This is a parrot that I embroidered on the back of a work shirt back in the 70s. The head part is all french knots. Maybe mildly unhinged. In any case, this does not count as a daily challenge parrot because I made it long ago. It is merely serving as a buffer before I present Pipey Parrot, a disappointing mess that shows that working with pipe cleaners is not as simple as I thought it would be.
Maybe it would be impressive if I had been blindfolded at the time.
And here is Buddy's parrot. He explained that I need to provide more abstraction to make up for my poor hand/eye coordination. My version of the parrot amplifies that I was unable to get sufficient detail and must therefore be a bad artist. His version of the parrot amplifies the brilliance of the cat and the limitations of the viewer who has to be told that the fur balls depict a parrot.
Smitty and Sadie suggest serving the parrot piping hot for an excellent breakfast food.
ReplyDeleteI do admit to being limited, as I did not pick up on the brilliance of the cat or the depiction of a parrot. Consider me chastened...
ReplyDelete(And you could have told us that you'd made the pipe cleaner parrot blindfolded - I certainly would have believed you and been impressed)
Forget the artistic explanation. Regardless of intention, Pipey Parrot is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteThe embroidered parrot is really gorgeous! The pipe cleaner parrot is avant garde - the viewer is supposed to fill in the rest. It reminds me of Matisse.
ReplyDeleteI must say, Buddy’s parrot succinctly captures all birds from a cat’s eye view - disassembled! :j
ReplyDeleteI must say that I am surprised that the embroidered parrot survived this long! The other two are definitely artsy!
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