psarokokalo

special order for avion films

2012-01-03T12:00:00.000-08:00

special order for avion films

we made 47 'Tsolias' cloth dolls

and 140 'tsolias' paper puppets

all packed to go...

2011-11-25T05:03:00.000-08:00

ornament tutorial

you will need: a child! - fabric or regular markers - a solid color fabric for the front - a patterned fabric for the back - string - and a sewing machine - stuffing or lavender.

cut the solid color fabric in pieces and leave the child to draw on them

sew the back and front together leaving a hole for stuffing

stuff the little bag and close it

add the string with a needle

and here is your ornament!!!!

2011-10-27T07:39:00.000-07:00

psarokokalo winter 2012

Open publication - Free publishing - More 2012

2011-10-02T04:30:00.000-07:00

my past 2 months......

.....in the 17th of august i went up those stairs to deliver this new guy :-)......

...it felt great making a new little person again...

one of psarokokalo's team best creations!

....then we took him and went on a small vacation in Evoia...

we stayed at a beautiful house

and had some visitors :-)

...... she made them!.....

i woke up one day and found those guys next to my bed

back home we had some abdominal pain and dad made it better...

i took a job in making 350 boats and fish!!!

somewhere between boats and fish, new baby and sleepless nights, i went and had a gallbladder operation that was hard...

but

here is the big boat we made,

our new boat mobile

and in the end this lovely lady was made, for my traditional costume inspired doll series...

life is hard but also beautiful,

all we can do is make.....

2011-08-06T07:50:00.000-07:00

i started making christening stuff this year ....

it really is interesting everyone has a different concept and i really enjoy it

2011-05-31T05:44:00.000-07:00

2011-03-31T09:04:00.000-07:00

new dolls !!!

name and make a story for us!

make a comment here

march

septembre

octombre

june

april

novembre

july

may

netamir

2009-05-17T17:01:00.001-07:00

neta

i do not know where to start to introduce Netamir's work. She is a fiber artist from Israel working with lot's of techniques and materials.

she makes her dolls from socks and other recycled fabrics.

she creates 3d worlds and objects with textiles i so fell in love with the geraniums

here are some of her words about what she does....

My work combines the disciplines of traditional textile crafts with the visual arts. After graduating from fashion design studies and following several years of work in commercial companies I decided, to devote myself to a more creative and artistic work-path. At first I created crochet and cloth dolls. The creation of dolls then extended itself to installations where these dolls were part of a space that I formed. My installations are a grouping of the dolls, textile objects as well as photography. My interest has extended beyond the creative aspects of handicraft to an intricate language and concentration on cultural and social background of the figure and how these manifest themselves visually in a 3D object. As time goes by my occupation with dolls has spread to different directions. People who saw my dolls “envied” the unique style I fashioned for my characters and requested I create these in full scale for them. This is how I started my accessory collection. This growing involvement with enlarging objects for human has brought me to a new creative mode, where I form 3D objects that resemble every-day items, and take on a new role in my installation.

here are some links on her e-shop, flickr, blog and some of her workshop images

i'd love to participate in one of them:) maybe one day...

Neta thank you for sharing your art with us and for the inspiration

i look at your work with great admiration

big hello!

2009-05-15T23:27:00.000-07:00

Kat

i came across this amazing artist on flickr when i was making a menu for a cafe, i was searching for some art images to include in the menu. Kat was friendly from the beginning and accepted my proposal to include her work. since then i have been following her work and i have to say that each time i am amazed of the way she sees things and expresses them on paper. Her drawings are mostly linear and minimal but so descriptive, the thing i really love about her work is the way her artwork changes for me by the size you see it...

...for example in the following drawing i see a women's head when i see i in a small size, but if i click on it to see it closer i see a fish and in the fish many other images.

that is unique!

Kat is not a word person if you search her profile you cannot find much info about her.

''I am interested in making visual art that explores issues of language,

memory, space, mapping, and any combination of these things. ''

But her work is all about words and images of earth, nature , urban landscapes. she also has a side where she associates with words see here ::::::

i recently found out that K opened an etsy shop!!

Kat thank you so much for sharing your work on the net and giving us the opportunity to see and feel through it! also thanks for the supportive comments now and then and for being my e-friend xo!

more info will follow ones i get in the question answer part of the universe...

