My Aunt is an artist in Sudbury, MA. Her studio is located in the next town over and she often has shows and does other activities with her studio mates. Last spring break I took my older girls out for a visit with her and her family, and one of the days we had a chance to visit her studio.
While we were there, she showed us a series of sketches she developed with her studio mates based off the game, "exquisite corpse". They eventually each created an art piece based off their sketches and put on a show - it was amazing to see their pieces in the studio!
Inspired by the collaboration, chance, and randomness of this game, my girls and I designed and knit up a pair of exquisite corpse socks for my Aunt to wear and enjoy.
I put all my sock leftovers on the couch, covered them with a towel and asked each girl to select three colors/yarns at random. I kept their choices hid from one another until after their selections were complete too.
These are the six colors, plus unifying calf, heel, and toe gray color.
And these are the resulting socks!
We sent them out to my Aunt with a letter explaining our work and a hope that she'd at least admire them, of not wear them. They were a huge hit! I think that we can say objectively that they are not the most attractive socks, but they have a story and meaning.
In thinking about this project, there are many different directions you could take it - maybe switch up the stitch patterns, but keep the same color throughout, or switch colors and stitch patterns every time. The possibilities are endless!
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