Appologies to Extreme Craft for borrowing the tag, but seriously, OMG...WTF?It all started with this morning's regular perusal of the craft books on Powell's. We stumbled upon Nick Robinson's Very Naughty Origami, which led us to Origami Underground (peruse at your own risk) and Master Sugoi's Pornogami and on to the topic of crafty porn, er, reflections of sexuality in Craft.
We've seen knitting, cross stitch, quilting, ceramics, hook rugs, crochet, and pretty much anything else you can think of turned into subversive crafts, but this is the first we've seen pornigami.
Unlike so many subversive crafts though, Origami Underground presents anatomy and sex origami under the assumption that origami is childish and has used the taboo of sex to give the craft a more adult image. Not exactly the complexity of most sexuality based art, but not completely invalid. While origami may not necessarily be childish, we always will welcome to the fold anyone with a new idea about how to use something unexpected and crafty to turn a construct on its head.
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