This little one is who I was working on the last few nights, a Wolfbaby, which were invented by me and my friend Brittney in HS Economics class. The Wolfbabies became a rather elaborate club...or maybe it was more of a gang...
Anyway, we were pretty ferocious. And I'm sure that I still am, considering all of the trouble I get into.
While painting, I watched this incredible documentary that was actually suplementary material to the Criterion release of Orson Welles' "F for Fake" about the famous/infamous art forger, Elmyr De Hory. It's totally fascintating, and while I of course thought "what a jerk this art forger is", in a way, I was a little bit dazzled and thought it was secretly a little cool. I know I'm a bad person. I always want the bad guy to win. Or at least not be killed or reduced to a pathetic state by the end of the movie ("Training Day", this means you).
I have a little bit of a bone to pick, though, which I thought I'd share with you crafty and sassy and sweet people that might be reading, which is: Why is it that there is all of this beautiful, quirky, incredible DIY clothing that is cropping up everywhere (Supayana , AntiFactory , etc.) but it seems that it is some kind of unspoken rule to only make Smalls and then maybe Small/Mediums. I know that the Supayana super-girl has a note on her site that bigger sizes are coming soon, so that is great news (I am completely smitten) but why does this seem to be total norm all across the board? I am not a big person, persay, but I wear about a 12 dress, and usually a medium top and I feel totally wierd and alienated by this whole size issue...I can only imagine what a fully plus-sized girl would feel: totally left out. Any ideas about this? Am I overlooking something?
In other Black Apple news, I just posted the second (and last) Sampler of this week to the shop...I'm so happy that everyone seems to really dig the whole element of suprise! Hooray :)
Comments (4)
Nice Training Day reference!! I have a special place in my heart for that film - seeing as how it was shot in and around my hood. I'm probably the only little Japanese girl who can say that... sigh
anyways, niiice blog! totally dig it.
crafty champloo · April 18, 2006 at 07:08 PM
well, i have to agree on the size thing, but also, when you are teeny weeny like me, it is hard to find clothes that aren't in the kid's section. haha.
have you seen this cute clothes site?
http://dearbirthday.com/
you can order custom sizes.
missy · April 19, 2006 at 08:37 AM
Missy, I should've also mentioned something about you XSmallies in the world :) The target kids section, though...pretty darn cute!
emily · April 19, 2006 at 12:33 PM
Found this site randomly, but I'd like to answer your question. The whole sizing thing is an issue for me because when I sew, I need to try the shirt on as I am sewing to make sure it fits correctly. Then, I use myself as a model...which just makes it a lot easier for me and I happen to be a size small. I did make a few larges for next week finally, but now I have to wait until my friend Ashley will be around to model them. That's why I don't make larger sizes very often. Hope that is helpful! Sincerely-Yana
Yana · July 01, 2006 at 11:24 PM