The News
Before I begin I want to point out my lovely new logo. I am so excited about the logo that I visited my own blog about 100 times yesterday just to admire it. The very talented Knitterella created it for me. She also helped this Photoshop challenged girl get the logo over the banner photos and applied a few masterful tricks to make them pop. You can see more of Knitterella's graphic design work here and her fabulous knitting and crochet themed stationary products here. Thank you Jill!!!
I have been working madly on secret knitting recently, so I hope you don't mind if I show you another one of my kids' projects.
You may remember that Sofie has a thing for creating garments with newspapers and magazines . So when the opportunity came to create a project of her choice in art class she knew just what she would do.
Sofie draped the fabric on the dress form that my mom gave her for her birthday a year or so ago. Her favorite way to work lately has been to drape, pin, cut and sew her designs using the dress form. Occasionally she uses bits and pieces of commercial patterns, but mostly she creates her own. It took her a lot of trial and error to find the right way to transfer newsprint to fabric. I'm not sure how she ultimately succeeded. It was a technique that her HS art teacher taught her. The fabric is a little stiffer than she would have liked, but she designed the dress with very simple lines knowing this. Since it was created as an art piece rather than true apparel the dress isn't something she will actually wear out.
Once the newsprint was transferred onto the dress she used acrylic washes to add color.
The dress was on display at the high school for several weeks. She finally brought it home yesterday. Of course we had to get out right away and photograph it. And Sofie being Sofie the dress had to be modeled with a great pair of shoes.
All photo credits go to Sofie's twin, Isabella.
Loveth the logo!
Your kids are amazing. awesome dress!
Posted by: Kristen | March 28, 2010 at 04:21 AM
Neat new logo! You have a very creative family. The newsprint dress is so interesting too.
Posted by: Zonda | March 28, 2010 at 08:06 PM
Your daughter is so talented with her artwork.
Posted by: Debbie | March 29, 2010 at 09:07 AM
Love the new logo! The typography is perfect.
Cool dress by Sofie! I have vague memories of being able to run around in shoes with heels like that. Now I think my feet would break off and run away if I even picked up a shoe like that.
Posted by: Brenda | March 29, 2010 at 12:58 PM
Hee. I love your girls names! My daughter is Sofia and my niece is Isabella! They are both 11, and in the same grade. The dress is something else. I hope it was an A!
Posted by: Helen | April 03, 2010 at 01:31 PM
Love the logo; love the dress. Much talent runs in your family. :)
Posted by: Romi | April 05, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Nothing looks better with a great pair of shoes than a great pair of legs! Seems Sofie has it all! Clever dress as well!
Posted by: chloe | April 06, 2010 at 11:53 PM
How is the newsprint transfer done? I'd love to know how!
Posted by: Susan | April 09, 2010 at 03:05 AM
This is amaaazing...so beautiful. How much talent can a family have?
Posted by: casapinka | April 23, 2010 at 12:56 AM