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Meet Tillie!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I was immediately drawn by John Murphy’s sock monsters when I first saw the frontpage of his book. It really shows the love of this guy for these little monsters. He starts the book by explaining that socks have become an obsession for him and he even gives his business card to strangers when he thinks they are wearing the perfect socks \u2013 for when they are done with it. Now that I created my first monster I can totally see this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And like him, I asked my friends if they wanted to donate a pair of their socks for a little monster in return. And that worked… I think it was very brave of my friend to be the first to trust me with her socks that were even in still very good condition! And this is how Tillie came to this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be honest, I found it slightly stressful to make the first cut. There is just one pair of socks and you can so easily make a wrong cut. It did not help either that the sewing lines could hardly be undone for this pair of socks since that line was invisible in this material. But this is also the charm of it: you have only 1 chance to do it right or correct it with what you have. This forces you to accept the influence of the creative process itself to what it becomes. I also think that monsters should not be too regular and a bit of skewness adds to the charm of the creature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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