https://www.marialinietsky.com/home daily 0.75 2020-12-21 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe0fa40867bfc62d62bbb01/1562720114122/ Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe0fa40867bfc62d62bbb04/1562720114125/project-7.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe0fa40867bfc62d62bbb07/1562720114128/project-5.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe0fa40867bfc62d62bbb0a/1562720114131/project-4.jpg Home https://www.marialinietsky.com/about daily 0.75 2020-12-22 https://www.marialinietsky.com/art daily 1.0 2021-01-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe0fdd00d39233d64e42f80/1608580681603/Self+Portrait.jpg Art - This is a self-portrait…. An exercise in color graduations. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe13bce15fce75a50df2047/1608596442131/IMG_8264.jpg Art https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe11cd1d46f1425c7514ba0/1608596252832/mango%2Borangutan.jpg Art - It’s pretty amazing what you can do with a LOT of Tootsie rolls, Twizzlers Pull ‘n Peel, dried mango and a glue gun! I used a hair dryer to warm up the Tootsie Rolls until they were pliable! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe13ccdc34a2a2a7c85911e/1608596694474/Mitski.jpg Art - This is a portrait of Mitski in the symbolic-tattooed style of the Spanish artist Ricardo Cavolo (check out his work!) http://www.thefader.com/2016/10/07/ricardo-cavolo-book-101-artists-to-listen-to-before-you-die-kanye-west My favorite part of making this was filling it with visual references to her music and career. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe0ffb43cc797738fb5fa03/1608581060758/JanisJoplin.jpg Art https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe1014f3c7a687b40301962/1608581466751/RoryGallagher.jpg Art - Rory Gallagher, one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. Many of his fans believe he may have been autistic, so I look to him as an icon of Aspie Power in the classic rock world (hence the neurodiversity symbol on his forehead!) It was a real challenge to get his famously battered Stratocaster right! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe3c7292c56b231e6d053e7/1608763185914/NatGeo%2BGreenEyedGirl.jpg Art - This is a cardboard bas-relief of Sharbat Gula, the “Afghan Girl” from that iconic National Geographic photo. I still couldn’t quite capture the eyes. I doubt if anyone can. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe285fd5d5e9f6d38aef333/1608681145646/IMG_3113.JPG Art Painting her. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe285e17d4cd80dcce2b1f3/1608681098014/IMG_3117.JPG Art Layered cardboard. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe0ff8d867bfc62d62cae0e/1608581026364/Masksinprogress.jpg Art - Above: 2020 Black-and-Brown inclusive LGBTQIA+ pride flags. Below: Bisexual flags (Bi Pride!) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe0fffe5b6e483d2babb3f4/1608581140282/masksbymaria.jpg Art - Pride flags, Bisexual Pride flags, Transgender Pride flags, hand-embroidered Black Lives Matter masks, and masks made out of limited-edition fabric designed by The Who! Made to raise money for Montclair Mutual Aid, a local nonprofit that’s been heavily involved in many of the Black Lives Matter rallies in my neighborhood. https://montclairmutualaid.org/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe10c86c4f9433f3750d28c/1608585506123/BLMMaskbyMaria.jpg Art - This mask was also featured in a fashion show for the clothing company Sofistafunk! https://sofistafunk.com/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe158a8695b893ddd305c09/1608771107013/handkerchief%2Bdress2.jpg Art - Taking the “handkerchief hem” to its logical conclusion. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe77d7f4579e17f5899219f/1609006477898/IMG_2419.jpg Art The media has a history of portraying people who struggle with mental illnesses as freakish and monstrous. The most egregious example is the horror trope of the “haunted insane asylum”. This creates a stigma around mental health facilities, and this stigma often keeps us from seeking treatment. Even if our friends and relatives intervene and get us into treatment, the internalized stigma often lingers, making us feel like blithering monsters that need to be locked away. This self-hatred compounds our illnesses even further, and makes it even harder to recover. Our culture needs to normalize inpatient mental health treatment, so people with mental illnesses don’t have to grapple with this traumatic stigma and can focus on recovery. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe100213cc797738fb611e9/1608581176641/Handmade+stick+Puppet.jpg Art - This puppet is made from Indian textiles that my good friend Minal gave me. I named her Borealice, a pun on the aurora borealis. Oddly enough, this is a reference to the Deep Purple song “Space Truckin’”! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe100ce340cf83861d1f692/1608586229058/Leather+Apron+for+MHS+Fencing+team.jpg Art - We are the Montclair Bulldogs. David Bauer is now the proud owner of this apron. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe100b23d442026f2c76faa/1608581309920/Oskar+Kokoschka+drawing.jpg Art - The Austrian Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka: original photo and pencil sketch. I remember being mesmerized (and a bit frightened) by his art whenever I read my mom’s Theatre Posters anthology as a kid! