Dyuimovchka

Here a really nice example of 50's style Animation. It's lovely. I'd recommend watching the whole thing...This is a Russian fairytale called Duimovochka. I wish it was translated. Just been looking up what it's about...

It's about an old woman who couldn't have children. A fairy gave her a seed that she planted and the seed grew into a flower which opened and inside it was a beautiful little girl. She named her Duimovochka

She got taken away by a toad, which wanted her to marry their toad son... But a fish helped her escape. but then a spider wanted to take her to live with him but she ran away. All summer she lived alone...awww. Through the story there's then a Mole that wants to marry her... Why do they all just want to marry her? Fairy tales are stupid. Anyway, She ran away and saw an elf prince and Married him instead... Oh and they lived happily ever after!! Hurrayyyy

Russian Animation

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

HEY POLLY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !






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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.

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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.