The Colour Room -

The first trade show was a gamble that nearly broke the factory. The traditionalists laughed. They called the work "garish" and "clumsy." But then, a young woman from London stopped in her tracks. She picked up a conical sifter painted with bright red circles and black lines. "It looks like music," the woman whispered.

They became the "Bizarre Girls." Under Clarice’s direction, the "Colour Room" became a laboratory of rebellion. They threw out the delicate brushes and used bold, thick strokes. They ignored the drab pastels of the Victorian era and embraced the screaming neons of the Jazz Age. The Colour Room

She recruited a team of young women, girls who had spent their lives being told to stay within the lines. "In this room," Clarice told them, her voice echoing off the kiln-dried walls, "we don't paint for the past. We paint for the woman who wants her breakfast table to look like a sunrise." The first trade show was a gamble that