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Gogo Ferguson

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I went to a fabulous, quickie lunch today with my friend Charlotte at Ed’s Lobster Bar down the street from my office. She’s leaving today for a work trip to Israel and Egypt and I wanted to catch her before she left. She was wearing the most beautiful necklace that I noticed when we sat […]


Jen Stark

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My brother is a huge fan of Google Reader. By the time I wake up in the morning I typically have between 1-3 forwards and some of them are really interesting (many are images of puppies). As my brother lives in Baltimore I was particularly taken by an artist he sent me today, who subsequently […]


NeckLush

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At the risk of giving away Brooke’s birthday present I wanted to post about NeckLush. I saw this product on DailyCandy as a part of a curated online shop I believe and was really taken with not only their patterns but also their patent pending style. I like the tribal and organic pattern choices and […]


Carrie Ungerman

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I’m not sure how I found out about Carrie Ungerman the other day but I can’t stop looking at her works. In comparison to the world of Extreme Knitting she utilizes very modest, fluid, delicate lines to create large scale works. I particularly like her use of threads, while again in large quantities, they have […]


Rachel John

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Once again I got a great tip from my mom – to check out Rachel John – a UK-based “extreme knitter” who recently knitĀ  1,000 strands at once to make essentially a mattress out of yarn. If you haven’t already seen the video it can be seen here and is really well done. Rachel also […]


Richard Sweeney

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After spending some time at the Danish Design Museum I became interested in tessellated lamps. I came across British artist, Richard Sweeney, somewhere along and adore the patterns he creates, largely out of paper. His paper folding technical skills speak for themselves as pieces of wall art, sculpture, and X-acto tactics. The below would make […]


Mitra Fabian

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Mitra Fabian’s work was directed to me given my interest in Tara Donovan – the works in many ways actually cross Tara Donovan’s and Emily Barletta’s to me both in terms of their materials and their representations. Many of the pieces reflect organisms, both benign and malignant, that they may represent. The use of materials […]


Mark Khaisman

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In looking at additional artists using everyday materials for their art I came upon Mark Khaisman – a Ukraine-born artist who studied at the Moscow Architectural Institute. Now living and working in Philadelphia, Mark creates arts out of layers of packing tape on plexiglass that appears to be backlit. My favorite series is the one […]


Madeline Weinrib Atelier

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While I’m partial to Dash and Albert for their sturdiness and cost-effective pricing I also love Madeline Weinrib’s rugs for their design and durability too. My friends Samantha and Leah have several of the pink Brooke rug in their apartment and it’s elegant while not being too loud for their space. As a huge fan […]


Dominic Wilcox

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After coming upon Dominic Wilcox’s bowl made of melted tiny soldiers I did some recon on other works of his. Naturally I was incredibly drawn to Nimbus, a light he created out of polystyrene balls in 2002. A few of his works actually conjured up memories of Tara Donovan and her creative use of everyday […]