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London Kaye: My name is
London Kaye, and I'm a street artist here in Brooklyn. Everything I make is
made out of yarn.
Yarn bombing is when you
take a piece of crochet or knit and you wrap it around something, usually
outside.
I think it's great, because
it takes that craft of your grandma that holds so much nostalgia and is almost
reinventing it in a whole new way.
I started crocheting when I
was 13, I sold scarves to my friends and girls at my dance studio when I was
growing up. After I graduated college, I was working at Apple, 9-5 job, and
knew there was more to life than selling computers.
So, I took one of my
scarves I made and wrapped it around a tree outside of my house in Bed Stuy,
Brooklyn and left it there. It started catching on, I haven't stopped since.
Coming up with a piece, it
always starts with an idea, and I get inspiration from current events, things
going on in pop culture, bright colors; anything that kind of interests me.
From there, sometimes, I'll
draw it out, water down the shapes to the most basic shapes; from the sketch I
crochet it, I glue it all together, and then I hang it up on the fence. I'll go
through and tie each string up on the fence, cut the strings, take a photo and
I'm out.
I usually put up my
crocheted art on chain link fence. When I started out, I had no idea it would
be such a perfect canvas, because it allows you to stretch and manipulate the
yarn. I also love doing it out of a water pipe or unexpected objects that
usually wouldn't see crocheted.
I like to mix a lot of
different colors and textures together to create a bit more depth. I print my
own crochet hooks on 3D printers, I actually just got a patent approved a few
weeks ago.
My crochet art usually
lasts about two weeks. It's not the weather that hurts the crochet. The yarn
does very well in rain or snow, in the heat. It's usually people that take it,
but I tell myself whoever takes it, loves it so much, they can't live without
it, and that kind of keeps me going.
Out of the, probably 400
yarn bombs I've hung up, I've been stopped four times. I never got officially
in trouble by the police and hopefully I'm going strong with that record.
Right from the start,
people started reaching out, brands started reaching out to me, asking them to
do marketing campaigns, advertising campaigns. A couple of my favorite brand
collaborations I've done is: a capsule collection with Red Valentino, which is
a fashion brand based out of Rome, and I got to do 14 different store windows
around the world and open up two new stores and do a capsule collection of crochet
clothes; dream.
I got to do a 25-foot by
50-foot billboard in Times Square for Miller Lite beer, all crocheted. I've
worked on a Gap commercial crocheting a school bus. I've crocheted high heels
for Sarah Jessica Parker.
My favorite piece is a crocheted
dragon I put up, it was on 6th Avenue between 14th and 15th street and
stretched for about 20 feet. It was shooting fire out of its mouth. When it got
pulled down, the community came back with ribbons saying where's my dragon, who
took my dragon and it was the first time I got to see, wow, this art really
does affect the people that live here and see it every day.
Everybody has that
connection to yarn, so no matter who it is, young, old, where they're from,
they've seen crochet.
I just love bringing
unexpected joy to people's day and I think that's what street art does.
I am a really big
"[The] Amazing Race" fan, so I was at a sushi restaurant one night
and I met the host of "The Amazing Race." We got to talking and
somehow, I ended up on a season of "The Amazing Race." I came in
third place. The crochet did not help at all, I was really hoping for, like, a
crochet challenge, or a crochet challenge, or a crochet challenge. No.
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my name is London Kay and
I'm a street
artist here in Brooklyn and
everything I
make is made out of yarn
yarn bombing is
when you take a piece of
crochet or knit
and you wrap it around
something usually
outside I think it's great
because it
takes that craft of your
grandma that
holds so much nostalgia and
is almost
reinventing it in a whole
new way
I started crocheting when I
was 13 and I
sold scarfs to my friends
and girls at
my dance studio when I was
growing up
after I graduated college I
was working
in Apple like 9 to 5 job
and knew there
was more to life than selling
computers
so I took one of my scarves
I made and
wrapped it around a tree
outside of my
house in bed-stuy Brooklyn
and left it
there and it started
catching on and I
haven't stopped since so
coming up with
a piece it always just
starts with an
idea and I get an
inspiration from
current events things going
on in pop
culture bright colors
anything that kind
of interests me from there
sometimes
I'll draw it out water down
the shapes
or the most basic shapes
from the sketch
I crochet it
I glue it all together and
then I hang
it up on the fence I'll go
through and
tie each string up on the
fence
cut the strings
take a photo and I'm out I
usually put
up my crocheted art on
chain-link fence
when I started out I had no
idea it
would be such a perfect
canvas because
it allows you to stretch
and manipulate
the yarn I also love doing
it out of
like a water pipe or
unexpected objects
that usually wouldn't see
crocheted I
like to mix a lot of
different colors
and textures together to
create a bit
more depth I prove my own
crochet hooks
on 3d printers I actually
just got a
patent approved a few weeks
ago my
crochet art usually lasts
about two
weeks it's not the weather
that hurts
the crochet the yarn does
very well in
rain and snow and the heat
it's usually
people that take it but I
tell myself
whoever takes it loves it
so much they
can't live without it and
that kind of
keeps me going out of the
probably 400
yarn bombs I've hung up
I've been
stopped four times I never
got
officially in trouble by
the police and
hopefully I'm going strong
with that
record right from the start
people
started reaching out brands
started
reaching out to me asking
them to do
marketing campaigns
advertising
campaigns a couple of my
favorite brand
collaborations I've done is
a capsule
collection with red
Valentino which is a
fashion brand based out of
Rome and I
got to do 14 different
store windows
around the world and open
up to new
stores and to a capsule
collection of
crochet clothes do REME I
got to do a 25
foot by 50 foot billboard
in Times
Square from Miller light
beer all
crocheted and I've worked
on a gap
commercial crochet in a
school bus I
crocheted high heels for
Sarah Jessica
Parker my favorite piece is
a crocheted
rag and I put up it was on
6th Avenue
between 14th and 15th
Street and it
stretched her about 20 feet
and it was
it was like shooting fire
out of its
mouth when it got pulled
down the
community came back with
ribbons saying
where's my dragon who took
my dragon and
it was it was the first
time I got to
see wow this art really does
affect the
people that live here and
see it every
day everybody has that
connection to
yarn so no matter who it is
young
old where they're from
they've seen
crochet and I just love
bringing like
unexpected joy to people's
day and I
think that's what street
art does I am a
really big amazing race fan
so I was at
a sushi restaurant one
night and I met
the host of The Amazing
Race we got to
talking and somehow I ended
up on a
season of The Amazing Race
I came in
third place the crochet did
not help at
all I was really hoping for
like a
crochet challenge or a
crochet challenge
or a crochet challenge No
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