Crochet Mask Project
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Title
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Crochet Mask Project
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Description
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My name is Madi Garcia and I am a freshman at ECU, I am from Cary, NC, and I am an intended nursing major. My interests are listening to music, doing fun things, and hanging with friends and family. I’ve always had an artistic interest but since the pandemic began, I realized that being stuck inside led me to picking up art again. I began painting and drawing. I’m not the best but I definitely improved since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
I chose the creative mask project because when I saw that it was an option, it sparked some interesting ideas, I could basically do whatever I wanted with it. I was sitting in my room brainstorming when I looked over and saw my yarn & crochet hook, crocheting is a new hobby I picked up during my quarantine when I had Covid-19. I used my 5mm crochet hook and some blue and black yarn.
My crocheted mask is not a protective mask, so I will not be wearing it in public. I feel though that just because my mask in particular isn’t technically a protective one, that masks nowadays are a part of everyone’s identity whether we like it or not. The last year for everyone hasn’t been difficult, everyone is constantly anxious, awaiting what just will happen next. When I felt these overwhelming feelings, I turned to art and new creative projects to distract me and calm me down, one of the projects was crocheting a cardigan which I am also wearing in my picture.
I took my picture outside because it is somewhere where we all are lucky to be lately. I feel the lighting and the colors of my mask and clothing really are brought out. I feel my project and picture are unique because it is something in itself that has helped me through this pandemic and is very personal to me and my mental health as well.
This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.
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Coverage
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Cary, North Carolina
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Creator
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Garcia, Madi
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Date
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2021-02-04
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