FLICKR #3

HEY POLLY YOU'RE SO FINE Y.S.F.Y.B.M.M!!!!!

HEY POLLY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !






^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^MY FAVE ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^










Oh Polly, You're so wacky!!!

I found this little gem in the Library. It's brilliant. Like all the other old fashioned embroidery i've found from around the 70's - 80's - it's a bit mad and sometimes creepy! In the last image i've selected, that man's face looks like the Michael Myers mask in Halloween! I do love the second image though, it's great. It's all kind of a bit sketchy. I think that's what makes it good in a strange way, it's a bit whimsical and childlike.

LDN

I hate this cover - I think i'm I missing something.



But all this is good...!

LIBRARY FODDER

Here are a couple of books I managed to find in the Vernon Street Library. Mostly Folk Art based...

BOOK #1 EUROPEAN FOLK ART

























Here are a lot of examples from the book that are directly influential to the work I am producing. More so because of the Collections I have - some are European and have an underlying folk art theme.

I particularly like the Swedish and Fabric based folk art...


Book #2 Embroideries of Sweden

SEW HIP!!!

THIS MAGAZINE IS SEW HIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



It's really useful actually, given me a lot of pointers when making my final piece.

FLICKR #2

Tracey Emin

I'm sometimes a bit dubious of artists like Emin, I spent a long time really hating her but I do like her comfort blankets, I do i do i dooo-oooo (not much as Kel likes Orange Soda). I like how they're predominantly text but on a base of patcwork style fabric. Also, the themes in the written text contradict the theme of the comfort blanket where as I want to go with the theme rather than against.

HAPPY KITTY BUNNY PONY

I remember at the start of this project, I was worried about target audience. I was talking to Kate about thinking that there wouldn't really be a target audience that were into the things that i was "into", but Kate said "well, people buy that Happy Kitty Bunny Pony book.... and i said "Oh yeah!" I do like it, it's full of the kinds of things I collect, it's a bit sickly though, yack yack yack, but it's got bit's of funny writing in it making fun of the stuff that's in it, so it's all a bit tongue in cheek! TEE HEE HEE

LIKE A MONKEY WITH A MINIATURE CYMBAL

This book is great. It's full of patterns and amazing illustrations. Anything to get you in the mood to sit down for a few hours & get all messy with some Berols'!