Our Famous Contemporaries. Designer LINDA LEMAN. Part 1
For an artist working in the knitting genre, socks are a kind of miniature. In a short creative process, using various techniques, one can express a great deal. This is exactly how designer Linda Leman works, who is almost unknown to the Russian-speaking audience. She has 63 publications in her arsenal with detailed descriptions of her work and magnificent photographs. She generously shares her creative techniques and the secrets of her craft. Like a great artist uses a color palette, she uses a magnificent collection of patterns by Japanese authors, skillfully combining them in her pieces. And like a landscape painter who can distinguish all the shades and nuances of every color, she talentedly creates her own sequences by alternating different patterns. In the socks she designs, one can see the luxury of oriental spirals, the intricacy of tropical landscapes, the antique sculptural quality of temple porticos, Arabic calligraphy, and the mystery of Scheherazade's tales. I don't know what inspires her, but I think a true artist can be moved to create by a simple pattern on a gray stone or a shard of an ancient amphora... Who is Linda Leman? We offer you a selection of her works, which can become both a source of inspiration and a starting point for your desire to create something similar.
I have a friend for whom I knit and gift a few pairs of socks every year for the New Year holidays. Of course, not as fancy as these, but I'll add this to my collection of ideas)