Comments on: tattoo man 2

By: Doll » Blog Archive » digression

Doll » Blog Archive » digression — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:59:37 +0000

[...] What happened was that I couldn’t find the scrap toile I bought on Ebay in January. It turns out to be difficult to find toile that works well- I need blue or black printed on white or cream, the images need to be clear, the scale has to be right. I somehow totally lucked out when I bought some scraps on Etsy last summer that I used on this guy. So, after looking in the obvious places, I ended up pulling everything in my studio apart, going through all the bins of fabric in the studio and then the back storage. That lead to sorting through papers, clearing out and reorganizing a bookcase, listing books to sell on Amazon (I think of that as “un-buying”), packing up and shipping the 7 books I’ve sold so far (!), thorough vacuuming, etc., etc.! I did finally find the fabric, folded inside some wool fabric that was ready for dyeing. I didn’t find it until I’d given up and decided to dye the wool and so the bag got emptied and the fabric sorted. Oh well, it most certainly needed to get done. [...]

By: N Bunning

N Bunning — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:08:03 +0000

Can i buy one of these please?? How do i order one?

By: Ana Ventura

Ana Ventura — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:54:27 +0000

Hello Mimi.

Those Guys are wonderful. Are they for sale? Please tell me yes!!! I would love to have one for me.

By: ana

ana — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:45:09 +0000

That’s what the toile was for!!!!!

Brilliant absolutely brilliant.

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:36:59 +0000

That is hands-down the cleverest use of fabric I have ever seen.

By: stephanie s

stephanie s — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:15:19 +0000

oh wow mimi, your tattoo’d men are absolutely inspired. wonderful, wonderful job.

By: Miss Dot

Miss Dot — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:02:40 +0000

oh I love him! he is so sweet, such a clever use of toile. Re the pants, maybe some stiches making out the pockets and fly like jeans? I am so glad you kept going with these after the first one was such a challenge. Well done.

By: Sonya

Sonya — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:19:29 +0000

Ahoy there sailor. I loved the first one, even though it sounds like he was an exercise in frustration. The way the blue stands out is brilliant, looks like those old, sun-faded tattoos. But, perhaps that was your intended effect all along. Brilliant Mimi, simply brilliant!

By: dawnwich

dawnwich — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:14:18 +0000

THis is brilliant… what a great use of the fabric.

By: mary stanley

mary stanley — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:34:17 +0000

Love the tatoo guy and of course, everything you make!! Those earrings are just too cool! And I didn’t know about moo stickers…must have some!
I know you may be done with the stamp carving, but just thought you might want to check out this artist…does some cool stuff…if you haven’t seen her already… http://www.bonkersfiber.com Traci Bunkers…