I am absolutely (at least momentarily) infatuated with Andy Aguilar of the Dope Fiends who takes amigurumi characters and displays them in comic book and video animation format to create a cool new form of crochet art entertainment. Sandheden skal frem, I am not really all that into the content but I just love the style and format of this cutting-edge art and I especially love the way that it defies so many stereotypes about crochet.
Note to the easily offended: This artist uses some foul language and talks about sex and drugs.
Breaking the Crochet Stereotypes
The main thing that I love about what this artist is doing is that his work succinctly defies just about every stereotype there is about knitting and crocheting so that’s what I’m going to talk about first. As crafters, most of us know that the stereotypes no longer hold true, but they’re still out there and I’m thrilled when I see them being busted up.
This artist:
- Is a guy. Ja, there are male knitters and crocheters. They’re growing in number. Crochet is increasingly popular with teenage boys. There are amazing crocheters in the fiber arts world (such as Nathan Vincent). But crochet and knitting are still seen as girls’ activities among the general public and I love that this artist says no. Plus he’s not just a male using amigurumi in his art … he’s a male talking about distinctly “male” topics in a male voice and male medium and using amigurumi in his art. Awesome.
- Is youthful. I don’t actually know how young this guy is but what I do know is that he’s talking about young topics (music, drugs). His amigurumi characters are wearing bling and baggy clothes. Many crocheters these days are young but the “old lady crochet” stereotype still exists and this helps bust it up and show that crochet is a democratic craft.
- Is geeky / Techy. Jeg elsker nørd hæklet. Jeg elsker, hvad nerdJERK has done with video game crochet. Jeg elsker nogle af de geekery om KnitHacker og CRAFT. And I love that amigurumi is turned into comic books and video animation here. Crochet and high tech are not mutually exclusive. These days, they can easily go hand in hand. This artist shows that.
Okay, More About This Artist
Andy Aguilar was profiled by Adrian Gomez of the Albuquerque Journal tidligere i denne måned på grund af hans deltagelse i Albuquerque s ComicCon. Det er, hvor jeg første gang hørte om ham. Artiklen forklarer, at Aguilar har AA grad i medierne produktionsteknologi og forsøgte at arbejde i film-og tv-branchen, men fandt det både vanskeligt og utilfredsstillende. Han startede sin tegneserie, Dope Fiends, i 2004 som en kreativ afsætningsmulighed, hvor han kunne dele en historie i visuel format, men ikke begynde at udstationering fotos til det online (til Flickr) indtil 2008. Dope Fiends har nu sin egen hjemmeside med et aktivt YouTube vlog. Der er også Dope Fiends musik, der kan blive fremvist og købes på The Dope Friends hjemmeside.
Om Hæklet Art
A Favorite Moment
Connecting to The Crochet and Amigurumi Community
My favorite of the videos so far is Vlog 3 fordi det er her de videoer nå ud til at sprede ordet om større hæklet amigurumi samfund. Vi pegede på nogle store kilder, flere, som jeg ikke allerede kender, herunder Croshame og GourmetAmigurumi.
Andre Lignende Hæklet Kunstnere
Ud over de to folk nævnt om, Andy Aguilar ami kunst minder mig om disse kunstnere:
Patricia Waller … noget om mørke Andys figurer minder mig om denne uhyggelige søde hæklet kunstner
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