Fresno Nightcrawler Patchwork Rag Doll
Approximately 8.5 inches tall and 5 inches wide, these soft sculptures are made with a mix of vintage and modern cotton fabric scraps, which helps me reduce the amount of waste I produce as both a creative and a business. There are two of these Fresno Nightcrawlers available, so please take note of the patterned fabric on the face when selecting one to purchase.
Each patch on these Fresno Nightcrawler soft sculptures represents another person who has contributed to this cryptid’s story in some shape or form - every sighting and every hoax, every artist’s interpretation, every retelling in a book, podcast, or to friends around a bonfire. For every time that folklore leaves a mark on someone, that person in turn leaves their own mark on the folklore. Make your contribution wisely.
Folklore is human history. Every one of us contributes something to it. We experience, dream it, hold it in our mouths and on our tongues. We turn it in our hand like a smooth stone before skipping it across the surface of calm waters, sharing it with someone new. And after it has passed through many hands and across many bodies of water, it comes to be shaped by us. By our interactions with it.
We stitch it together like a blanket, to keep us safe and warm and protected. We pass it down through our family and friends, and each new holder mends a seam or patches a hole. Over time, a blanket becomes a quilt, pieced together with many threads, many patches, many colors and patterns. And all of it tells a story. Our story.
Folklore is a thing stitched together, and we are the thread.
