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European textile artist Learned crocheting with 9 Making now crocheted sculptures with up- and recycled materials such as industrial left overs, recycled textiles and fibers from old fishing gear My subjects are animals and their stories www.lisklein.com

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A fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a structure. The fish is long and vertically positioned in the picture. The head looks upwards and the fish is a bit winded. It represents a oarfish. The body of the oarfish is turquoise. The oarfish has two long and thin fins on its belly. They are going to the left. On its head is a crown like structure with long curly ends. These structures are moving towards the right. On the back of the body is a long back-fin from behind the crown til the tip of the tail. All the fins as well as the eye and mouth are orange. Two threads are coming out of the oarfishes mouth. One is orange the other one is turquoise. They are going up towards the left side.

A fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a structure. The fish is long and vertically positioned in the picture. The head looks upwards and the fish is a bit winded. It represents a oarfish. The body of the oarfish is turquoise. The oarfish has two long and thin fins on its belly. They are going to the left. On its head is a crown like structure with long curly ends. These structures are moving towards the right. On the back of the body is a long back-fin from behind the crown til the tip of the tail. All the fins as well as the eye and mouth are orange. Two threads are coming out of the oarfishes mouth. One is orange the other one is turquoise. They are going up towards the left side.

A fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a structure. It is a detail photo of the fish, mostly the head with a bit of the winded body. It is horizontally oriented and the head is in the left side looking to the left. It represents a oarfish. The body of the oarfish is turquoise. The oarfish has two long and thin fins on its belly. They are going downwards. On its head is a crown like structure with long curly ends. On the back of the body is a long back-fin. All the fins as well as the eye and mouth are orange. Two threads are coming out of the oarfishes mouth. One is orange the other one is turquoise. They are going to the left and out of the frame.

A fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a structure. It is a detail photo of the fish, mostly the head with a bit of the winded body. It is horizontally oriented and the head is in the left side looking to the left. It represents a oarfish. The body of the oarfish is turquoise. The oarfish has two long and thin fins on its belly. They are going downwards. On its head is a crown like structure with long curly ends. On the back of the body is a long back-fin. All the fins as well as the eye and mouth are orange. Two threads are coming out of the oarfishes mouth. One is orange the other one is turquoise. They are going to the left and out of the frame.

Today I have a special deep sea fish that I want to share with you. This crocheted miniature represents an oarfish, which is a quite mysterious creature and I just loved it when I first saw one!
As always crocheted with up-cycled ghost gear.
#art #textile #oarfish #crochet #ghostgear #upcycle

30.09.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A green turquoise turtle on white background. The turtle is crocheted and has a texture. The turtle is in the middle of the image and is looking to the right . It is a detail view. You can see three of the fins, the head and the tail. Its shell is triangular. Around some fins and out of the mouth are loose curly threads.

A green turquoise turtle on white background. The turtle is crocheted and has a texture. The turtle is in the middle of the image and is looking to the right . It is a detail view. You can see three of the fins, the head and the tail. Its shell is triangular. Around some fins and out of the mouth are loose curly threads.

A green turquoise turtle on white background. The turtle is crocheted and has a texture. It is looking to the left. The turtle is on the right side of the image. It is a complete view from the top. You can see the four fins, the head and the tail. Its shell is triangular. Around some fins and out of the mouth are loose curly threads.

A green turquoise turtle on white background. The turtle is crocheted and has a texture. It is looking to the left. The turtle is on the right side of the image. It is a complete view from the top. You can see the four fins, the head and the tail. Its shell is triangular. Around some fins and out of the mouth are loose curly threads.

Next is a turquoise sea turtle! The small guy is entangled in a lot of ghost gear.
Sea turtle miniature crocheted with collected ghost gear.
#art #textileart #crochetart #ghostgear #upcyclingart #fiberart #cleantheocean #seaturtle #sculpture #miniature #textilesculpture

27.06.2025 08:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Blue ray on a white background. The ray is crocheted and has a texture. It has two blue colours. Light blue and brilliant blue. The ray is looking towards the right bottom corner. His tail is in the left upper corner. You see a 3/4 profile of the ray. The eyes are on top of the head. Out of the mouth and around the body are curly threads.

Blue ray on a white background. The ray is crocheted and has a texture. It has two blue colours. Light blue and brilliant blue. The ray is looking towards the right bottom corner. His tail is in the left upper corner. You see a 3/4 profile of the ray. The eyes are on top of the head. Out of the mouth and around the body are curly threads.

Blue ray on a white background. The ray is crocheted and has a texture. It has two blue colours. Light blue and brilliant blue. The ray is looking towards the left bottom corner. His tail is oriented to the right upper corner. You see the ray upper side. The tail is a bit curled. Next to the tail you can see small fins. Out of the mouth and around the body are curly threads.

