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Went to watch the Macomb Bombshells but forgot to check the battery in my flash. It's a slow process, but I am able to get an image from the raw files.
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Bombshells Katana statue, 2nd. edition from DC Collectibles.
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Sculpted by JACK MATHEWS
Michele Bombshell Mc Gee lässt sich im zuercher 2nd Skin Tatoo Shop von Lukasz Zwolinski tatoowieren über ihre Finger lässt Sie FICK DICH schreiben, Fotograf: Adrian Bretscher ATP Photography
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Fashion model Donyale Luna wearing evening gown which is embellished w. shimmering sewn-on discs, while taking break from fashion show w. cigarette. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Pix Inc./Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)
A first shoot for Mariana and a great job she did. She was a total natural as she understands no English and my Spanish direction is crap. Easily one of my favorite shoots ever. Shot September 22, 2011.
Finally found a mesh skirt that covers MY ass O.O #SL #2013
Taken at The Whore Mansion (Candy Winter), The Blonde Rule (142, 164, 24)
Knitting a New Landscape: Cincinnati BombShells aim to soften an otherwise harsh environment
BY KATHY SCHWARTZ · DECEMBER 7TH, 2011 ·
When does an age-old craft like knitting become hip fiber art, street art and performance art? When it’s practiced by the Cincinnati BombShells yarn bombers, approximately 15 women ages 25-65 with sassy alter egos, Jackie O sunglasses and platinum wigs. The mostly secretive BombShells, led by Pinky Shears (fiber artist Pam Kravetz), knotted their status when they and about 100 sidekicks decorated Central Parkway in September. Eight city blocks, 105 trees, a Metro bus, a bicycle and a Big Pig Gig sculpture were covered in felt and yarn in a project sponsored by ArtWorks. It became one of the city’s most talked-about public-art projects in years.
The BombShells’ buzz had grown during summer as they stealthily adorned statues in Piatt and Eden parks and Sawyer Point with knitwear. Invitations followed to put red stockings on the bronze ballplayers outside Great American Ball Park, and to decorate the CAC facade for a gala.
It’s formally called “craft activism.” A paperback with that title came out this fall. It’s a new name for an old-fashioned concept — weaving a community together through crafts (think quilting bees) and celebrating the handmade.
The BombShell Manifesto reads: “We anonymously promote fiber craft as adventure. We aim to soften the edges of an otherwise cruel, harsh environment. We juxtapose vandalism with the non-threatening nature of fibers. ... We are actively contributing to a more positive type of global warming. Although the voice we have is cheerful and fun, it’s also purposeful,” Pinky says.
At the square, the BombShells will donate hats and mittens to the Freestore Foodbank and encourage others to give.
Articles trace the phenomenon’s start to 2005 and a Texas woman who placed a hand-knit cozy on the doorknob of her boutique. A chapter of “Craft Activism” is devoted to the JafaGirls of Yellow Springs, who introduced yarn bombing there in 2007.
Pinky shared her discovery with the Weavers Guild of Greater Cincinnati. Ideas for costumes and bombing targets flowed. Other artists and teachers joined, as well as an architect, an entrepreneur, a yarn shop owner, a volunteer and retirees.
“The first thing we did was parking meters in Hyde Park,” Pinky says. The bombing was a secret even to her. She stepped out of a Spinning class, saw a cozy around a meter and thought, “Oh my God, someone did it!” Though Crochet Galore’s work was down within 24 hours, “we were setting the stage for ourselves to become public,” WIP says.
Meanwhile, Pinky approached Tamara Harkavy at ArtWorks, which has helped with funding, permits and establishing contacts. (Yarn and other fibers are taken down by the BombShells after each project and reused.) The BombShells also rounded up sidekicks, ranging in age from 5 to 97 and including men. Pinky’s students created flowers for Central Parkway. But they and other sidekicks didn’t know the purpose of their handiwork until just before the bombing.
In addition to building community, the BombShells celebrate individualism. Tags attached to knitted and crocheted pieces identify the BombShell artists. “We want to make sure everyone has a voice,” Pinky says.
Even after all the material for a bombing comes down and sits in heaps at her house, “I love to look at it,” Pinky says, and think about “the process and the progress. We’re feeding each other’s souls.”