This is the sketch for my individual contribution to the Bridge 3 project. I chose a shirt that looked the most like a traditional workman’s shirt. I then embroidered a name tag that says “Alex” in Russian, because that is the most popular boy name in Russia. I chose to do it in Russian because it represents the large immigrant/working class population in the East Village. I then hand-painted a vintage CBGB poster on the back of the shirt to represent the prevalence of counterculture throughout the East Village’s history. I surrounded it with safety pins to add another element of counterculture/punk to the outfit and make it look like the poster is being pinned to the shirt.
This is the group sketch of our Bridge 3 Project. Berek is making a cap with spikes that create the letter “E”, Ye is making a painted/embroidered shirt that goes under the jumpsuit, Alexandra is making pants (that will act as the bottom part of the jumpsuit) with interwoven chains, and Ashante is making a bomber jacket with handmade patches that are representative of the East Village.
