Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Starting here... (The gasp) and a Teen Perspective

No, it's not September yet... but you know I can't shut up, so...


Whoops - updating (5:13 PM) I buried the lead!

My daughter did this self-portrait last week.  Yes, she's still 13. No, I'm not kidding...

On creativity:

Sometimes, I think about just how many colors there are in the world, and how awesome the whole spectrum is, and I can't just choose one favorite, so, sometimes I just flip to a new favorite...

-My son, age 10

I posted about this fabric some time ago, when my kids initially fell in love with it.



Then it found a dance partner...


Leftover peach-skin screamin' green lining from a client project some months ago.

Then it became...

Something my daughter greeted with a gasp, when she saw it on the dress form.

A new shirt for her journey to high school.



The journey to this one is particularly hard to articulate.  In New York City right now, there seems to be a movement afoot... if not an anti-movement, really.  With no particular allegiance to any unique color palette, any particular brand, musical style, celebrity, or social cause.  It is a celebration of the individual, listening to his/her own drummer, and adding a spark to the mosaic of New York City.  I'm seeing it everywhere. Dip your toes in the feeling of Afropunk (click the link), to get an idea.  If this is a burgeoning style movement, my kids are natural members. And it's not a Black thing.  It's an everybody thing. See this slideshow to get an idea...

This is something that starts right here.  Today. Not influenced by anyone else in particular- just a feeling in the air.  No one else's idea.

It was a long time in the making. A shirt for my daughter that sat around as four rectangles. For a long time.

The shirt. Note: Shown here on a misses dress form, which has a lower bust than she does (explains the high dart).
Fabric source: Fabrics World USA and a secret store near me (green fabric), that has a truly hit-or-miss inventory.


Pattern: self-drafted/draped, but the shape of the sleeves was inspired by this.



And then she danced in it!


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8 Comments:

At August 26, 2015 at 6:10 PM , Blogger Reader said...

I don't know that much about art, but I'm very impressed that a 13-year-old did that self-portrait.

 
At August 26, 2015 at 6:20 PM , Blogger mimi jackson said...

Thank you! She really does this kind of thing easily. It amazes me.

 
At August 28, 2015 at 12:27 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Your daughter's portrait is marvelous. She did an Outstanding job.
That shirt is going to get a lot of wear. That fabric is fun.

 
At August 29, 2015 at 9:48 PM , Blogger lisapinto said...

love that blouse.

 
At August 29, 2015 at 9:51 PM , Blogger mimi jackson said...

Thank you!

 
At August 29, 2015 at 9:51 PM , Blogger mimi jackson said...

Thank you!

 
At September 5, 2015 at 1:36 AM , Blogger Elle said...

Gifted mom, gifted kids....wow

 
At September 17, 2015 at 12:53 PM , Blogger mimi jackson said...

Thank you!

 

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