kellymariemcewan
Textile artist / Permaculture Food Forester / Bespoke crochet / Repurposed materials / Wearable Art
Category: Textiles
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Begin anew.
I never got around to the why of all those mushrooms. Those were used in a frantic fortnight of late, late nights and the hysteria you develop after days of reduced sleep. Looking back, I am glad I have photos as it’s all a blur of stitch, stitch, stitch, with brief intermissions when Micheal, the owner, wandered
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An Awkward Juxtaposition of Crafts and Anatomy
DIY vaginas are great. Sometimes the one that comes with the kit can rip or sag with use. It can even get dusty, if you leave it on the shelf behind the preserves and tinned beans for too long. Finally, you will have somewhere nice-smelling and convenient to store petty cash, prophylactics and tranquilizers while haranguing strangers on
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In the interim…
It’s been awhile. I have some study commitments, and like most, have to hold down ‘a real job’. Fortunately, it’s one I love, and I’m learning new things every day. I haven’t stopped though, just slowed to a crawl. Here’s what I have been up to in the meantime: 150+ mushrooms, slowly, slowly. So, I have
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Crafternoon, July.
Every afternoon this last week has been a crafternoon, and it has been fabulous. After finishing a major work, I was having trouble starting anything else. That was fear of commitment, and a fear of the ol’ blank canvas. How about some low-key, minimal risk pieces to increase my confidence, and re-focus? Back to some
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Pimp My Dress #1
I altered this dress for my birthday. I found it for $3 at an op-shop called the Good Samaritan. It is one of my favourites, as they have a $2 costume bin I dive into every time I am in the store. Costumes….more like every day casual wear! Also, the dress did not have a tag, and
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Perversions/Adaptations
I have recently been thinking about playing on words, visual puns, and just being clever in general through skillful appropriation. This is in relation to textile works, and my creation of them. I am tentatively working towards something, but let’s see where this goes. A mighty woman with a hooked needle, whose threadIs imprisoned patience,
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Fairy-ring 2; an update.
So, over the last few weeks my work ground to a halt as I have started prac and moved house, but I have too much stuff I want to do so after some late nights working I am getting towards the end of Fairy-ring 2. I am helped by the amount of rags in shades of green I
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