Meet Erin Knock and her Creatures of Chaos
When
did you begin making and what was your inspiration?
I have been making and creating since I was
a little girl. My mum said i use to make the strangest little creatures all the
time. But it's only the last couple of years that I really got back into it.
Creating things has always been part of who I am.
What
do you make?
A bit of everything but for "creatures
of chaos" I focus mainly on making soft toys. I've also started a new
service of turning children's artwork into soft toys. It's a great challenge
and lots of fun. What I do is take what your child has drawn and create a soft
toy that replicates the child's drawing as closely as possible.
Who
has been the most influential in your craft?
My son, when he was around two, because
that's when I got my creativity back. I found myself making costumes for him,
fueling his desire to transform into different characters and it's taken off
from there.
What
inspires you?
Ha,ha..receiving costume party invites,...
that puts me right into a creative frenzy. Travel, art, animals, children's
movies, music, Tim Burton, life in general.
What
is your favorite book?
Would have to be the Thursday Next series
by Jasper Fforde, pretty much anything by him.
Where
do you find your online inspiration? Favourite Blogs/ websites?
Lots of places but my favourite would be
"coolhunters", i love that site. I also find myself just googling a
topic and surfing the images, I can lose myself for ages doing that.
Where
did your brand name come from?
The name "creatures of chaos"
was the inspiration of my brother-in-law
and came about well after i had started making my creatures.
When
you are not at the Devonport Craft Market - where can people find your work?
You can find me at my website
(www.creaturesofchaos.co.nz), my felt shop
(www.felt.co.nz/shop/creatureofchaos) or at my facebook page
What
handmade possession do you most treasure?
I have these Indian shirts i've inherited
from my mother's boutique back in the early 70's. Silk, block printed by hand
in fantastic colours.
The other handmade
possession I love is an appliqué embroidered bird.
I found this
treasure on Saba an island in the caribbean, when I was living and working on
another island doing
a conservation program.
Apart
from making/creating, what do you do?
Mother to my beautiful boy
What
music is on 'high rotate' on your stereo or iPod at the moment?
Florence and the Machine, Bat for Lashes,
The Hunger Games- various artists.
Special
Offer
One lucky customer will receive a monster
blob for "FREE" at the September Devonport Craft Market. All you have
to do is be the 15 purchasing customer at my "creatures of chaos"
stall on that day.
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