Kaffe Fassett Exhibition at Mottisfont

Today is the last day of this absolutely stunning Kaffe Fassett exhibition which I visited this week, it's set on the top floor of the gorgeous National Trust property, Mottisfont. Visiting Mottisfont was a first, I don't know why I haven't been there already, traveling south from Swindon it's a delightful journey through Wiltshire and Hampshire countryside.
The exhibition occupies 5 rooms, each with a different vibrant colour painted on the walls to complement the mixture of knits, needlepoint, patchwork and paintings in each room. The Mottisfont website has much better photos than mine, and has a video where Kaffe Fassett talks about how he feels about exhibiting at Mottisfont. My favourite quote of his 'I create in palettes of colour because that is my main obsession' is demonstrated throughout the exhibition.
So here are my photos:

I think this possibly my favourite photo, the juxtapositioning of the quilt, cardigan and cushion against the blue wall works so well. Other things in this Islamic blue room include:

 This gorgeous wall hanging and knitted coat were stunning together, and would be fantastic separately. One of the most noticeable things apart from the beautiful pieces and the way they were arranged, was the fact that people were all unable to keep quiet about what they felt about it. This started as we walked up the stairs to the exhibition when people said things like 'The exhibition will put a smile on your face'. The rag rug below was someone's favourite piece.

 One of Kaffe's paintings below

 Another beautiful patchwork. All quilts have fantastic backing, you can see the backing by asking a room assistant to turn it over for you, or look in a room guide where there are photos of all pieces.

 This was also lovely.

Moving on to the spring green room which I think of as the fruit and vegetable room:

 The chair above is the same at the front as the back, and is covered in needlepoint, not fabric.

 Above and below vegetables on cushions and a fabulous wallhanging. Both needlepoint.

and then on the opposite wall, a beautiful knitted jumper. Could I knit one of these? I do have 2 of Kaffe's pattern books and feel inspired to try something.

The first room was relatively muted compared to the rest of the exhibition, and had a comment of Kaffe's about blue and white being fantastic together, illustrated like this:

 A patchwork in the background with a response to a blue and white jug in the foreground

 and here's a close up of the centre of the patchwork:

Below needlepoint cushions and a throw:

 There's also a yellow room where among other things, there's a fantastic needlepoint chair covered in shells:

And last but by no means least, the red room, which I think caused more gasping than any other room:

There are lots of other fabulous pieces in the red room, but I ended up photographing one quilt and 2 knits. If you can't visit today, it's worth a look at the link to Mottisfont which hopefully will still show you the exhibition even when it's taken down.
There's also a fantastic art collection which once belonged to Maud Russell, more of that in another post,  I will leave you with a photo of the outside of Mottisfont when you first see it:

I also saw an exhibition of his work in 2011 in Cornwall, http://swindonopenstudios2011.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/kaffe-fassett-colours-mix-media-show.html

and he opened a Bath Society of Artists show at the Victoria Art Gallery in 2016:
http://swindonopenstudios.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/bath-society-of-artists-opening-night.html
If you have missed this exhibition, Kaffe will be having one at the Victoria Art Gallery in May:
https://www.victoriagal.org.uk/events/celebration-flowers-kaffe-fassett-candace-bahouth