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe127ad32361e5d6b9034f7/1608591288498/IMG_2468.jpg Art - The same Oskar Kokoschka portrait, but rendered in cold wax and black oil paint on bristol board. This involved everything from palette knives to an old toothbrush! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe128abcc5fc45944a13eb4/1608591544093/IMG_0683.jpg Art - This is a caricature of Mr. Cleerdin, my beloved art teacher… Attempted in the style of Al Hirschfeld. My conclusion: Al Hirschfeld is completely inimitable. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe1012e59efc21056f38589/1608581443637/pencilheron.jpg Art - I chose a heron because of its narrow, pointed beak and rows of long, well-defined feathers. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5ff0f92b46517e2c74aa4b7e/1609627962597/pencilheroncloseup.jpg Art - My favorite part was making the ferrules look realistically metallic (yes, they’re called ferrules!) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/6005bf84bbe04a3784df6c7e/1610989456954/DigitizedKitten.jpg Art - Art Deco, circuitry, the YouTube fast-forward logo made into wide-open graffiti eyes, niche meme fonts, and Bongo Cat in a 1920s boater hat. (Look up the play, and all of this will make sense, I swear!) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe1372a70f55f6f05e6651a/1608595323510/GirlWithPearl.jpg Art - Girl with a Pearl Earring! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe1378a51c0c9581583b814/1608596828543/TheHam.JPG Art - I made a copy of Scout Finch’s ham costume from “To Kill a Mockingbird” It wasn’t very easy to walk in it! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe159e6d6015b0ed4ba16a5/1608604144936/DaveByrne2.jpg Art - Another one of my Aspie music heroes—David Byrne! I tailored a size 50 suit to my height and reinforced it with lots of cardboard and wire. Designed the lamp mask too, as a reference to the “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe13d9c669ddd5531a2bf65/1608597016446/whoopi.jpg Art - Whoopi came by to celebrate her birthday at the Montclair Diner. My co-workers at the Thrift store brought her a gift. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe13e2a412b5b6b3840836e/1608597043516/PeteTownsenddrawing.jpg Art - Only a polymath like him would be able to lay the foundations for hard rock, prog rock, and punk rock at the same time! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe15b22e77a3c5c7eda52f3/1608604459252/IMG_0793.jpg Art - Inspired by Erté and the outfit I designed for Montclair Design week’s Genderfluid Fashion (see the Fashion Design section) This is a lyric from the song “Heaven is in Your Mind” by the psychedelic prog-rock band Traffic! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/600608ab4f994d4e7391cdb4/1611008816681/Faucet.jpg Art - This is inspired by that famous “floating faucet fountain” illusion. https://www.marialinietsky.com/multimedia daily 0.75 2020-12-22 https://www.marialinietsky.com/fashiondesign daily 0.75 2021-01-02 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe14f9450eb355f24a1dffc/1608603368356/Fashion%2Bline.jpg Fashion Design RED, ORANGE, YELLOW and PURPLE. I used the money raised from this collection to raise money for the Los Angeles LGBT Center. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe14ca6a4c803307010d31c/1608603310332/IMG_0275.jpg Fashion Design The models were TALL as I am almost 5’ 7””! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe14c935ef6353cfb4b12bf/1608607674151/IMG_0290.jpg Fashion Design I designed this outfit for the Genderfluid Fashion event at 2019’s Montclair Design Week. It was inspired by the iconic David Byrne suit and Joel Grey’s Emcee Costume from Cabaret. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5ff0fbf417af6f5d194342c1/1609628668217/HandsewnDress.jpg Fashion Design - This was a dress I made that I really love. Look closely, and you’ll see the subtle newsprint pattern on both fabrics. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/t/5fe2138c0c07394fddebd3ab/1609628782931/image0.jpeg Fashion Design Rules in my sewing room (the last rule is a holdover from my Hamilton phase!) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/5fe12c66cc5fc45944a1de2a/5fe12c9bfaa166011668ab5e/1608592550285/IMG_4952.jpg Fashion Design https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/5fe12c66cc5fc45944a1de2a/5fe12c9cfd044506531772d9/1608592554330/IMG_4950.jpg Fashion Design https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/5fe12c66cc5fc45944a1de2a/5fe12c9c7863ed53a3eb2e87/1608592552980/IMG_4951.jpg Fashion Design https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/5fe12c66cc5fc45944a1de2a/5fe12ca28da45031da3f1adc/1608592576229/IMG_4956.jpg Fashion Design https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/5fe12c66cc5fc45944a1de2a/5fe12ca318d9297a38b6152d/1608592588087/IMG_4957.jpg Fashion Design https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/5fe12c66cc5fc45944a1de2a/5fe12c9bdd8e6f67421f912d/1608601179855/IMG_4949.jpg Fashion Design Rainbow Collection - RED https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/5fe12c66cc5fc45944a1de2a/5fe12c9b0c4c81428910d72e/1608592595187/IMG_4953.jpg Fashion Design https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe0f9f6aee8ef5bddc40612/5fe12c66cc5fc45944a1de2a/5fe12c9cabbcc04ff1ef8e62/1608600918669/IMG_4954.jpg Fashion Design The Rainbow Collection - A Dress for Each Color https://www.marialinietsky.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-12-23