Friday, October 2, 2009

What IS Zetti?

I get asked this a lot, as do others who attempt to "do" Zetti.
And I say 'attempt' because so many of us struggle to "get it".
But...
No one seems to be able to put it into words, exactly, myself included.
It seems to be a state of mind. Sometimes I can get there and sometimes I can't.

What I do know (I think):
  • There are often pointy hats, stripey legs and strange faces with mismatched eys.
  • There are lots of black and white stripes in borders and other places.
  • Backgrounds are usually painted and textured.
  • It IS collage work, usually, along with hand drawn and stamped images and backgrounds ... sometimes.
  • Clown noses appear pretty frequently and bodies and heads are usually very mismatched.
  • Magazine cut outs are commonly used along with other kinds of materials.

    So..... Does that help? No. I thought not.

    Teesha Moore is the person who "invented" as an art form/style, and you can see some of her work Here. She's the queen.
    There is a Flickr Group called Zettiology, and I've installed our hot-button in the sidebar to your right. It looks like this.
It was created by the group admin, Jade Adams, a true Zetti guru.
You can go there and see what others of us are doing with varying degrees of success.
Oh, and thanks for asking.

3 comments:

  1. Ah, she says, as if she is a true expert on zetti now! Thanks for that Nancy, I now have an inkling what it's about, and thankyou. Your rendering in that case, was spot on. Well done.

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  2. Neat!

    Hope all is well ...just letting you know I'm still lurking!


    Love and happy new week

    Jess

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