Bonnie Prokopowicz
Oak Park, Illinois,
USA
Cosspia: A Gal in the Style of Picasso
I've long wanted to experiment more with
crocheted faces, which I find particularly challenging. I never seem to get the
proportions or positioning of the features "right." So what if I just
didn't worry about proportions or positioning? Who better to use as my
inspiration than Picasso? So I studied the faces of many Picasso paintings. I
couldn't find a particular one that I felt I could do justice to in crochet,
but I decided it would be within bounds to interpret the challenge description
"freeformishly" and aim for Picasso's style. With that I got to work
on Cosspia's face, which came together without sketches or much planning at
all. But her head all by itself looked strange; she needed a body. I sketched a
body and used that as a sort of pattern. Turns out I had a much harder time
with the body which is usually the easy part for me. I think having the pattern
threw me off. I guess I'm a "freeformer" at heart, as I imagine
Picasso to have been.
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