Knit Meat - Knitted Art

I found these images on Trendland. The site includes the following information.

" Stephanie Casper is the creator of these tightly knit and vacuum sealed meats and fish. Grocery style, complete with Styrofoam plates and suffocating cellophane. She set out to produce an artistic replica of how packaged supermarket meats are sold. I would rather open up a package of that gorgeously knitted roast chicken or steak, than an off-hue helping of the real stuff. Casper is a New York based art director and designer. Bringing beauty back to the protein section, Knit Meat is Casper’s capstone series after graduating Pratt Institute."


http://stephcasper.com/meat.html

The Knitted Art of Ivano Vitali

Ivano Vitali is an artist who uses paper to knit and crochet with. He creates his yarn by twisting newspaper strips together without using scissors or glue.

The colour of the paper is what gives the item its hue. It is possible (as he says on his web site) "to read the words and letters of the newspapers used to make jackets, waistcoats, gowns, objects as if they were art books documenting a moment in our history" " He uses the colours he finds in newspaper pages.

If he doesn't have enough in his own words "I mix them: when you see my works you can think of the effect that pointillists created by juxtaposing colours and combining them in such a way to have the perception of a different colour. The final effect is that of a mélange “fabric”.

The objects and garments are all amazing but I'm most fascinated by the garments.

He is a classically trained artist who attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna from 1969 to 1973.

There is much more of his work to see over here on Ivano's website.

The Art Knitters - Compulsive Knitting

Take a look over here http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/compulsive_knitting/01ck.php


There are more photo's once you get to the article. The art is by Daniela Edburg and she is interviewed by Nicole Pasulka. The complete interview is at the link. I've copied in one Q & A below.

Why did you start knitting compulsively? For me (Daniela) it began to be a form of occupational therapy, even without knowing what I was doing. I started knitting long strips of fluffy pink material, and after a while I realized it was perfect to put together a brain, and a nice new fluffy brain was exactly what I needed at the moment, a soft and simple version. Knitting and crocheting are basic activities that permit me to build something without worrying about the concept or the story or where I am going, satisfying my need to “do something” and clearing my mind as I do it, slowly it materializes literally into a clear idea. I like this process.

I continue to be fascinated by the process of the Art knitters. The technical challenges as well as the vast scope of the knitting that they produce. I also have a tendency to be compulsive about my knitting. It's a daily activity for me and I feel cheated by any day that does not allow for some knitting time. I especially love the kinds of projects that are gauge-less, top down shawls or hats that you don't have to swatch for. I love to do the just cast on and go items like scarves or free form projects. I'm sure that's because I spend so much time swatching without an exact end product in sight. How about you, are you a compulsive Knitter?