Monday, June 25, 2007

Wearable sculptures: Hand-made socks

Cat tucked beneath a blanket with only her head visible, next to a pair of feet encased in hand-crocheted socks
A pair of hand-made socks with Miss Elizabeth,
the official model for all things crochet.
In my opinion, there are fewer mediums of art closer at hand in our daily lives than the objects we wear upon our bodies. An example is a pair of hand-crocheted socks, or “wearable sculptures,” as I think of them.