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My Life, My Life

Making Iris

8/29/2017

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Iris Apfel is a style genius. Her prowess has exhibited itself many times over in the various incarnations of her creative life, from interior designer to HSN darling to the "world's oldest living teenager" — Apfel's penchant to tickle our retinas never fails. It was this lust for life that I drew upon when I created a necklace portrait this larger-than-life personality. 
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Since I knew that her glasses would be paramount in her recognizability, I started there in my process. Once I was confident that I got the shape right, I proceeded to build out the rest of her face and hair. 
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As with most large scale pieces, melding the beads took time and patience, something that I had little of since I knew that I would be presenting this to Iris later that day at a screening of her eponymous biopic IRIS. After a little stuggle and alot of deep breaths it all came together. 
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Me posing with the Iris portrait
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When it finally came time to show Iris the work, I was excited and hopeful that she would like it. 
She did like it and put it on immediately. She even left it on for the duration of the screening!
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In the end seeing Iris with "Iris" made my day, and I think hers too. 

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