One Hour Projects Part II: Electric Boogaloo

One Hour Projects Part II: Electric Boogaloo

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I started this open ended One Hour Project idea a couple of years go as a challenge to myself to just kind of “create” stuff in my down time when I wasn’t working on something specific [or binge watching “Dark” on Netflix… seriously, if you haven’t seen it, its so good!]. Granted, I haven’t posted anything specifically about it in a while, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy. Here is a random smattering of some pieces.

 

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Thanks for reading, and I’ll leave you with this feel good jam of the day by Janelle Monáe because it is, in fact, a great jam…

Desert Island Stitch: Aladdin Sane

Desert Island Stitch: Aladdin Sane

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The idea of the “Desert Island Disc” has been around for quite some time, I mean the BBC has had a programm[e] on since 1942! You know the story, or some variation of it, you pick “x” number of records… 8-tracks… cassettes… CDs… a Zune loaded with WAV files… you get it. Playing off the concept, I started a project that titled “Desert Island Stitch” [patent pending] where I pick some of my favorite albums and interpret them as cross stitch pieces.

For the first one, I chose David Bowie’s “Aladdin Sane.” The album is iconic in many ways, and I’ve referenced it visually for years [most notably in my Mr Roboto and Tin Can spacecraft], so it was an easy choice. The iconic image was a result of the collaboration between graphic designer Celia Philo, photographer Brian Duffy, and make-up artist Pierre La Roche. The design was simple and pure, which is probably why it appears on so many “best album cover” lists.

The Process

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