I discovered this work by Olek via Norwegian Crafts. I love the way in which Olek lives her work crocheting everything around her. Her artist statement says; ‘A loop after a loop. Hour after hour my madness becomes crochet. Life and art are inseparable‘. I think I’m jealous. Olek appears to live her art they way I’d love to if I wasn’t so worried about paying the bills.

I can see comparisons between her work and my own, particularly with some of the craft based works I’ve undertaken such as those for Jazzcakes and 20-21. Olek takes the idea of repetitive process to a much farther extreme than I have ever done though as she continually crochets anything and everything around her.

I dabbled with crocheting a couple of years ago. I got the basic gist of it but only had one 2 hour lesson and so never really took it any further. I always associate the process with bright colours, much like you can see in Oleks work above and there is something about the tactile quality of crochet that I can’t quite put my finger on but it really appeals to me. Perhaps if I ever find the time to develop my skills I’ll be able to find a place for it in my practice.

You can check out more of Olek’s wonderful work here: www.agataolek.com/home.html