Crochet in the Nov issue of Smithsonian magazine

[greyhoundgrandma]

There is an article about the "sky-high sculptures" of Janet Echelman. It includes a crochet portrait of the artist done by Jo Hamilton. It says she used 70 colors in the 31 x 26" portrait.

 

Scroll down to related content to see the portrait:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/arts-culture/smithsonian-ingenuity-awards-2014-janet-ech/

 

http://www.johamiltonart.com/work/crochet/

[magiccrochetfan]

thanks for posting!  Those portraits are simply amazing aren't they?  so much detail.

 

And the sculptures in the sky are really beautiful!

[howieann]

Oh wow!