Started this to be an experiment in stitching and cutting away fabric, so that the stitches are what hold things together (kind of solvy, but with fabric pieces) but then went another direction.
Pulled colors from the fabric leftovers, and then this is about how my mind went:
yellow= the sun...rays.
rose print (from a printing experiment)...rosy cheeks.
rosy cheeks = person type thing
person like thing = eyes
eyes = make them more interesting than just a circle to give soul
thing is so off kilter the mouth can go way off the face.
leftover yellow, in shape of ray = nose
needs to calm down up there = green hair
needs to calm down and tie together = blue body
thing is happy = heart on body, but so kiltery, heart not "heart shaped"
arm = give form to body
I put slots on the back to hold legs...the trouble was that the legs I planned on using were plexi glass rods, and not strong enough to hold him without bending (at least at the length I wanted). The plexi legs are there, but not sturdy enough to hold the whole thing up -- hanging from the top for now. I put slots in the back for wire to thread through on the head part to help keep it flat and "upright" -- that worked fine. So, some pre-thinking worked, some didn't ....but armed with knowledge for the next time!
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