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First, the one I'm most excited about - a new-to-me Necchi industrial. I've been wanting one for so long, and finally got one! This one is about 55 years old, and being of that vintage myself, I can attest to the fineness. lol I'm going to get her running this weekend and if I don't sew my fingers to one another (this thing is F-A-S-T and strong!); I'll let you know how it goes!
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Given the pushback on having a non-white mermaid in Disney's remake of the movie of the same name; I thought posting some older work might be appropriate.

From 13 years ago, here are:

We Are Mermaids Too




And

Little Karoo At Night



(which, by the way, is a piece I still hate. lol) 

But my point is...well, you know what my point is, right? 

Right. 


TTYL

Kit

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I had mentioned the last time we talked that a publisher had contacted me and asked that I illustrate a  poem in their upcoming book called “Power Poems for Small Humans". 

I enthusiastically agreed, and eventually, I was paired with poet Liz Morgan, whose poem is entitled “When Someone Asks About My Drawing of My Family”

I won’t share the poem here, but Liz's poem is about the many iterations of non-nuclear families. 

My original idea was inspired by the videos you may have seen that run on the theme of a blind dog who has a seeing eye goat bff, a donkey and a pig who are best friends, animals who adopt animals from other species, and my long time favourite: Roy and Silo, the two male penguins at NYC’s Central Park Zoo, who first fell in love, and then year after year, tried to raise a clutch of rocks, until the zookeepers finally gave them an egg to hatch and raise. She grew up to mate and have adopted babies of  her own. <3 

The sketch I shared with you six weeks ago of the little pig, was part of a larger piece that was going to be a farmyard composed of many iterations of different types of animal families. 




But then I was thinking about the brief I was given:

“… something between an illustration and an environment…the important thing is that the artwork meet and embellish the emotional place of the poem.

Now, I don’t know about you, but that gave me pause! It reminded me of when I was in second year at Uni, and a professor asked for “an intelligent, emotional response” to a text we had been given to read, and no further instruction. And it was worth 40% of our mark!  Boy, that struck terror into my heart. Lol

Anyway, as I considered this “between an illustration and an environment” I thought that perhaps I was being too literal. That a more abstract idea was called for.

I slept on it overnight, and realized that Roy and Silo ought to be my inspiration. When I thought about it the next day, I could “see” this two page spread as you see it here, and realized that was they way to go. My "Roy and Silo" are two stylized male birds (an eastern towhee and a black capped chickadee) who have a clutch of baby chickadees to nurture to adulthood. 

So I called it, "After Roy & Silo”.

Now that the publisher has the images for use in the book, I will unmount (dismount?) this piece and put a group of hares or perhaps a fox family in that blank space where the poem will be in the book. 

When that’s done, I’ll show you that version too. J

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So on our last episode (lol), I had done a couple of concept sketches for the client, and they decided not to go with the "farm" concept, but rather, birds. I was not disappointed. 🤫

I'm taking this off the frame and mounting it because the piece is now done. "But I don't see any birds, you say"? 

That's because this piece is an illustration for a poem in a children's book of poetry. And the photo you're looking at it just a detail. 

I'll share the finished piece with you, once the book is published!

Until next time... 


Kit

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Working on a concept sketch for a new project tonight. So far, there's a pig, three kids and a donkey; but there will be quite a menagerie at journey's end. 

Concept is due by the end of the week, so until then, I'll be burning the candle at both ends. Ahhh, the artist's life! 

Xo Kit
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So, it seems that rather than post twice per month, I’m posting once a month.

What are you gonna do. Life, am I right?



(These little bunnies are the bits of fluff I was needlefelting in the last post.)
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