Blue ray on a white background. The ray is crocheted and has a texture. It has two blue colours. Light blue and brilliant blue. The ray is looking towards the left bottom corner. His tail is oriented to the right upper corner. You see the ray upper side. The tail is a bit curled. Next to the tail you can see small fins. Out of the mouth and around the body are curly threads.

I made this one a couple of weeks ago but didnโ€™t manage to share it.
Better late than never!
This small ray is crocheted with a light and brilliant blue threads from self collected ghost gear.
#art #textileart #fiberart #crochet #crochetart #upcycle #recycle #upcycleart #ghostgear #ghostgearart

23.06.2025 05:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A orange crocheted sea turtle on a white background. It is a sculpture and has a texture. The turtle is positioned diagonally and the head is looking to the left bottom corner. The turtles shield is triangular. One side is oriented to the head and under the opposite tip is the tail. The two other tips are right and left next to the head, so as the front fins. The back fins are right and left next to the tail. Two long curly threads are comping out of her mouth, the are going to the left. Around her right front fins is another, smaller thread.

A orange crocheted sea turtle on a white background. It is a sculpture and has a texture. The turtle is positioned diagonally and the head is looking to the left bottom corner. The turtles shield is triangular. One side is oriented to the head and under the opposite tip is the tail. The two other tips are right and left next to the head, so as the front fins. The back fins are right and left next to the tail. Two long curly threads are comping out of her mouth, the are going to the left. Around her right front fins is another, smaller thread.

With this art I want to do something for the oceans even if itโ€™s very small at the moment. I want to make something good out of these animal death traps which are floating around.

In memory of all the sea turtles out there.
#art #textileart #fiberart #sculpture #textilesculpture #crochet #seaturtle

18.03.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The next miniature crochet sculpture is an orange sea turtle.
So I made her after I saw a documentary about how fishing nets especially ghost nets affect sea turtles. Unfortunately they get tangled up and get hurt or worse canโ€™t swim to the surface anymore to breath.

18.03.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Fish on whit background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The fish is blue with an orange stripe on his tail. The eyes, side fin and back fin are also orange. The tail is big and curly the side and back fin are small. Three orange threads are coming out of his mouth. One is very small, the second is a bit longer and the third is long. They are going left over the head of the fish.

Fish on whit background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The fish is blue with an orange stripe on his tail. The eyes, side fin and back fin are also orange. The tail is big and curly the side and back fin are small. Three orange threads are coming out of his mouth. One is very small, the second is a bit longer and the third is long. They are going left over the head of the fish.

Fish on white background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The fish is blue with an orange stripe on his tail. The eyes, side fin and back fin are also orange. You see the face of the fish frontal.The tail is in the background and blurry. It is big and curly the side and back fin are small. Three curly orange threads are coming out of his mouth. One is very small, the second is a bit longer and the third is long. They are going over the head of the fish.

Fish on white background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The fish is blue with an orange stripe on his tail. The eyes, side fin and back fin are also orange. You see the face of the fish frontal.The tail is in the background and blurry. It is big and curly the side and back fin are small. Three curly orange threads are coming out of his mouth. One is very small, the second is a bit longer and the third is long. They are going over the head of the fish.

This is the 6th fish I made. He is a bit bigger than the previous ones. I used the blue thread again and orange for the highlights, it was good to work this way. The thread is from the ghost ropes again.
Guess I will make some more and Iโ€™ll try other sea life.
Fiske No 6.
#art #crochet #textileart

12.03.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Small fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The body of the fish is orange. He has a green stripe on his taile. The back fin, one side fin and eyes are also green. Two green and one orange threads are coming out of his mouth. The longest green thread is a bit curly.

Small fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The body of the fish is orange. He has a green stripe on his taile. The back fin, one side fin and eyes are also green. Two green and one orange threads are coming out of his mouth. The longest green thread is a bit curly.

Small fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The body of the fish is orange. He has a green stripe on his taile. The back fin, one side fine and the two eyes are also green. Two green and one orange threads are coming out of his mouth. The longest green thread is a bit curly.

Small fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The body of the fish is orange. He has a green stripe on his taile. The back fin, one side fine and the two eyes are also green. Two green and one orange threads are coming out of his mouth. The longest green thread is a bit curly.

Small fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The body of the fish is orange. He has a green stripe on his taile. The two side fins, the back fin and the two eyes are also green. Two green and one orange threads are coming out of his mouth. The longest green thread is a bit curly.

Small fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The body of the fish is orange. He has a green stripe on his taile. The two side fins, the back fin and the two eyes are also green. Two green and one orange threads are coming out of his mouth. The longest green thread is a bit curly.

