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I have been so busy over at The Yurt Alert I’ve been derelict here, however, I also have had a lull in stumbling up on such inspirational and amorphous works as I typically post. One I have been meaning to post I learned about at Make the other day, that of Henrik Menne. His works […]

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Today I came across the artist Jason Hackenwerth at Lost at E Minor — the link was just a super cool photo of his epic balloon-based art works but I tracked him down. I love the regularity he’s able to achieve in the pattern of the balloons and the way look threatening but then you […]

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Yesterday afternoon was the Phillips de Pury theme auction called, Latin America, of all contemporary Latin American inspired or rooted works. One of the artists at auction was Tanya Aguiniga, whose work I missed when I went to the press preview a few weeks ago. Tanya has a MFA in furniture design from RISD, which […]

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My brother sent me the work of Johanna Spath and Johannes Tsopanides a while ago but I hadn’t had the time to post it as of yet. Together the two of them have made what they call, “Cloudspeakers.” This project is so awesome because it merges two of my interests, design and music technology. The […]

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As I work more and more on my yurt project I’ve been researching additional installation artists who utilize pieces of nature in their pieces. I spent yesterday at the Museum of Art and Design with Charlotte looking at parts of their permanent collection they’re currently displaying, which is where I came across Gyongy Laky. Her […]

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Yesterday my brother forwarded me an article from Makezine as he often does and it was the incredible glasswork of Luke Jerram — Michael wins the prize for coolest forward of 9/9/09 as Luke’s pieces from his glass microbiology sculpture series are beyond beautiful. The above, smallpox, is hand blown and, according to Luke, these […]

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In the last 24 hours I’ve spent time with two friends who are in the contemporary art world – one an old friend and one a new friend. Through the course of conversations with them both I was reminded about where I came from in an educational sense. I went to Skidmore, which I chose […]

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I just Googled some how tos on needle felting so as to not waste any roving and I came across Stephanie Metz so I needed to pause and share before starting whatever project I may be getting involved in. Over a year ago my brother sent me one of Stephanie’s teddy bear studies as a […]

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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 […]

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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 […]