Books and Sleeves

     Today's photo post is a collection created in 7 minutes while waiting for my 7-minute rice meal from Aldi. 

    This first picture is a horribly lit picture of my fav jacket on my messy bed, pls ignore. I wanted to show off this jacket and everything I've added to it.

    This is the little patch that came with the jacket. Idk really know what this is for, I can tell it is war stuff, but I don't care too much to find out more. I just thought it was pretty cool when I was 14.

    The first thing I added (which I need to repair) is this little cat creature embroidery. It used to have a second foot and a nose but they've fallen off. I did this in highschool, maybe a bit after I had bought it in Oberlin, since I know I did the embroidery back in Brooklyn (not Brooklyn Ohio, right by Oberlin).

    The sleeves were really torn up so one day I decided to try darning them and I had a lot of fun doing that. I added beads in some places to add a bit more of a craft flair. I spent around an hour on each bit, it took more work than I thought it would.

    Here's the other sleeve, I have a bunch of star beads on this one, which I found on the street. I also did some non-darning repairs like the bit towards the bottom. Still added beads though!

    Here are the books I took out of the library today, to help me work on my art in general as well as help inspire a very graphic design-focused project I am working on. I am very excited to crack these open, I've looked at some of the interesting images but I'd also like to actually read a bit, esp on the graphic design history of women.

    Not so well-lit are the books from my own collection that I thought would go well with my library haul. I did not realize that the London Houses book had such great illustrations. They are kinda simplistic pen drawings, a style I like and think expresses architecture in a simplified but fun way.

That's all! Bye!💆