When I made this little fish I thought of a pufferfish. In the end he became a goldfish, which I find cool because I never thought about the classic goldfish we all know. Thatโ€™s the great opportunity when you stay curious about what the art you make tells about yourself.
#Art #TextileArt #Crochet

06.03.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And thank you for your support I will try my best to show more

06.03.2025 08:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nice I love collecting stuff & your neighbours garden sounds very interesting!
NL is the North Sea located between GB & Europe.
There is a lot of ship traffic & unfortunately broken ropes are often kicked in the sea. Lots of these ghost nets are drifting in the oceans itโ€™s a big problem for sea life

06.03.2025 08:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you๐Ÿ™
So they were washed ashore ship ropes & I found them on the beach of Texel an island in NL. Itโ€™s a tradition there to collect washed ashore items & it became tradition to keep the beach plastic/trash free. I cleaned & untwisted mine to the smallest thread to give them a new purpose.

06.03.2025 07:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Small fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted an has a texture. The colours of the fish are blue and green. He is mostly blue just the head and a stipe in the middle are green. The main body with the tail and fins are blue. His eye is also blue. Two blue threads are coming out of his mouth. One is quite short, the second one is long and curly.

Small fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted an has a texture. The colours of the fish are blue and green. He is mostly blue just the head and a stipe in the middle are green. The main body with the tail and fins are blue. His eye is also blue. Two blue threads are coming out of his mouth. One is quite short, the second one is long and curly.

The fourth fish crocheted with collected plastic threads. This time I took blue and green. The colours fit nicely together and they reflect the nuances of the ocean. Fiske No 4.
#Art #TextileArt #Crochet

05.03.2025 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Little fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The head and tail of the fish are orange. The Body with the fins, the eyes and lips are blue. A blue thread is coming out of his mouth.

Little fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The head and tail of the fish are orange. The Body with the fins, the eyes and lips are blue. A blue thread is coming out of his mouth.

Little fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The head and tail of the fish are orange. The Body with the fins, the eyes and lips are blue. A blue thread is coming out of his mouth.

Little fish on a white background. The fish is crocheted and has a texture. The head and tail of the fish are orange. The Body with the fins, the eyes and lips are blue. A blue thread is coming out of his mouth.

This is the third crocheted fish. He is a bit more like the first one but still different. The colours are reversed and this one has lips and is longer.
The concept is the same, the used material is thread from a recycled plastic rope collected at the same beach. Fiske No 3
#art #textileart #crochet

03.03.2025 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Little fish. White background. The fish is crocheted. The main body is blue with an orange stripe. The tail, fins and eyes are also orange. Three orange threads are coming out of his mouth.

Little fish. White background. The fish is crocheted. The main body is blue with an orange stripe. The tail, fins and eyes are also orange. Three orange threads are coming out of his mouth.

The second small fish is blue and orange. It is crocheted with plastic filaments from former ship ropes. They were collected at the beach at Texel, Netherlands. #art

24.02.2025 12:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A Little fish. It is crocheted. It is green and orange. A thread is coming out of its mouth.

A Little fish. It is crocheted. It is green and orange. A thread is coming out of its mouth.

A Little fish. It is crocheted. It is green and orange. A thread is coming out of its mouth.

A Little fish. It is crocheted. It is green and orange. A thread is coming out of its mouth.

A little something I made today. The material is from a ship rope I collected at the beach at Texel, Netherland.

07.02.2025 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Brownish big bug. It is on a human hand. You can see the antennas with seven small segments.

Brownish big bug. It is on a human hand. You can see the antennas with seven small segments.

A very small green metallic moth. It has very long and thin antennas. The body is black and hairy.

A very small green metallic moth. It has very long and thin antennas. The body is black and hairy.

Melolontha melolontha this year a bit early (1. picture). A really beautiful male, you can see it on the leafs of his antennas. Males got seven and females six.
(2. picture) Adela reaumurella a really beautiful and kind of crazy mini moth. The antennas of the male get triple the length of the wings.

09.04.2024 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A white thing is lying on the floor. Next to it on the left side is a person. You just can see two hands. The person has a filling material in the hands. The white thing is fluffy. It is made out of textile. It is long and slim.

A white thing is lying on the floor. Next to it on the left side is a person. You just can see two hands. The person has a filling material in the hands. The white thing is fluffy. It is made out of textile. It is long and slim.

Stuffing and assembling my new sculpture.

#art #textileart #textile #crochet #sculpture #fiberart #fibersculpture #recyclematerials #lisklein

08.04.2024 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
On a white background you can see an insects head. The head has little antennas and tongs. It resembles an ant. It is made out of textile. The used technique is crocheted. The head has one colour. It is dark brownish with white, blue, green, pink, red and violet dots. This colour type is called mottled.

