Monday, March 25, 2013

More Glamour




Our good friend Lise Solvang has released more pictures of her wonderful, crocheted fashion-garments. Originally from Norway, Lise creates these dresses from her knowledge of ancient Scandinavian folk-tales, and imbues them with a mystery and romance that's not often seen in sunny SoCal....




And Lise's career is on a roll:  a Norwegian publisher has commissioned a coffee-table book of the glamorous designs, and they are also on display, with many other beautiful works by local artists, at an exhibition of "Fiber Art Masterpieces" at the Ojai Valley Museum.

Lise likes to make her mark on the local environment, too - with a unique sort of decorative, Performance-Art event, which she calls Yarn-Bombing.  Here's one of the milder examples:




You can "read all about it", with many more Glamour pics, at Lise's Blog,
"A Hand-Knit Life".

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