2009-05-12T16:52:00.000-07:00

Marilyn, i love all of her artwork and she really is an amazing artist and a loving person to speak too!

looking at her work gives me a fairytale feeling and all of her work has elegance and freshness. Her work is really in touch with earth and human nature.

her nick name is CowgirlsWithGlasses

do not know why yet! i guess this will be one of my next questions to her.

she really is not much of a word person could no find much talking of her but lot's of making!

A few words of her words in her blog intro are:

''I've picked up a lot of needlecraft skills over the years,

but right now it's all about making art,

knitting, a little sewing, and the occasional goodie from the kitchen.''

hhhmm! i can see what she means!

Marilyn really have lived in a fairy tale, when i ask her where she lives she says:

''I'm from a rural area in western Pennsylvania, U.S., where I spent my

childhood playing in a magical forest.

i live a few miles from where i grew up, in a small, cozy house, with the love of my life....and two sweet cats.''

....well that forest must have been really magical....

...thank you .....

.....more will follow...

2009-04-18T09:05:00.000-07:00

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X U Z

M for Marilyn and H

K for Kat and H

N for Netamir and H

C for Christiane, F for Filiz

this universe will be a trip to Pennsylvania, Brooklyn, Israel, Turkey....

2009-03-23T13:26:00.000-07:00

hello, i had to interrupt the parallel universe for a while to post this amazing interview!

With much much love i'd like to introduce to you the girl behind'Loulou & Ocsar', i met her through flickri appreciate her work and blog writing. She started blogging a few months ago and since then i have been following ... i think that it definitely is her literature studies that make her writings fun to read, but the thing that really amazes me is her perspective and way of introducing things.

Her work seems to come from an inner inspiration and the form is very well designed.

i think it again is her literature studies (and not my laziness) that will make me post her interview as it is... i can't correct anything or add something else....enjoy!...

who is that girl?

1. Who is that girl indeed, I sometimes wonder myself!

At the moment I am a full time mother and part time creature maker/fledgling crafter. My son has just begun nursery a few mornings a week so I am planning to experiment a little, try and expand my repertoire and put a few non-plush items into my little Etsy shop.

After university, I studied English Literature and then Modern Philosophy, I couldn't bear to leave my saturday job and became a Librarian in Islington, London for 7 years. After moving to Birmingham to continue studying I met my husband and had our son, Ishi. To fill the void left by my abandoned studies I decided to try my hand at creature making. I have been sewing since last April or thereabouts and love it. I am self taught and have so much to learn. I often wish that the artists and makers I admire lived close enough to pop over and give me some tutorials!

why fish?

- You are right, I do use fish a lot in my work. There are several reasons I think. The first has come up since we moved to this tiny island off the coast of France, I am used to living in big cities and feel a little trapped here, walk for a few miles and you bump up against the shore and the sea every time. You can't use your legs to get out of here and I'm not that strong a swimmer! The fish represents freedom and escape for me. The hybrid Fish Boys possibly bring my desire to exist in these two elements (water and air) into material form. I am surrounded by water but landlocked. Perhaps I was a mermaid or a merman in a previous existence! Secondly, water forms a barrier between aquatic life and human existence. Not too sound too odd but I was afraid of anything with fur as a child, no fluffy kittens or puppies for me, major phobia! So, I had fish. I could love them at a nice, safe distance, they kept to their element and I didn't attempt to disturb them (my mother had to clean the tank!).Ok, do i sound totally strange now?!

why blog?

- I have always wanted a shop or gallery space in which to collect together all of the beautiful objects and treasures I come across. I started blogging with the idea of having some fun and perhaps promoting my little Etsy shop a bit. My blog soon transformed itself into a kind of personal Wonder Cabinet. I found that it was much more rewarding to share the work of others and hopefully give a little light to undiscovered beauty. Blogging fulfills my need to 'curate' and, I suppose, 'catalogue' the objects that touch me. One of the most amazing things about blogging are the connections and friendships you make. I was looking at the work of an artist I admire very much on Flickr not long after I began the Lou Lou & Oscar blog. I wanted to know more about this artist's creative process and wondered from where she drew her inspiration. Why not just send her an email and ask her to do an interview for my blog, I thought. Simple right?! I plucked up the courage, emailed and happily the answer was "yes" and my Monday interviews were born. Running a blog is a fantastic way of connecting with people whose work you love and you get to share it with whoever happens to dropping in to visit that day. It is very time consuming, especially if you wish to post everyday, but blogging gives so much back. I sometimes have to force myself away from Wordpress and onto the sewing machine!

