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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2015 20:34:02 GMT
Hello everyone, As we were leaving the Kentucky Artisan Center a piece of art protraiting a jockey at the Kentucky Derby caught my eye.. First I thought Wool fibers were being used.. The closer I looked I could not really decide what kind of fiber it was. I looked at the write up about this piece of art and discovered this "Mystery Fiber" was "Lint".... What a surprise.. I never seen anything like it before.. below is the piece of art I am talking about. It is "Art Lint" by Daryl Davis.. What do you all think??? feltingandfiberstudio.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/ozpaxesuob_ebtmk4aga.jpgAttachments:
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Mar 15, 2015 22:02:23 GMT
Only the super-enlarged photo shows the texture, and then it looks like fiber. If the entire artwork was made with lint, I think that’s amazing. Talk about reducing waste and recycling materials….  |
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Post by Pandagirl on Mar 15, 2015 22:40:20 GMT
Pretty cool. I used to save lint to make paper and when you think about its all fiber so why not!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2015 0:05:18 GMT
What I remember was that the art also included, watercolor, acrylic, pencil, fabric, wood along with the lint. The cost of this piece of art is $2,500.00...
When I first looked at it I thought that "Wool Nepps" was being used.....And when I read about the piece I found out it was Lint.. Smile. Very creative, hey...
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Post by MTRuth on Mar 16, 2015 0:28:30 GMT
I have seen some artwork before made with lint. But this piece is much more impressive than the ones I saw.
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Post by elizabeth on Mar 16, 2015 15:30:02 GMT
Interesting. I once started saving lint for who-knows-what project.
My DH drew the line at that. I still would prefer to throw it outside for the birds, but since he does 75% of the laundry I've let it go.
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Post by zed on Mar 16, 2015 15:44:37 GMT
What we call Lint isn't belly button or dryer fluff, so maybe it's made from that. I'd be grossed out if it was full of manky dead skin cells.
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Post by Shepherdess on Mar 16, 2015 19:20:09 GMT
It is dryer fluff Zed. so its tiny bits of fiber that rub off you cloths.
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Post by Leonor (of Eleanor Shadow) on Apr 6, 2015 19:30:16 GMT
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Post by MTRuth on Apr 6, 2015 20:50:10 GMT
Crazy!
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Post by zed on Apr 7, 2015 9:39:09 GMT
I just knew that was going to be Willard Wigan (I misremembered him as Wiggins, though!)
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Post by Leonor (of Eleanor Shadow) on Apr 7, 2015 20:26:39 GMT
I just laughed out loud when he mentioned that he once drew a breath at the wrong time and inhaled his work  |
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Apr 8, 2015 6:42:58 GMT
great idea for dryer fluff, who would have thought :-) and Leonor I've just spat out a mouthfull of coffee ;-)
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Post by Leonor (of Eleanor Shadow) on Apr 9, 2015 18:32:10 GMT
Haha, Carole! |
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