Check out Polish creative Formallina's knitted heroes calendar!

Date
25 January 2013

Polish creative Izabela Kaczmarek-Szurek –who works under the enigmatic name Formallina – is a multi-talented woman with a portfolio which includes painting, illustration, art direction, textile design, posters and typography design. But because it’s Friday there was really only one place to start. Her Extreme Knitting calendar is a selection of 12 of her heroes rendered in mighty impressive crochet with the portraits used on some very natty products. Hulk Hogan cushion anyone? George Michael bikini? Then there’s Britney, Bowie, Beckham (Victoria, not David), Joan Collins Kate Moss, John Travolta, Sty Stallone, Princess Diana, Paris Hilton and who I think is former Polish president Lech Wałęsa. The calendar earned her third place in a competition run by GRAFFEX magazine but she’s top of our knitted calendar pops for sure. Well worth checking out the rest of her work too.

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (David Bowie)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (David Bowie)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (George Michael)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (George Michael)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Lech Wałęsa)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Lech Wałęsa)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Joan Collins)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Joan Collins)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Hulk Hogan)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Hulk Hogan)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Britney Spears)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Victoria Beckham)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Britney Spears)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Victoria Beckham)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Paris Hilton)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Paris Hilton)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Kate Moss)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Kate Moss)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (John Travolta)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (John Travolta)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Princess Diana)

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Formallina: Extreme Knitting (Princess Diana)

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Rob joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It’s Nice That in June 2015.

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