handmade items and crafts
above: Yarn Bomber Magda Sayeg gives a Paris statue a legwarmer
If you’re not aware of the latest art movement, Yarn Bombing, just start looking around. Yarn Bombing is a cozier version of street graffiti. Sometimes referred to as Grandma Graffiti, it is the guerilla crocheting of buildings, bike racks, stairs, statues, trees, lampposts and more are covered with crochet or knitting by various artists. (more…)
above: photo by Mark Merlot. Although these Star Wars carved crayons were not made by Diem Chau, whose many crayola sculptures I've shared with you…
Photography student Inge Jacobsen began her studies at Kingston University studying fine arts. She since switched to photography but combines continues to combine mediums in some of her works. (more…)
I blogged about edgy rock n' roll quilts by Boo Davis last August, now I'm happy to introduce you to another fabulous modern quilter and…
In the past year, several sites have shown images of the asian art of leaf carving and more recently the Gblog from Gessato via lost…
Talented young embroiderer Aubrey Longley-Cook (who turns 24 tomorrow.. Happy Birthday Aubrey!) writes a blog from Atlanta, Georgia named Spool Spectrum on which he posts…
Love origami? Love Animals? Have fidgity kids? Or just really bored yourself? Limber up your fingers and try folding these rasterized peramodels from Japan. 100…
*please note, this post contains sexually explicit imagery and language and should not be viewed by those under the age of 18 Sure you can…
The Japanese American National Museum in conjunction with the Los Angeles Toy, Doll And Amusements Museum is presently having a showing of artist decorated and…
Monster rugs, rugs with teeth, and bearskin rugs made of anything but bearskin, seem to be all the rage these days. So, I thought I'd…
