Italian Fruit Wrappers

Orange wrapper

papier d'agrumes

Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia once said, “The whole of Sicily is a fantastic dimension. How can one be without imagination?” Imagination is the prerogative of children, but also of the artists who drew children on the tissue paper wrappers protecting the island’s citrus fruits.

The cover of Matrix journal -- issue containing Olive Cook's biographical essay on Tirzah Garwood Lesley's wonderful post, Pattern and Design, from earlier this week, has got me blogging again after a bit of a fallow period. "Don't worry too much about what you blog about," I told myself (since my head was full of starting places but not much idea about where to go), "just do it." First of all, I needed a link to Lesley's post, so the easiest thing was just to Google her blog. I never even…

orange wrapper.

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Creativity seems to have no limit, and to accept no boundaries to its expression. Even illustrating the paper wrappers enveloping fruit is an opportunity. Here is a sampler of these humble works of art. It’s a triumph of animals: roaring tigers and lions, untamed bulls, bewildered horses, adorable cats, and various species of birds protect […]

«L’intera Sicilia è una dimensione fantastica. Come si fa a viverci senza Immaginazione?». Così scriveva lo scrittore siciliano Leonardo Sciascia. L’immaginazione è una caratteristica dei bambini. E anche di chi li ha voluti disegnare sugli incarti degli agrumi dell’isola.

Dans la dégustation d'une clémentine, le plaisir d'enlever le papier d'emballage qui la recouvre, si fin et coloré, n'est-il pas...

Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia once said, “The whole of Sicily is a fantastic dimension. How can one be without imagination?” Imagination is the prerogative of children, but also of the artists who drew children on the tissue paper wrappers protecting the island’s citrus fruits.

papier d'agrumes

papier d'agrumes

Dans la dégustation d'une clémentine, le plaisir d'enlever le papier d'emballage qui la recouvre, si fin et coloré, n'est-il pas...

Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia once said, “The whole of Sicily is a fantastic dimension. How can one be without imagination?” Imagination is the prerogative of children, but also of the artists who drew children on the tissue paper wrappers protecting the island’s citrus fruits.