kllylmrck (kelly limerick)

Kelly Limerick is the pseudonym of Singaporean-born artist Kelly Lim.
Having first picked up crochet in 1997 when she was 7 years old, Kelly then taught herself knitting, and have since been coming up with her original designs for both crochet and knit.

With yarn as her most familiar medium, Kelly often designs without set patterns to produce unique, one-off designs that are almost impossible to replicate. In 2013, she started a project entitled HANANA (a combination of 'BANANA' and 'HANA' (flower in Japanese), which explored mythical Japanese monsters and reconstructed them into abstract creations. This sparked off her love for 'kimo-kawaii' (きもかわいい)- a Japanese term meaning grotesque-cute- which has since led up to her fantastical knitted art with its focus on textures and details.
HANANA has since branched out into 2 merchandise lines, HA/NANA and HA/DE. The former encompasses handy items in day-to-day life putting a cute twist on familiar objects, while the latter is a flashy accessory line incorporating items like toys into crocheted textures.

Combining her various techniques with the abstract images in her head, Kelly hopes to breathe life into her art, giving each piece a personality of its own.

FEATURES

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
• The Best of You, Marina Square (SGP)
Oct '14
• World Amigurumi Exhibition, RESOBOX Gallery (NYC)
Dec '14 - Mar '15
• HYPERFLAT Collective, Design Festa Gallery (TKY)
Apr '15
• Tiger Trading Co., Canal Street, Chinatown (NYC)
Jun '16
• MUJI Living in a Garden City, ION Orchard (SGP)
Jun '16
• Design, Make & Craft Fair 2017, National Library (SGP)
Mar '17
• Singapore Designers' Showcase, Meetscal Store (TKY)
Aug '17

PRESS
• Rebel at Heart, contented.cc
Jul ’15
• Knitting is Cool, The Straits Times
Oct ’15
• The Girl with Magical Hair, CATALOG Magazine
Dec ’15
• Tricks of the Thread, The New Paper
Apr ’16
• 16 Singaporeans... Breaking the Rules, FEMALE Magazine
   Oct '16
• 5 Singapore Creatives... Knitting to a Whole New Level, FEMALE Magazine
Nov '16
• Singapore Street Style Gets Real, TODAY
   Mar '17
• Dare to Disrupt, L'Officiel Singapore
   Mar '17
• Humans of Fashion, FEMALE Magazine
   Apr '17
• Crocheting is Darn Cool, 8 DAYS Magazine
   Apr '17
• 今熱いのは断然シンガポール！, Ginza Magazine (Web)
• The Originals: Forging New Paths, The Straits Times
   Aug '17