Article: You will be sticking these cardboard shapes into your socks, which will cause them to stretch to your foot shape. If you don’t do this, the paint may crack when you put the socks on. You can also use flip flops, as long as they fit your feet perfectly.  This method works best on store-bought socks. It is not recommended for knit or crochet socks because the weave is so big. Keep your feet apart when tracing them so that you end up with 2 separate feet shapes. Make sure that the toe seam on your socks is stretched across the toes on the cardboard feet. The top of the sock should be on 1 side of the cardboard, and the bottom (sole) of the sock should be on the other side. Flip the sock over so that the bottom (sole) part is facing you. Grab a bottle of puffy paint and open the cap. Use the nozzle to pipe simple dots or lines onto the bottom (sole) of each sock. Make the dots or lines 1⁄2 to 1 inch (1.3 to 2.5 cm) apart.  Be sure to cover the sole evenly. You can match the puffy paint to the sock or use a contrasting color. Arrange dots in a grid-like pattern rather than randomly. Make lines horizontal; they can be straight or squiggly. Whether you use dots or lines is up to you. The difference is purely aesthetic. Skip this step if your sock is already patterned or if you want something fancier. Use a marker to trace a simple design on the bottom of your sock, such as a Christmas tree. Make it just a little smaller than the length and width of your sock. Outline your shape with puffy paint, then fill it in with more puffy paint. Let it dry, then add details.  For example: if you drew a green Christmas tree, add a brown trunk, red ornaments, and yellow garlands. You can make a combination of smaller images too, such as 3 hearts or a flurry of snowflakes. If you don't know how to draw, use a stencil or cookie cutter--this only works if the item is almost the same size as the sock. Don't do this in addition to the dots and lines. Choose 1 or the other. Not all socks are solid-colored. Some of them have funky patterns on them, like large polka dots, thick stripes, hearts, or stars. In this case, you should outline the patterns with your puffy paint--but don't fill them in!  You can match the color to the pattern, or you can use a different color. For example, you can outline blue stars with yellow glow-in-the-dark puffy paint. If your socks have thin stripes, draw across every other stripe--or across every 2 stripes. If your socks have small dots, you can just make the dots right over them. If the dots are larger than a pea, however, you should just outline them. Puffy paint is great to work with, but it takes a long time to dry. This can take anywhere from a few hours to a whole day. Once the puffy paint has dried, you can pull the cardboard inserts out.  As puffy paint dries, it will flatten a little and become a shade darker. You can try speeding the drying process up with a hair dryer. Puffy paint has some stretch to it once it dries, but the designs can still crack if you stretch the socks too much. Once the puffy paint has dried, you can treat the socks like any other pair of socks. You do have to wait 72 hours before washing them, however. When you do wash them, turn them inside-out first. For best results, use a cold water setting. Avoid using a dryer, as this can cause the puffy paint to crack and degrade.
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Trace your feet onto cardboard. Cut the cardboard feet out and slide them into your socks. Use puffy paint to draw dots or lines on solid-colored socks. Draw pictures on solid-colored socks if you want something fancier. Follow the existing patterns instead if your sock has them. Allow the socks to dry for up to 24 hours, then take the cardboard out. Wait 72 hours before washing the socks.
Article: Your artist's statement is a piece of very personal writing. Once you've finished writing, let it rest overnight before your reread it. Taking some time will help you take a step back and give you the detachment necessary to polish the writing without violating your sense of integrity and safety. Before you go public with your statement, get feedback. Show your art and statement to friends, friends' friends, and maybe even a stranger or two.  Make sure your readers get it, that they understand what you want them to understand. When they don't, or you have to explain yourself, do a rewrite and eliminate the confusion. Keep in mind that you alone are the authority for what is true about your work, but feedback on clarity, tone and technical matters such as spelling and punctuation never hurts. Many times, a little rearranging is all that's necessary to make your statement a clean, clear read. If you need help, find someone who writes or edits and have them fix the problem. Make the most of your artist statement and use it to promote your work to gallery owners, museum curators, photo editors, publications and the general public. Save all the notes and drafts that you've made. You'll want to revise and update your artist's statement from time to time to reflect changes in your work. Having your original notes and drafts at your disposal will help you to immerse yourself in your past thought processes and will give you a sense of creative continuity.
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Let it rest. Seek feedback. Revise as needed. Use your statement. Save all your notes and drafts.