On a white background you can see an insects head. The head has little antennas and tongs. It resembles an ant. It is made out of textile. The used technique is crocheted. The head has one colour. It is dark brownish with white, blue, green, pink, red and violet dots. This colour type is called mottled.

On a white background you can see an insects head. The head has little antennas and tongs. It is displayed in three-quarter view. It resembles an ant. It is made out of textile. The used technique is crocheted. The head has one colour. It is dark brownish with white, blue, green, pink, red and violet dots. This colour type is called mottled.

On a white background you can see an insects head. The head has little antennas and tongs. It is displayed in three-quarter view. It resembles an ant. It is made out of textile. The used technique is crocheted. The head has one colour. It is dark brownish with white, blue, green, pink, red and violet dots. This colour type is called mottled.

The second small insect head is inspired by ants. Its color is a bit different than the first ones but it is also recycled silk. Here the focus lies a bit more on the shape.

04.02.2024 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A person is standing in as dry field. The grass is yellowish. A clear blue sky is in the background. The person is wearing a green overall. He/She is wearing a Mask. The Mask is a huge blue head. The head has two long and thin antennas. It has two big hexagonal eyes. In the middle of the head is a very long and rolled up proboscis. The head is a big butterfly mask.

A person is standing in as dry field. The grass is yellowish. A clear blue sky is in the background. The person is wearing a green overall. He/She is wearing a Mask. The Mask is a huge blue head. The head has two long and thin antennas. It has two big hexagonal eyes. In the middle of the head is a very long and rolled up proboscis. The head is a big butterfly mask.

This is the first experiment I crocheted.
Itโ€™s a very large butterfly-head-mask including a overall.

It took me very long to crochet it and I started twice with the main head, but it was really fun for me. I admit that it is not really a prototype it is to big and detailed.
I like the way it went!

12.01.2024 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
This is a head of a butterfly. You see the antennas, eyes and the proboscis. The head is an artwork. It is made out of textile. The butterfly head is very colourful. It contains green, pink, red, salmon, blue, and violet. The different parts have various structures.

This is a head of a butterfly. You see the antennas, eyes and the proboscis. The head is an artwork. It is made out of textile. The butterfly head is very colourful. It contains green, pink, red, salmon, blue, and violet. The different parts have various structures.

This is a head of a butterfly. It is show in profile. You see the antennas, eyes and the proboscis. The head is an artwork. It is made out of textile. The butterfly head is very colourful. It contains green, pink, red, salmon, blue, and violet. The different parts have various structures.

This is a head of a butterfly. It is show in profile. You see the antennas, eyes and the proboscis. The head is an artwork. It is made out of textile. The butterfly head is very colourful. It contains green, pink, red, salmon, blue, and violet. The different parts have various structures.

Sweet little butterfly and first work I made this way.
He is crocheted out of recycled silk and unique in its colours and form.
The work is inspired by male moths and butterflies.
More of these specimens are coming soon!
(~20 cm x 10 cm x 8 cm)

02.01.2024 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A sculpture in a exhibition room. The sculpture is big. It is the same sculpture as in the previous post. But it has changed. The sculpture looks like a big branch. It has a geometrical look. It is made out of felted wool. On itโ€™s surface colourful objects appears. There are red, green, orange and violet dots. They are also made out of felt

A sculpture in a exhibition room. The sculpture is big. It is the same sculpture as in the previous post. But it has changed. The sculpture looks like a big branch. It has a geometrical look. It is made out of felted wool. On itโ€™s surface colourful objects appears. There are red, green, orange and violet dots. They are also made out of felt

The sculpture โ€œSkeletonโ€ after two exhibition months. Something has happened!

01.06.2023 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A sculpture in a room. The sculpture is big. It lies on the floor. It is made out of black felt. It looks like a big branch fork. But it is geometrical. On the big branch are several smaller branches. It looks burned.

A sculpture in a room. The sculpture is big. It lies on the floor. It is made out of black felt. It looks like a big branch fork. But it is geometrical. On the big branch are several smaller branches. It looks burned.

A sculpture in a room. The sculpture is big. It lies on the floor. It is made out of black felt. It looks like a big branch fork. But it is geometrical. On the big branch are several smaller branches. It looks burned.

A sculpture in a room. The sculpture is big. It lies on the floor. It is made out of black felt. It looks like a big branch fork. But it is geometrical. On the big branch are several smaller branches. It looks burned.

My latest sculpture โ€œSkeletonโ€ is displayed at the โ€œKunstverein Schloss Ellwangenโ€ in Ellwangen, Germany, until April 21.

06.05.2023 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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