MAIIKE X

 

The Maiike.x project is my experiment space.  I'm playing with ideas that mull around in my head while I'm busy sewing cute koalas.  I'm putting to new use the skills I developed over nearly two decades making toys and quilts.  This is piece No. 8, A space monster made from tiny crazy-patchwork and lots of tentacles.  This type of patchwork is way of using the smallest off-cuts and bringing them to life.  Space Anemone took about 12 hours to make and I only stopped sewing on legs because I ran out of time with an exhibition deadline.

 

 

The Maiike.x project is my experiment space.  I'm playing with ideas that mull around in my head while I'm busy sewing cute koalas.  I'm putting to new use the skills I developed over nearly two decades making toys and quilts.  This is piece No. 5, A little creature made in from tiny crazy-patchwork.  This type of patchwork is way of using the smallest off-cuts and bringing them to life.  Podling took 4 hours to make with a lot of that time spent trying different eye and mouth ideas.

 

 

The Maiike.x project is my experiment space.  I'm playing with ideas that mull around in my head while I'm busy sewing cute koalas.  I'm putting to new use the skills I developed over nearly two decades making toys and quilts.  This is piece No. 4, the star raglan sleeve top in thick brushed cotton fleecy.  It has 24 set in circles, taking over 6 hours to make most of which was pattern drafting.  Each of the rib bands are neatly top stitched by hand.  I hand dyed the top giving it an uneven and worn looking colour finish.

 

 

The Maiike.x project is my experiment space.  I'm playing with ideas that mull around in my head while I'm busy sewing cute koalas.  I'm putting to new use the skills I developed over nearly two decades making toys and quilts.  This is piece No. 3, 145cm long alpaca and samoyed in a moss stitch pattern.  The yarn is hand spun and dyed by a local Melbourne lady using fibres collected from friends.  The scarf took 10 hours to make.

 

 

The Maiike.x project is my experiment space.  I'm playing with ideas that mull around in my head while I'm busy sewing cute koalas.  I'm putting to new use the skills I developed over nearly two decades making toys and quilts.  This is the piece No. 2, 225cm long merino wool loop scarf with mixed wool bunny tails.  It took 22 hours to knit and hand sew.  In this piece the bunny tails are closer together in a square grid pattern.  It makes the scarf dense and heavy.  

 

 

The Maiike.x project is my experiment space.  I'm playing with ideas that mull around in my head while I'm busy sewing cute koalas.  I'm putting to new use the skills I developed over nearly two decades making toys and quilts.  This is the piece No. 1, 145cm long merino wool loop scarf with mixed wool bunny tails.  It took 11 hours to knit and hand sew.