POETRY: It Happens
They die.
We cry.
Then sigh,
“Goodbye.”
Trust me.
You’ll see.
That we,
Can Grieve.
And life,
though rife,
with strife,
Goes on.
(via Polka Dot Pineapple: Tutorial—T-Shirt Yarn)
another tutorial here (video step by step)
POETRY: Airheaded Dalliance
Flutter by
little
Butterfly
Gossamer Wings
Beads and Strings
Ornamental Things
Flitter on
dear
Faceted Dawn
Perfection
Attraction
Distraction
From the Well
of
Bloody Hell
Dying Ditties
Ruined Pretties
Nitty Gritties
Flap away
to
Never stay
Reality hits
It’s the Pits
Butterfly
Butterfly Ditz.
This is simply stunning. Crocheted Tree by Klas Ernflo
Found via TheKnittedJungleCollective
CROCHET FOR KIDS!
This “sculpture forest” at the Hakone Open-Air Museum includes several sculptures for children to play on. The top photo shows “Woods of Net,” (made in 2009) which was created by Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam. The outer wood pavilion was built with traditional techniques seen in Japanese temples. A huge, brightly colored net hangs down from the middle of the pavilion like a giant hammock. Children clamber up into the netting, swinging in the breeze and enjoying glimpses of the sky and trees through gaps in the pavilion’s wooden.
The artist explains how she came to be engaged with children’s play: “It all happened quite by accident. Two children entered the gallery and, blissfully unaware of the usual polite protocols that govern the display of fine art, climbed into the structure. The work suddenly came alive in ways she had never really anticipated. The fabric took on new life, swinging and stretching with the weight of the small bodies, forming pouches and other unexpected transformations, and above all there were the sounds of the undisguised delight of children exploring a new play space.”
From that point, her work shifted out of the gallery and a subdued, monochromatic pallet turned into a riotous rainbowof colors for children’s playscapes.
Rainbow Net was produced in close collaboration with structural engineers and opened in July of 2000 after three years of planning, testing, and building, including making accurately scaled crocheted nets using fine cotton thread. During final assembly, Toshiko crocheted ten hours a day, often on her knees, until the installation was complete.
POETRY: The Reveal
Taken aback.
Given no slack.
Words ring hauntingly true.
Truth is exposed.
Everyone knows.
Whatever shall you do?
No longer to hide,
it deep, deep inside.
A Day to always rue.
Giant Seed Pods by Judy Tadman
Judy Tadman creates abstract sculptural works made by knotting ropes and fibers using crochet techniques. Giant Seed Pods created using sisal rope and linen yarn constructed using a crochet technique. Each pod contains 220 metres of sisal rope and measures over 50cm high
Check out this great fashion collection by my great friend!
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via bobbintalk.com:
“Nicole Ghosn is a fashion design graduate from the fashion design BFA program at Parsons. Her thesis is a crochet-based collection, titled: “From mother to daughter.”
Nicole’s inspiration came to her during a summer she spent in Northern Lebanon, where her family has its roots. Having grown up all over the world, in cities, with modern values she felt disconnected from her family’s roots and tradition. Nicole discovered the crochet table covers that had moved houses and countries with her family, and realized she had never really paid attention to them. Her mom told her how her grandmother and great grandmothers had made them by hand for their family and homes.
This was a craft that had traditionally been taught from mother to daughter, and continued through generations, but it had skipped her.
So with this thesis collection NIcole decided to bridge the gap between generations and breathe new life to the crochet tradition that had been in her family for generations. She taught herself to crochet, inspired by the patterns of her ancestors, and used modern silhouettes that connected her forgotten heritage with her present.”
More photos at http://www.bobbintalk.com/2012/05/nicole-ghosn.html#
lnop:
Anita Bruce knits sculptural organic forms as a reference to planktonic life
