by Fred Campos | My Art, Unconventional Media, Wearable Art
They don’t say “the clothes make the man” for nothin’. What we wear speaks volumes about our class, occupation, status, who we are, or more accurately, what we want people to think we are. The long-term changes that have occurred in the...
by Fred Campos | My Art, Unconventional Media, Wearable Art
The midnight magic monkeys were at work last night–and they brought me this! My beautiful hat is finished! Yessiree, this was definitely not a one-day project, but it was worth the wait. Out of curiosity, I kept track of how many yards of “twine” I...
by Fred Campos | Unconventional Media
Although I would never have the guts to attempt such a project, I’m still thinking about meat and art. I found out that Jana Sterbak also made a meat dress (in 1991, boy am I behind the times!) and also read some commentary about public reaction to this and...
by Fred Campos | My Art, Unconventional Media, Wearable Art
I found some more crafty books yesterday at the library that I hadn’t checked out before, and started flipping through a few. I’ve been thinking that I would eventually like to make a rug or two for the hardwood areas in our home, and so I picked up a...
by Fred Campos | Unconventional Media
While doing more research on shibori, I was reading one of my new books, called Fashion, The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute: A History from the 18th to the 20th Century. I not only found some great reference photos for fabric dyeing techniques, but I also...
