I love food. I love crochet. So when I found the book Tasty Crochet I was in crochet-food heaven. I had an idea to make some play-food for my niece's birthday at the end of January. Eggs were the first thing on the menu and were actually quite easy to make. Look how perfect my sunny-side-up is?
While I was photographing the finished results it reminded of other food inspired creations. Western Spaghetti (the video below) and the oscar nominated Fresh GuacamolebyPes , my hero. It makes me want to animate my crochet food. It's calling out to move on screen...
But for now it remains animated only by my niece, when we have the biggest slice of chocolate cake for breakfast in bed. Perfect.
These guys were made for an animation workshop I did through November & December with Croydon Council to promote their Journeys project. I’ve never had so many funny looks on the tube as I sewed them together, grabbing whatever moments I had at this crazy busy time to get them made.
This is my favourite time of year, especially around Halloween or the feast of Samhain and All Souls' Day. And to celebrate just a little this Saturday on October 29th we will be getting the needle and tread out to create miniature monsters and you never know we might even try apple dunking...and share a ghost story around a cup of brew...
Check out the details here if you want to come along.
I'm so excited about this that I even created a one minute horror (ahem) animation...well more like attack of the killer pin cushions, or something along those lines.
See how the wee orange guy got made by the hand of the creator.
My monster inspiration comes from many places but I can't help being inspired by these cardboard cut outs a friend gave to me all the way from California. They are aptly called Kamisabi - in Japanese it's the term for an item given a second life as a ghost. The paper comes from trimmings so they are recycled into a new life. They make me smile...
But the pincushions have the last word, in case you are interested to see the final scene of the animation, a bit like extreme acupuncture? eh...the poor thing
