This week's trendspotter is clothing designer Kathy Malone of characteristics to nonhuman beings — and she did a little research on the subject for an in-depth review.
I have a confession: as a clothing designer with a lot of time on my hands during the post holiday-period, I indulged myself in the visual smorgasbord of the world of Etsy art. What I found most compelling and extraordinary wa
s the myriad of ways that Etsy artists were employing a device I soon learned was termedanthropomorphism — the assigning of nonhuman attribut
es to human forms, or what I call "pet heads." I set out to learn the artists' inspiration for these otherworldly creatures, which was as varied as the art
work itself, and the history behind this phenomena. I wrote to Dr. Ann Russman, curator of Egyptian art at the Brooklyn Museum, which houses one of the premier collections of Egyptian Art in the world. She says that there "certainly seem to have been anthropomorphic deities already in the predynastic period, to judge from the female figure with upraised arms, apparently a goddess, that appears on painted pots and of which we also have a three-dimensional image."
http://www.etsy.com/storque/spotlight/trends-anthropomorphism-pet-heads-with-kathy-malone-1430/
Wendy of OrangeWillow was on the same page, as she wrote: "As far as inspiration, I can go all the way back to Egyptian art. Throughout history, anthropomorphism is
frequent, and I love looking through all kinds of examples. I try to use a bit of wit though when I create my morphs…I also am crazy for fashion, current and Victorian, which you will often see in my morphs."
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