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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]