Sculptural Crochet - my next project

I've been crocheting these felted neck pieces for a few years now.

Dipping in and out of love with crochet, it's always free form.

I love fibre jewelery

 and have sold many pieces through

  Object Gallery and the National Gallery Shop. 

But now Object is changing and it's time to revamp the look.

 my hulk inspired crochet bangle

People ask me how I design the shapes.

The secret is: I cant read a pattern,

so I make it up.

It's waaay harder than it looks,

 especially after being entranced

 by the work of Lana Bragina, below

Lana Bragina is a graphic designer

 from Hamburg who is also a wicked free form crocheter.

 She only picked up the crochet hook a couple of years ago.

Her shop sells quickly,

 but Lana's flickr site is tantalizingly torturous to contemplate.

Using a tiny 1.25 mm crochet hook,

 I must have un ravelled work so many times, 

my brain is about to follow.

 Achieving the shape seen in the imagination

 is often lost in translation by the hands.

Lana's Etsy Shop

I am patiently practicing,

working with tiny hooks and cotton thread like cobwebs.

It will be a project to take travelling.

 Light and transportable, 

perhaps I will return with a new skill.

Meanwhile the felted wool neck pieces

 keep me warm from winter.

 I've been playing around with presentation.
Clearly the one above is not cutting it.

You need a live model. 

A model reflecting the unique avante garde position and designer 

high end of the market you are pitching to.

 

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These kind of shots get loads of air play on Etsy,

but not many sales.

 When in doubt bung them on yer boyfriend or dog.

 Maybe if I shoot the hulk bracelet on a black background.

That will bring the art to the cart.

 

How does a hulk colored crochet bangle get taken seriously?