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Ronel Jordaan

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I received my needle felting kit and roving from my mother at the end of last week and immediately left town for the weekend so I’m excited to go home and play around soon! In the meantime I’ve kept my imagination busy by exploring Ronel Jordaan’s site with all the lovely images of her felting […]


Robert Wechsler

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Robert Wechsler is an Ohio-born, Los Angeles-based artist whom I’m not sure how I came across. I know that in my adoration of Design Glut though I have stumbled across many other artists whose work I would classify as ironic. Like the above, Everything’s Coming Up Roses, which when left on cloth reveals the image […]


Hannah Verlin

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I can’t find as much out about Hannah Verlin as I would like. She is showing with Michelle Lougee at the Boston Sculpture Gallery right now but her website won’t let me click on its links. Both a blessing and curse – her work is, as a result, able to speak more for itself. This […]


Michelle Lougee

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Last night Charlotte sent me a great find – Michelle Lougee – a sculptor showing at the Boston Sculptors Gallery through June 28. For the obvious natural elements I think Char thought her work would be up my alley but in reading more about her I realize that a lot of her work is focused […]


Heather Pilchard

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Another artist I really liked while I was at the SoWa Open Market was Heather Pilchard. Both my mom and I seem to have an affinity for anything encaustic and we spotted Heather’s work from afar. The works she had brought with her were relatively small in scale – paintings, photos and pastel works. Heather […]


The Institute for Figuring

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As I get more and more into crochet and what one can do with it I find myself learning about pretty odd things – one being The Institute of Figuring, which has an amazing section on hyperbolic space and its representations in crochet and how that can be used to represent Coral Reefs – see […]


Mona Hatoum

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When I was at college studying art and art history at Skidmore in upstate New York I spent one semester learning about contemporary works. In reading New Material as New Media: The Fabric Workshop and Museum, which my parents gave me for my birthday, I was reminded of Mona Hatoum – the British/Palestinian artist who […]


Joel Dewberry

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With my affinity for all things nature-y in textiles I came upon Joel Dewberry and his fabrics. His five lines are generally organized into complimentary tones and patterns that are fun and unexpected. My favorites though are the patterns that involve elements like leaves, branches and stamen. These orchid flowers are terrific and I love […]


Amy Jensen

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Another great find at the SoWa Open Market this past weekend in Boston was Amy Jensen, a Boston-based jeweler who makes her pieces out of found items. At the market she was showing her subway token jewelry elegantly laid out on wood blocks over subway maps from a variety of places. I’m not sure where […]


Amy Helfand

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I learned about Amy Helfand today via Apartment Therapy and fell in love with her carpets. Amy is originally from Chicago but now lives and works in Brooklyn. I love how topographical some of her works are – both her prints and her newer rug works. The one above is called Trail Runner and it’s […]