This Summer’s Hottest Thang – Bitchin’ Mittens
What is Bitchin’ Mittens? Fiber art guru Dave Daniels (of Cabin Cove fame) has created this summer’s hottest craft-along. Is it wearable art? No. It’s art based on wearables. Specifically: Making a Bitchin’ pair of Mittens!
What’s the challenge? To do something different, to challenge yourself. Would you like to join along in this challenge? Basically, it’s to create a pair of mittens as ART. They do NOT have to be wearable. They don’t have to be knitted; but, they must contain the following:
1- They must be a pair (They don’t have to match, but at least compliment or be recognizable as belonging together)
2- They must contain cuffs, main hand portion, and thumbs
2a- OK, thumbs are not needed if they are for babies
3- They must contain at least 50% fiber
That’s it. They can be as out-there as your imagination can muster. They can be for infants or oven mitts. They can be as detailed and as intricate as you’d care to make them. There is no swapping, no postage, no ominous deadlines, no anxiety about anyone liking them, or fitting, etc.
Time frame? Labor Day, Monday, September 4, 2006. That’s almost three months to go crazy.
Oh, and there will be some prizes, too. That part is still being worked out. There will be categories, such as Most Innovative Use of Materials, Best Interpretation of the Theme, Prettiest, Ugliest, etc.
Check out the Bitchin’ Mittens website to join in.
July 30th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
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