The life sized crocheted and knitted figures of Finnish artist Liisa Hietanen – all modelled on friends and neighbours in her hometown of Hämeenkyrö. She sez:
“I meet my models in natural everyday situations. The process of choosing a model is intuitive. The person depicted might be someone I meet in the library, in the locker room of the gym, or walking their dog on the way home. I don’t know most of my models beforehand but as the process goes on I get to know them.”
Once complete, Liisa’s yarny doppelgängers are displayed in the town and have also featured in group exhibitions.
More of her work here.
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and yet when bertie made one of millie, everyone said it was weird
*Did one of Millie
Big difference
Please…. don’t sully our sincere romance with your seedy insinuations.
( as Chris Eubank might say )
Deny it. Go on, Jim Crochet !!!
I’ll admit to nothing more than a reasonably sized shrine to Mildred hidden behind a false wall panel.
All normal enough.
Fair enough actually, nothing any of us don’t have.
At number six we have Suggs with Cecilia.
I love that song.
How on earth did I miss this?
I would have mailed you but… the ankle tag and all that…
This is so lovely; don’t know why but it brought a tear to my eye. Maybe cause it’s meeting the desire in everyone to be seen and be part of something more than themselves.
These are just brilliant