Arts & Design: Tiger Lily runner

Radhia Firfirey,

Tiger Lily,

2011.

Colour photograph.

15000mm×460mm runner size. 

Crawford, Cape Town



Radhia Firfirey,

Tiger Lily,

2011.

Colour photograph.

15000mm×460mm runner size. 

Crawford, Cape Town

Radhia Firfirey,

Tiger Lily,

2011.

Colour photograph.

15000mm×460mm runner size. 

Crawford, Cape Town

The tiger lily runner is suitable for an interior with orange, dark brown and yellow (autumn) colours. I designed this tiger lily runner for an elderly lady. This runner is 15000mm×460mm and it runs across the centre of the table. A runner is a cloth that is placed across the table; it is like putting a ribbon across the waist of a dress. It could give the table a beautiful ending or it could be the focal point. I have read some articles in which they place runners across each other creating a checked board pattern.

The materials used for this product are calico material, pencil, toothpick, and eraser, sent-hick biracial for a paint brush, a big board, masking tape, paper, black marker and fabric paint.

 They call this lily a tiger lily because of its brown spots. The lily was repeated three times in this design with equal spacing. This tiger lily is not an autumn flower but the leaves are autumn colours i.e. yellow, brown, red brown and yellow green.

With regard to the boarder there is an autumn theme of leaves that is situated in between two narrow dark brown lines.  The 3 dimensional leaves have a different colour every other leaf and the colours are yellow green, yellow orange, red brown and dark brown. There are a variety of different proportions in the boarder with a dominance of yellow green. There is also a rhythm play in the leaves that is symmetrical to the opposite boarder. The end result: the yellow orange leaves work in harmony with the tiger lily flower.

Firfirey, R. 2011. Tiger Lily hand painted runner. Crawford, Cape Town.