Zoomorphic Knitting

I realized that the sweater and the hooded scarf/cape
I made recently have very aquatic characteristics to them.
Here's the scarf/cape arranged into an octopus shape.
I guess it would be a decopus with the 10 arms.
That's a erroneous word....decopus...

Tree Sweater

The sweater I've been working on is finally DONE.
...well, almost.
I'm going to probably add a collar, then it will be finished.
I made up my own pattern as I went.
I based the cabling on the combination of tree bark
and the muscles on the body. Primarily on the arms and back.

*note*
:When making up your own knitting pattern,
be sure to write down what you're doing, or make
both sleeves at the same time. it will save you
a lot of time and grief:

Laura's Hooded Scarf

This is a knitted piece I just finished for my sister.
She wanted a scarf with a hood, and this is what my mind
came up with. These pictures don't quite show it off that well,
but it snowed last night and I couldn't help but go out and
snap some photos in the snow. I'll post some more soon,
hopefully with a girl modeling it. No offense Rusty!

The hood is an alpaca/acrylic blend. SUPER soft.
The body of it is wool/mohair blend by Brown Sheep Co.
The brown yarn is a great kettle dyed merino by Malabrigo.

Regal Taxidermy

This handsome fellow was given to me by a friend of mine
a while back. I figured he needed a good home, so I
put together this little nest/roost for him.

Tread Softly

I created these little fungi critters last year.
They are extremely shy.
They will flicker and glow contently in silence.
However the slightest noise will cause them to darken.

I connected a super sensitive sound switch to the
LED array that is cast under the fungi.
This was a sort of practice run for my later project,
Animam Clamorem.

Animam Clamorem II

These are a couple of more pictures from
my senior installation that I posted earlier last
week. These are from the second time I set it up for
viewing.

Embryo

This was my first attempt casting in bronze.
None of the metal is soldered, it's all one solid piece.
I sculpted the whole structure in wax then proceeded
with the lost-wax method of casting. After putting a patina
on the metal, I made the innards of painted paper and
lights. I used an old glass insulator cap as the "nucleus".

Domes and Craters

Experimenting with hemisphere molds and Kozo pulp.
I used bowls, colanders and small portion scoops as molds.
Heavily influenced by Birds Nest Fungi.

Paper Windows

In my previous apartment, my neighbor's window
was directly across from mine. In an effort to have privacy
but still allow as much light as possible in, I coated handmade
paper with beeswax and created these window coverings.
They allowed plenty of light in, and looked way better that
you're typical venetian blinds or curtains. cheaper too!

More Knitted Cephalopods

More commissioned squid hats from last year

Squid Hats

Here is one of the several squid hats I was
commissioned to make last year. 100% wool body and
Alpaca tentacles. Eyes are cast in epoxy then painted

Symbioscilliscope

Used a circuit for a color organ to create this.
The three glowing flowers respond to low mid and
high frequency ranges. I gutted the antique Crosley radio
and installed a small mono amp that can be hooked up to any
portable music device.

Animam Clamorem

My senior year project/installation.
Surround sound audio with syncopated lights cast in rubber
to resemble fruiting bodies growing from a human body.