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I am a multidimensional, hands-on creative artist and poet with a San Diego based home studio. Having always been too curious and too creative, I have continually studied a variety of artistic disciplines and philosophies throughout my life with established teachers...unstable teachers, artists, schools and whatnot. This, paired with a lifelong investigation into spirituality, has given me a large creative toolkit from which to draw ;) and interest to (respectively) play with, break, challenge, modify, ignore and celebrate the rules related to the aforementioned studies. I am a strong believer in not messing with a child's innate curiosity and wonder, the value of family (however defined), individual creativity, community, and our environment. I continue to study and enjoy creative expressions-with the exception of acid jazz. Some common characteristics found within my work are: re-purposing everyday items and discard-able things, harmonizing opposites, playing with current beliefs and assumptions with a whimsical twist, and delicately blending spontaneity with discipline. The end results are simple, joyful expressions of wonder imbued with an invitation to discover more.

Friday, April 21, 2023

Graphic T-Shirts

 

i am 

tickled to define these ideas .


Blazer Graphic Tee

. love the look of a tee under a blazer . 

graphic tees under a blazer bug me because i can't view the graphics, which in itself is a cool experience because it evoked my curiosity . 

which led me to ponder—and delightfully imagine—designing and experiencing people wearing legible graphic tees designed to pair with a blazer; 

moreover

Frame Lapels

             blazers 

           with lapels 

     that actually look                              like   gilded 

              picture  frames 

                       or textured                and   or  quilted 

           or puffed up, plush,             to hint,     or expand upon 

                      ... or perhaps             literally   

                                                        as a wood carved 

                                                        lapel 

                               frame .


how wonderfully silly

.

My first imagining is for simple words written vertically:


J                L              g        (important messages - quick reads)

O               O             i

Y               V            gg                            s

                  E            l e                            o

                                                                m  t

                                                                 e  i

           y                                                       m

           e                                                        e

           s                                                        s


💮            🌟          yi

💗            🌟          p

😁            🌟          ee


would be cool to have a signature, long, happy face that fit in that frame/window ...

love the sensation of the flow of ideas parading through me ...

which brings me to my current(3)  favorite


                                        I

                                        N

                                       😊

                                        J

                                        O

                                        Y

                                                  *elbissop s'ti esuaceb



*when the blazer frame is moved aside, perhaps to fetch a bit from a pocket, the wearer gets to see the tag line—i don't know how to here and aren't going to spend the time now to discover—reads upside down . or as Goose would say "inverted."

an intimate reminder . an awareness tool .

i wrote it backwards, because it current(3)ly is possible ;D 

and it looks really weird! 

thus evoking aforementioned 

                           curiosity .

                            mmm


which reinvigorates an idea i've had for a reversible Shirt of Opposition a fun awareness tool to play with—because IT IS possible—as in we have the power and ability to choose our current thoughts ... and also in this case how we want to wear our shirt, what we want our shirt to say ... can have a lot of fun with this tool .

the first one i would print would be:


k

n

o

w

thus the reverse would read:

don't 

k now

(you get the idea of horizontal layout)

. loving the sensations of both of these (it wasn't always so) and i love the idea of being able, and actually choosing, to physically shift them around throughout the day ... I'd stick with the inverted tagline too, it's cool and use-full .


just


t

h

o

U

g

h

t


.




we 
get to
choose our 
current*
perspective

we 

get
to
 
choose 
what 
and how 
we frame:

some
thing
.
any
thing
.
every
thing

because we can
because we get to
because 

IT IS
possible

to

ch
👀
se

our

o
y

or not

... and 
turn IT around 

and 
around

and
a
r
o
u
n
d


                                                       .

                                                                                                 * lluf-rednow woh ho