Day 4468: Wearable Characters & a 6 step Angel.

"Children should be safe": junk collage & ink.

          

  

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Click:  Roberta Flack, Where Is the Love

  

 

 

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Knit and Felted Characters 

Ýr Jóhannsdóttir moves through the world with a second set of eyes—and teeth and brows. The Icelandic artist, who works as Ýrúrarí, has spent the last few years crafting an extensive cast of felted and knitted characters to accompany her throughout the day. Many of her designs take the idea of tongue-in-cheek humor literally, with balaclavas encircled with mouths and masks embellished with playful grins.

Much of Jóhannsdóttir’s practice revolves around sustainability and transforming garments and materials otherwise destined for the landfill. Her works rely on mending and using scraps to create cheeky wearables beaming with personality.

Created in collaboration with Ásgerður Heimsidóttir. 

If you’re in Copenhagen, see Jóhannsdóttir’s works in a group exhibition on view through January 28 at Nordatlantens Brygge. Her Pizza Time project, which used leftovers from the wool industry to create fiber-rich pies, was also recently nominated for Iceland’s Design Awards. Follow updates on Instagram.

Created in collaboration with Ásgerður Heimsidóttir. 

Created in collaboration with Ásgerður Heimsidóttir. 

The making of an angel ...

(a 6 step collage)

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#3

#4

#5

#6.

Starting with acrylic paint on newsprint, no plans for an angel.

Using self-painted collage papers, I saw a wing, thus the angel.

The rest is just play, trying scraps in different places.

It's kinda busy, I used an ink marker to deliniate.

This became a Christmas card, and I made a series of them.

Time spent, probably an hour or a little less.

 

  

 

A 5 minute video, Mad Fly, here

 

 

 

  

 

Just because ...

Collared Puffbird

 

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