Plez Hats By Night

So, I thought this was done. And I was wrong. I think now it is done.

dog stack hat self portrait

because sometimes you just have to be selfish.

Couples Hats

These are my parents with their Plez hats on (Plez was my first dog. Plez, short for Pleasent). I think I am the burning house between them but I am not sure.

This one is considerably larger than the others. about 20" by 26". And I chain stitched the frame.

Hats for Dad

coyote fence hat dad

and

goggle hat dad.

graphite.

Hats for my Mom, Hats for my Dad

burning house hat for mom

snake hat for dad

My mom has been looking through her flat files and rooms upon rooms of storage full of old work. She told me that most of the paintings she's found with me in them (she worked with photos and oil paint) contain this burning motif- burning child, burning house, burning child inside the house, burning mother, burning this burning that. I was quite the rage rocket, and my temper tantrums were easily translated to flames, an uncontained wildfire. Sometimes, I caught my mom's head on fire, sometimes I caught myself on fire. Regardless, there was always fire somewhere with baby Teal's tantrums. So I've decided to give my mother a burning house hat.

My dad gets a snake hat. I'm not sure what this is about yet, but I know it is not an aggressive snake or a poisonous snake. The snake that acts as the frame is the lazy snake you find in the middle of the road, soaking up the heat. This drawing is solely graphite- no embroidery. I was traveling when I made this, so for practical reasons I did not take my embroidery materials with me, but I also see my dad as the graphite draftsman, so it is only appropriate for me to make his hat out of pencil.

more hats to come...

Hats for my Mom

So I've found this system that works. It is easy to say look I'm done once you have a set of three, (a triptych always functions pretty well). But there is much much more to be explored. Can't wait. Lovin' hats