We've been very busy which is why this blog has been so quiet. In fact Christian is too busy with exam reading, novel writing, short story revising, and Cincinnati Review work to post here at all, so I'll be doing my best (probably until after he takes his exams) to cobble together some words to accompany the new things I have to show you!
First up the aforementioned dress made out of leaves project. This project had two origins:
1) I wanted to create a series of illustrations around the theme of weddings; this idea turned into weddings which took place in "exotic" locals. Some of my ideas/drawings included locations like the top of a traveling train, "parachuting" through the sky, on the ocean, and in a tree. The wedding in a tree was my favorite location, and for some reason included camouflage wedding attire, which ultimately lead to the idea of a dress made of leaves.
2) Last fall Christian and I were lamenting how quickly all of the colorful Autumn leaves fell to the ground. We hypothesized about who might be cruelly plucking the leaves from the trees and how wasteful it was to leave them all on the ground. This of course led me back to the dress made of leaves and eventually to how three resourceful and creative young girls might find a use for these pretty leaves. Unfortunately, these young and inexperienced adolescents don't realize that they need to patiently press the leaves before sewing them into that dress...it surely will wither too quickly for repetitive wear!
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It could be quite beautiful to have a dress made of autumn leaves, could this dress have pockets? Each girl could have a spare, say, 3 or 4 leaves just in case they spill something on themselves - this allows them the opportunity to quickly add a few leaves to cover the stain until it can be properly managed back at home. How resourceful!
ReplyDeleteYour illustration makes me wish it were autumn again, I suppose I will just have to wait another 4 or 5 months.