Bra Shots
Sorry for the confusion on an earlier post. I had a leftover PaMdora hanging around the quilt in progress to keep me company while I work, not as part of the quilt. The real PaMdora according to plan is clad only in a bra.
For those of you who seem interested in seeing the naked truth, here's a close up of the flowery fabric. Unfortunately, that's about as risque as it gets since PaMdora seems to wear something that's sort of a cross between an 1950's style brasserie and a sports bra.
Since Myra asked, the figures here are all cut out of fabric, not printed. The stripey orange shirts are cut from a Jan Mullen fabric and the diamond yellow desk is a Jane Sassaman print. Mostly I like to use plaids, stripes, and polka dots. And lots of black in the background to make the black outlines.
I've got a small stash of hand-dyed fabric, but since it is rapidly shrinking, I'll probably start trying to dye more this summer. It helps to have a wider range of colors. I don't really like PaMdora in this purple since she looks a little ghostly, so I borrowed a pink head to see what it looked like....
Eekk! It's a frightening hybrid PaMdora! But now wouldn't she be good if she grew some little claw legs or maybe robot arms. Anyway I need to not always be stewing about color choices and re-doing things that are done. Finish everything else first, then come back and re-examine this area... That's the plan anyway, but I couldn't resist posting the pink head.
I've finally gotten some new cd's to listen to while I work so I don't keep playing the same old Bare Naked Ladies and Dave Brubeck's over and over and over. Here's some new ones:
Beck - Guero (already rapidly becoming another one of my overplayed disc, especially the track "Black Tambourine")
Moby - Hotel
Pink Martini - Hang on Little Tomato
Rachael Yamagata - Happenstance
The Blind Boys of Alabama - Atom Bomb I can't believe these guys are all over 70. They are gospel singers who sound so comtemporary.
posted by PaMdora at 8:24 PM
8 Comments:
Oh!! I love Pink Martini...
Pamdora's bra is a reinvented classic. How can one go wrong with that? Thanks for posting about how you achieve the black outlines. I was curious about that.
Question for you: how do you cut out your pieces? It might sounds like a dumb question, but my hands get sore using scissors for hours, and your are just so darned prolific...
Also, do you have a standard set of templates that you use for PaMdora? What are they made of? Do you sometimes sit down and just make lots of Pamheads? I know that you fuse to black fabric for your outlines, but how do you do the face? Fuse black back on, or reverse applique?
If these are trade secrets, feel free to keep them to youself, but, as I said - you are my muse, and I could use the inspiration!!!
Thanks for sharing your process, again!
Susan
Put that PamDora in a pot of boiling water! Some nice claws, drawn butter and lemon... and you've got lobster pam. She is just too pink. (here).
Oh, darn. Illustration Friday will come up with metamorphosis... and you'll end up with Lobster PamDora..
Thanks so much for sharing some of your secrets. I'm in awe of all the great detail you're able to create without printing any of it!
Went out and bought Beck album on your recommendation. You're right, Black Tambourine rocks! Love your stuff!
Sockbug
What fun! Love it!
This is just so fun to watch your process, and the fabric you picked for the bra is just right. Reminds me of my auntie's bras way-back-when. I have slowly inherited all her lingerie and clothing (she is 92).
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