I have been very busy behind the scenes working on my PLUSH YOU 2009 contributions. I was really happy to hear that Kristen didn't really want to receive them too early. These soft art toys began with an idea, as most things do. I really wanted to design them around the silkscreened image of a crochet covered stone. You might remember it from my workshop with arounna at bookhou. I wanted them to look fresh, modern and yet incorporate some old world crafting with embroidery and as you will see later with the other ones a little bit of crochet.
I wanted them to be water inspired.
One of my favorite films as a child was the
original Doctor Dolittle movie with Rex Harrison and my favorite character was the great pink sea snail of course. Strange that the only image I could find on the internet of it was this little one.
I read someone describe it as a throw back to the psychedelic 60's.
Here is what I came up with.
I have decided to name her luna after luna lovegood my favorite character in the Harry Potter books.
Tomorrow a stone and sea inspired little trio with Russian ancestry :)