This week I would like to feature the pin-ups that actually first got me interested in this whole game. The Rigde Tool Company Calendar. This calendar was published every year, and has featured some notable ladies. In 1952, George Petty was the featured artist - and it is these incredible images that I am particularly fascinated with. While there is plenty of imagery of women, cars, and tools, there is nothing that matches what Petty accomplished here. His contrast of femininity vs masculinity is masterful. Ballet dancers balanced precariously on the bars of large machine-shop tools, leaning on clamps and oversized wrenches. The pink and the red. The romance and the passion. It reminds me of why I am a woman and why I love men in the most unapologetic, pre-feminist movement, "I-want-a-man-that-know-how-to-use-his-hands" way.
Enjoy!
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