Tote

Random obligations have kept me away from updating this blog for some time now. Among other things I still have my solo going on and I am there for PR from Friday to Monday, from 19:00 until 21:30.
I finished the small sketchbook of girl-portraits I was working on but haven't had the opportunity to scan it yet. I have also worked on some dolls.
Still, just for the record I decided to present a work of design today. It is a pillow on which I had started cross-stitching, years ago, a traditional Cretan design. It was a bore so I decided to finish it by improvising, and work a little on the concept of pixel-art. It took almost a month to finish, it is dated as my drawings and I formed it into an oversize tote bag. I think it is one of the most edgy pieces I have done, so far, examining the borderline between aesthetic objects, art and design. I worked on it keeping constantly in mind the ethos within which I should work, for either of the cases. I can imagine this object equally easily on my shoulder when I am walking around, and in an exhibition space. Click on image to ENLARGE.