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Marilyn Druin - extraordinary color, composition, and design
“Some artists are social commentators.
They interpret and comment upon life....
I try to take some of earth's essential elements and create my own world with order and harmony where my mind can be at peace."
- Marilyn Druin, 1999
Sadly, Druin passed away in November 2001 - around two years…
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BY Andrew Salomone — Jul 15 2016
What if, instead of going shopping for new clothes, you can just download…
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As Britain crashes into economic disaster and global irrelevance and we swing ever-more towards a state of fascism, I've been burying my head in the sand and thinking about rather less grim things, like working on my piece for Boris Bally's show, about which I wrote a week or so back.
This week was also fairly tough in that we had been…
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Hello again everyone,
Just an update on how the Year of the Harlan is progressing. For anyone out there that ordered their Harlan Activity Book from Blurb, THANK YOU! If you have completed any of the pages, please post here (or email me if you'd like me to post--I've included a page I just…
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While it is absolutely not the case that everyone who voted to leave the EU is a racist - far from it, I would think - the language of the 'campaign' to leave certainly was racist. Who can forget Farage's appalling poster which shows Syrian refugees leaving their country:…
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Main St. and University Ave. (Series: Prescriptive Space) from Charity White on Vimeo.
(In video: Ceramic Installation, 19”x63”x17”, 2015)…
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I cannot face making a post this week. Everything seems so miserable and pointless after the idiocy of last Thursday. I'll post about the concerts, the works-in-progress and the British Art Medals Society conference later in the week.
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This broach is inspired by a the cover from a wastewater access point that I passed on the road every day in Vienna on…
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Faig Ahmed is an artist from Baku, Azerbaijan who represented Azerbaijan at the Venice Biennale in 2007. He is known for his conceptual work that utilizes traditional decorative craft and the visual language of carpets.
Ahmed's…
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This detailed bespoke neckpiece was designed and made for the Disney's film Alice Through the Looking Glass. The film’s costume designer Colleen Atwood wanted a 'mayoral chain' style of neckpiece for Sacha Baron…
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Image credit: NASA/Goddard/Rebecca Roth
ContinueIn April, cartoonist and assistant professor of interdisciplinary research at Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Lynda Barry brought a heavy dose of creativity - and her unique perspective on storytelling - to NASA's Goddard Space Flight…
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Regular followers of this blog will be aware of my republican views and that I find the concept of a monarchy not only outdated but offensive to any sense of democracy or egalitarianism. Cake-maker extraordinaire, Claire Price (standing,…
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Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht talks about the digital tools she used to create a collection of interactive 3D-printed dresses for German car manufacturer Audi, which incorporate headlights, parking sensors and other technology. The movie is part of Dezeen's new Future Makers collaboration with Autodesk exploring the…
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Best of Tennessee Craft 2016
Entry Fee (Best of Tennessee Craft 2016 Exhibit): $35.00
Tennessee Craft seeks entries for its Best of Tennessee Craft Exhibition, to…
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October 13 - 15 in Omaha, Nebraska
ACC’s 2016 national conference will draw together an essential group for a conversation about the current state of craft. The aim is to challenge, inspire, and educate existing members of the craft and design community and engage new audiences through open…
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It really seems incredible that this is the end of my first academic year at the School of Jewellery. So much has happened!
Over the last week, we've…
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Checking the Cost of Gun Violence
"EACH DAY" there are 31 Murders, 55 Suicides, 2 Accidental Deaths, 1 Death by Police Action, 210 Injured, and costs $627 Million in America. Each DAY!
Artwork for the exhibition "Imagine Peace…
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