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Hear me Roar! Sister Fox and Brother Wolf

Posted on February 26, 2012

This is my first scarf design for Creative Textiles III scarf project at uni, inspired by the Russian folk tale, Sister Fox and Brother Wolf, I use the mirror technique as used in normal scarf design. But the special thing is there is not any repetition in the print. The foxes and wolves are in the same direction and drawn to look like the same objects. Most frequent Russian personages of animal tales are Fox and Wolf. Russian folktales present Fox as a sneaky, crafty and treacherous creature that using its slyness gains the upper hand over stronger animals, such as Wolf and Bear. Wolf is characteristic for different human features: as a rule he is angry, greedy, voracious, and stupid; Fox has a special pleasure…