mother

- Stones, dusty hair, bear faces! These are the first images that came into my mind when I think of my son who is sitting downstairs with his Dad at the moment. Ishi is a constant inspiration, he has brought softness and much needed balance into my life, before he came along I had a tendency to inhabit the darker spaces. I move more to the rhythm of toddler time now, I feel closer to the natural world.Ishi’s empathy and enthusiasm definitely feeds my work, he is a budding land artist with a particular prediliction for pebble sculpture and leaf arrangement, we have most of the beach living with us at the moment! Ishi’s attachment to natural objects reminds me of the passionate loveI used to feel for particular stones and twigs as a child. These objects always carried a secret intelligence with them and I treated them as you might a beloved pet. I had forgotten many of the obsessions of my childhood and being Ishi’s Mum has given me access to this world again. I found thatbecoming a mother and allowing myself to be caught up less in theoretical musing opened up a new space for me and also gave me confidence in my physical dexterity. I found that I was able to transfer the craft projects I had in my mind into physical reality. Becoming a mother has given me access to so many new experiences and inspired me to learn how to sew.

share an image that you love

- This is cheating a little as there are two images here! I put them together for a recent blog post. They are my favourite images for obvious reasons. The first boy with the pink ukulele is my son and the child below him is my husband when he was around the same age. I think that they look so alike, which is a marvelous thing in my opinion! They are both very thoughtful people and I have learnt so much from them.

... have to say that i was much touched when reading her answers. thanks for being my friend and hope to see you one day!....

2009-03-09T07:42:00.000-07:00

Mimi

a few of my favorites....

mimi works as an artist for more than 30 years...

....started making original cloth dolls in 2000...

those girls are waiting in line to be finished....

i love the fresh feeling i get when i go through her work ..

when i will grow up i want to marry one of these guys!!!

she says:

''i get enormous satisfaction from making things. I love getting an idea in my head and figuring out all the little engineering problems that arise when trying to turn

the idea into an object. I love getting so involved with a project that everything else in the world gets forgotten. I love feeling like I am walking a tightrope- just on the edge of my abilities- if it all goes right. So frustrating when I can't make something work though! I love knowing when something is finished- just right. When I am immersed in making things, I am solving problems, playing with colors and textures, enjoying my materials, forgetting about the outside world.....''

'' My favorite materials are those which have had another life...''

2009-02-27T05:41:00.000-08:00

danny

a few of my favorites

following his work makes me feel more liberated about my work

and making things without feeling the obligation that they should be perfect or detailed allows me the pleasure to make mistakes and turn them into something beautiful, takes the stress of my work, thanks for that Danny ....

some of his words: ''it's so beautiful to see someone who has made something and didn't quite know what they were doing but did it anyway-when you can really see the fire was under their feet and they had to make it or else...''

a constant working artist....

he started making clothes because of his need to his own individual. he took apart all his clothes and tried to follow and learn the patterns....it took him all of the 90's to develop a way of sewing that looks naive and disheveled, but still well made.

he began using his grandmas supplies and sewing machine, (this is common i started like that crafting too). the images of his childhood and the memories of his grandmother creating things are often his inspiration...

''what we need is inside ourselves''

Danny lives in Chicago , US

he often tells me that he feels that people

look at him as something weird...

well it is a lovely weirdness and a beautiful weird inspiring world he lives in ...

2009-02-25T14:22:00.000-08:00

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Danny for beard

Tricia for colored flowers

Jessie for hat

Mimi for ladies with glasses

and me for staying up late again...

2009-02-20T15:43:00.000-08:00

''welcome to the machine''

welcome my son , welcome to the machine,

what do those machines dream ?

they dream of a world filled with beautiful men with tattoos...

....scraps of fabric and colored markers...

...or living in the a big island with a creative girl named Jessica Quinn?

....they certainly all dream to be a very well handcrafted machine

2009-02-19T11:26:00.000-08:00

the theme that i am going to deal with for this month here in this blog is called ''parallel universe'' it will be a trip into to the world of 4 crafters i admire. their worlds will be knitted together, but also apart.