was produced 20 years before the present day is considered "Vintage " and yet they have something called Retro and Repro styles in Vintage collections!!
I wonder when the word includes "wine"..."retro" stuff etc how can it confine itself to just Black, Brown, White and Off Whites ...its surely has more to offer and this post is exactly for that purpose ...to increase our color spectrum on our casually used term "VINTAGE"
Vintage has broadly 3 categories : Shabby Chic, Altered and Grunge....
Shabby Chic: Shabby Chic involves distressing techniques, found objects, mixing patterns and textures with feminine sensibilities and floral motifs. The colors are soft and subdued...mostly pastels such as sky blue, rose pink and beige tones and tends to incorporate fabric and sewing techniques. Shabby chic styles are often heavily painted with many layers and sometimes uses a lot of flowers.
Altered: Altered artistes love distressed looks but where shabby chic favors white washing, altered favors coffee or tea staining. Altered art relies on recycled items, mostly commonly found books and magazine clippings. Color are rich and warm, and text pattern rules. Image transfers are a popular technique.
Grunge: Grunge is the happy reunion of shabby chic and altered art. It is anything soft and feminine (shabby chic) that is not afraid to get dirty (altered). Hallmarks of the style include inked anything, contrasting textures (silk fabric with hard metal accents) and mixing funky font styles, colors and patterns.
Some other colorful Vintage Color Palettes that you all can put to use for the Envelop Mini Album Swap.
The color palette and the translation of the colors below
I hope we have increased the range of colors in your mind that fall under the term "VINTAGE" ...So happy crafting till our next post on Monochromatic Color Tones!!!
Disclaimer: All pictures and color palettes have been taken from Pinterest and Design Seeds
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