Archive for the ‘Colour’ Category

Another Way To Do It

Monday, April 20th, 2009

I just found these articles about a beautiful installation piece in Oakand, made by university student Hye Jin Lee. You can see a large photo of it here.

Formed by weaving yarn into chainlink fences, the bold colours and geometric patterns used are reminiscent of quilt blocks and children’s crafts. With each motif standing several feet tall, the installation plays with scale in a really lovely way.

I like the idea of forming images this way, using the grid of a chainlink fence like a needlepoint canvas. It offers one advantage over other forms of yarn graffiti; it’s possible to make large, bold visual statements without a huge investment of time!

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Identify me.

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Kim from Round Rock, Texas has sent me this photo:

mysterypole

We’ve been trying to identify the mystery knitter. Since it is in Texas and the colours are candy coloured and bright, I’m inclined to think that it is the work of Magda Sayeg, but I could stand corrected.

Anyone out there recognize the artist’s style?

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Recommended reading

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Mandy lent me Anna Zilborg’s informative and moving book Knitting For Anarchists. I’ve been reading it in bits and pieces during my morning commute (and yes, getting strange looks from other people who read the title – time to knit a book cozy). I really love her advice on becoming attune to choosing colour:

Open your eyes. I know that sounds unnecessary, simple-minded, even offensive, but it is the best advice I was ever given. I was not aware that I didn’t look at color, that I only saw colour attached to something else, like trees or flowers or sky[....] If you pick an iris and think about wearing it, you’ll find you have a wild color combination in front of you.

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