Louie, Louie

The head of Louie was my first sculptural sewing project. I love faces. Paintings, sculptures and even people's faces, all capture my attention. In 2004, I decided to place my lazy self in front of my sewing machine and really find my creative voice. I sewed lots of bad flat stuff that I just threw away. I was very sad and almost had given up on myself, but I noticed this small piece of art on my wall that was in the comic book style of Roy Lichtenstein. Just the faces of a man and a woman. Mostly about the eyes and mouth. That inspired me to take the leap into a third dimension with my work.

Louie's head developed from a stuffed shape skull. All the features are stuffed fabric. The eyes, mouth and nose were added to create Louie's face. His hair is a bunch of yellow pizza shapes sewn onto his head.

You may wonder why I would stop at just the head? Well, it is the rest of the body that would freak me out. A head alone floating in a box just makes sense............... Less is More.

So Louie was my first. I love him. You always love your first the best..................