Crochet portraits | Dagmar Radmacher

Headless girl. Lost herself and her head by falling in love with stag. She doesn't miss her head too much.

Stag. The dutiful and oh so elusive stag. He is worth looking for, as he is the ultimate partner, lover and friend. His embrace is home.

Richard Head. He will greet you with a limp, damp handshake and offer you to call him Dick. Fancies himself a politician and is to be found in the murky corridors of power.

Mermaid. The unwanted immigrant. Somehow she never learned the new language and in general failed to integrate.

Vulva. She is mystical and much misunderstood. Gets called many different names. Is the high priestess of life.

Little Vulva. Vulvas little sister has been abused, decapitated and mutilated. Her forced circumcision left her in permanent pain. Remains a high priestess of life.

Red shoes. She tends to make the wrong choices and seeks attention regardless of the consequences. Lives for instant gratification and dance competitions. Crochet mixed fibres, 12 x 8 cm.

Scissors. He is dashing but bears grudges. What you see is not what you get, he has a split personality. Crochet linen, 6 x 15 cm.

Pursestrings. Holding tight to her assets and two faced. Pretending to be friendly, she lives off your money whilst safeguarding another's interest. She will turn ice cold just when you need her most. Works is financial institutions. Crochet cotton, filling, 9 x 11 cm.

Toilet roll (covid roll). Of course has issues and tissues. Besides being bulimic and suffering a monumental lack of self worth, is also a hoarder and suffers from a lethal fear of water. To her friends will give herself completely. Crochet cotton, 20 x 10 cm.

Mama Mask. She might be trying with all her strength to protect, pulling your ears and smothering your mouth, but it might be in vain, just giving you a fake sense of security. Crochet cotton, 30 x 19 cm.

Little matchstick girl. She lives above her means and can never pay her bills. Hangs out with the wrong crowd and always smells of smoke. Crochet wool, 12 x 8 cm.

Matchstick. Has a bit of a temper and mostly hangs out with other matchsticks. They all have a special relationship to the little matchstick girl, whom they love consumptively. Crochet wool, 12 x 1 cm.

Squire Hat. He looks a bit shifty, but is a harmless, self absorbed avantgarde artist. Crochet cotton, 8 x 10 cm.

Opposition. Is a bit spiky.

Mama Papa. They live as one and complete each other like a pot and its lid. They grow fruit and vegetables and preserve them. Their hands are never idle and their roots entwine with the roots of the forests. Crochet wool and recycled fibres, 25 x 16 cm.

Must be angel.

Strawberries.

Strawberries (detail).

Toilet doll.

Spearhead.

Battleaxe.

Negative space, crochet cotton, a member of the Can Lis family, Can Lis, Mallorca, Spain, 2018.

Assorted portraits of different aspects of Can Lis, as part of a mini residency at Utzons Can Lis, crochet cotton and linen, Mallorca, Spain, 2018. The portraits are the result of a 3 day immersion with the space. Some research was done prior to visiting, but crucially, I approached the 'dialogue' with the building with few preconceptions and arrived through a process of drawing, photography, talking, listening and living at the crochet dolls. Had I not been in the space I would never arrived at these conclusions. Engaging intimately with an environment can have surprising results.

Assorted portraits of different aspects of Can Lis as part of a mini residency at Utzons Can Lis, crochet cotton and linen, Mallorca Spain, 2018.

Drainpipe, crochet cotton, a member of the Can Lis family, as part of a mini residency at Utzons Can Lis, Mallorca, Spain, 2018.

Pants. Poor pants has never received a good present in their life. It's been nothing but pants. Crochet cotton, button, 7 x 12 cm.

Dame El la Panton. Always wears a hat a blushes easily.

MIss Ella Pantano. The daughter of Dame el la Parton. Aims to be just like her mother.

Classical.

Missy Elliott, crochet, mixed fibres, 20cm x 8cm, 2006.

J Low, crochet, mixed fibres, 20cm x 8cm, 2006.

Hugh Heffner, crochet, mixed fibres, 20cm x 8cm, 2006.

Danish army knife. Always on duty with a sweaty head.

You'd look quite good if you lost some weight.

Squire Psilocybin. He will bring happiness to those with an open mind. Loves to wear a red coat and stand still on one leg.

Alice. She comes from Brexitania, and after a shortage of magic there, visits regularly to rendezvous with Squire Psilocybin.

Matchstick girl.

Mrs Trophy Wife. She has useless arms and claws for nails. Found in many a modern home.

Frøkken Margarethe. She works hard and loves food, suffers from jo-jo weight.

Mr Balcony. He is desperately clingy with his obsessive love of facade. Had been kidnapped, used and abused by Romeo and Juliet and was finally liberated in spring 2020.

Army of me.

knock out

Skipping boxers

Punch head

Punchbag