Sometimes I’m surprised when I come across amazing knitters I’ve never heard of before — that was the case today when I stumbled upon the enormous works of Dave Cole. Dave, I gather from his CV, is from New Hampshire, went to the Putney School in Vermont and then on to Brown. He takes the […]
Charlotte and I wandered all over lower Manhattan yesterday and on our way to the gym at Astor Place we came upon Gallery 151 on Bowery, which has an exhibit in it I’d been meaning to check out called, Trashion. In the windows I’d seen these amazing dome-y colorful plastic works and wanted to know […]
Sometimes I get clicking and I go from Twitter to Etsy to Facebook to LinkedIn and even my browser history can’t remind me how I got to where I ended up — but today I ended up at the awesome site of Brooke, Newov. This is a testament to the power of a good photograph […]
A while back I included Reyart’s felted acorns in a post as they were so lively and playful. In further exploring her Etsy store though I wanted to share other of her works as they’ve inspired a slew of ideas in me. Reyart is Reya Veltman who, not surprisingly, is currently based in the Netherlands. […]
I got so excited about the artists I met at Renegade I forgot to keep introducing artists what I’ve known for years, people from college, and before. When I was in high school my parents sent me to art camp for years where I learned things you typically can’t learn in school, namely metalsmithing and […]
As someone who spent a lot of time in college making things for friends and family I often wish Etsy had been around when I had more free time as I did in school. Julie Peach is a full-time student who makes really great printed works like notepads, napkins, placemats, etc. Her style has a […]
I’m rapidly realizing that I’m into papercutting. It takes the ability to visualize parts becoming a whole and I’m really into that kind of foresight and the people that have that ability — it’s one I lack. Crafterall is a store by Marnie from Minnesota – her topographical paper cuts and nature-related ones are awesome. […]
Such a small world moment here today — I was looking at a beautiful papercut of a big ball of yarn admiring it and the skill of its maker, Erin Dollar, only to then read her Etsy profile to learn she’s also behind I Made You a Beard, which I believe I saw and met […]
Today I discovered a new blog to love, Scoutie Girl, and I’m almost scared to keep reading it as I love everything they write about. However, when I read their post on Yoola, I had to post too — Yael Falk, like me, crochets weird and wondrous things out of wire as I’ve been doing […]
Recently in New York at The Park Avenue Armory there was an installation show by Ernesto Neto. He takes biological artworks to another level in my opinion. Where as some smaller textile works can represent items on a petri dish he represents entire oversized internal structures — so much so that you can feel like […]