Success! Kind of.
Behold! My first repeat pattern, silkscreen printed on cloth. The photo doesn't give the best representation of the colour (it's a bit brighter, and more pink). It is cotton, dyed with fuschia and black dye (using pigment dyes). It is printed with ink. The repeat pattern is inspired by sideshow celebrity of the 19th century. The faces depicted are all caricatures of freaks. Clockwise from top left corner... Charles B. Tripp (man without arms, who had beautiful penmanship), Admiral Dot (a gentlemanly midget), Ella Ewing (an introverted giantess), John Coffey (the incredibly charismatic, and jocular, living skeleton), Nora Hildebrandt (one of the first tattooed ladies), Eli Bowen (legless man who wanted a daughter, but instead had four sons), Myrtle Corbin (four legged woman, whom I drew as a child, because she was so beautiful). You may have noticed that in the print imagery, there is is no indication of any deformity, abnormality, or freakishness in any way. They are simply the faces of beautiful and fascinating people. We mustn't focus on the things that we find strange. We must focus on the things that are so wonderfully human.
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