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August 03, 2004
the lust in illustrator
Even as I write, a tiny photo of our Pippy Knit-A-Log Mascot, "Red" Rene DuBois, is on its way to Savannah, GA. Rene and Katya, the pink (Lamb's Pride cotton wool) kitty with the green socks and tres bold, tres modern, blue and white sleeveless mini-dress (designed by moi, made from Rowan All Seasons Cotton-printed -I can't get enough of the All Seasons Cotton printed) are part of my portfolio for grad skool. One hopes the MFA Illustration folks have the same visionary sense of knitting as we at this Knit-A-Log!
There hasn't been too much knitting going on, mostly because I am on an extended knitting blackout due to ongoing tendonitis problems. So I am trying to work up as much enthusiasm for drawing as I have for knitting. I used to have it! Today I went down to my old skool and sat in the library to try and rediscover a sense of purpose. Its nice to see that people still do it, and that somewhere in the world it is still important to make pictures. I kept thinking I saw people I knew, but that is because art students tend to recycle themselves. There is always the skinny girl with glasses, pigtails and baggy corduroy pants, always the so-geeky-he's -cute severely pug-nosed boy with sideburns,messy hair, and crooked teeth. Exchanged meaningful smiles with a beautiful black man with long, long braids, and an elaborate, figure-8 looking top-knot affair, after discovering he was a man, when I saw him from the front! He was wearing a suit and quite dashing. Such an art couple we would make! I had it all figured out down to the beautiful mocha babies. Sigh.
More later...
Posted by at August 3, 2004 06:49 PM