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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 […]

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My mom has a habit of seeing artwork she likes and blowing it up to paint onto either a huge canvas or a folding screen – really anything she can find. She has done it with Sonia Delauney works and others. When I came upon Kim Parker’s designs I was immediately struck by how similar […]

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Another reminder I got today from Kate Pruitt – was on Bauke Knottnerus – not a name that stuck in my mind without force! Bauke is a Dutch artist who creates oversized knit works that show the artist’s hand, strings remain untrimmed and the like in his Phat Knits series. From the looks of the […]

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I think that Kate Pruitt and I have a similar fascination with oversized, odd knit items. Today, while reading her blog, I was again exposed to Christien Meindertsma whose site I had once stumbled upon before I was so quick to bookmark everything. Christien actually makes an item called the Urchin Pouf, which, just as […]

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A few years ago, when I had just moved to New York, my family came to visit. I think it must have been for Thanksgiving as my brother, Michael, came up from Baltimore as well. We went out to the Brooklyn Museum of Art as we wanted to see the Ron Mueck exhibit. I wasn’t […]

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When I read about Ruth Tomlinson on Design*Sponge I felt that her pieces were exactly what I would make if I was still making jewelry. Not only do they reflect my love of all things aquatic and organic but they also include beautiful gems and porcelain too – some of my favorite materials. These are […]

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As an Obama supporter, I, like the rest of the country, have taken notice of how stylish our First Lady has been. My mom drew my attention to her jewelry – in particular the necklace that she wore to the first state dinner by designer, Tom Binns. I had known the jewelers more understated works […]

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I think it’s fairly obvious that I love art that incorporates animals in some way. I came across Sharon Montrose and she photographs animals from the common to the more obscure. I could show all of them as they’re so simply beautiful with the white background and the personalities of the animals really coming through. […]

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It might be me missing the fun of 80s weekend or it might just be being a young girl in a big city myself but I find myself identifying with these photographs and other original works by Leigh of JKL Designs. Based in Denver, CO – another place close to my heart – she works […]

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After coming across Hisano Takei’s felted necklaces I began to wonder who else was using felting in the world of accessories. I stumbled upon the Etsy store, Kjoo, by Maria Joao Ribeiro and was blown away by the creations of this Portugal-based artist. She incorporates many of my favorite things: felt, crochet, amorphous design, and […]