Distress, paint, bead, or embroider your denim at our free Denim Demolition stations tomorrow!

Denim Demolition

Saturday, November 14, 12 - 3pm

Presented by Contemporary Quilt Art Association

Celebrate the…

A photograph is shaped more by the person behind the camera than by what's in front of it.

I find this video interesting with regard to how we artists chose to photograph our work and present certain facets of it to the public. What do we emphasize, what do we hide? If we shoot on…

Motivation Gets You Started. Persistence and External Recognition Are What Keep You Going

Source: Article by  Amelia Glean on Oct 18,…

Way to go Britain: A new passport is launched in Britain every five years with updated security and anti-forgery features. The UK Passport Office just unveiled its latest version, …

Schmuck, also known as Munich Jewellery Week, is an internationally renowned week-long art jewelry fair in Munich, Germany taking place from February 24th to March 3rd 2016. Annually held for over fifty years, Schmuck is attended by over a hundred thousand makers, designers, dealers and collectors that come to experience the over eighty individual…

I use clay to create vivid worlds you can step into. They may be universes or they may be mere fragments, it depends on how much I choose to reveal. I reinterpret forgotten folklores and conjure my own dream like tales to translate upon the clay. Viewers are compelled to investigate the ceramics as they search for hidden details on the layered…

Úna Burke is a multi-award winning Luxury Leather Accessories Designer and Artist.  Using traditional leather-working techniques in her distinctly complex constructions, Úna makes both seasonal fashion accessories collections and sculptural art pieces.  …

CraftBoston Holiday Show and Ticket Information

This year, SAC is pleased to announce that Nick Offerman will be speaking at CraftBoston on Friday, Dec. 11 at 1:30PM. In his talk, titled Sawdust and Mirth, Offerman will discuss the importance of handmade objects. Offerman, an…

We're still accepting applications for the James Renwick Alliance's new Chrysalis Award for emerging artists. The award will focus on one medium each year, and comes with a $5,000 prize and an opportunity to make a presentation at Spring Craft Weekend. This year, we're looking for fiber artists.…

The worst thing that someone can do to a book is to never read it. This motivational mechanism aims to encourage reading as it requires to transfer books from the unread to the read shelf, in the same way that one thumbs through a book’s pages. The unread books are placed on a dropping shelf-platform that mimics the turning of a page. A single string…

Regional Brush Project - showing the process of collecting and making brushes from found materials in Brighton and Berkshire.

University of Brighton graduate Ellie Birkhead has created a series of brushes with unusual shapes for cleaning specific objects. Made from beech wood and hog…

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At first, these highly stylized…

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One of the most impressive ways to bridge the link between craft and fine…

In the Russian republic of Dagestan, the remote mountain town of Kubashi is known for its thousand year-old tradition of silver crafts. Now the old masters are trying to ensure their skills are passed on to a younger generation. Emma Hayward, Al Jazeera English reports.

This is not your average art book. Brought to you by the Exploratorium's Tinkering Studio, The Art of Tinkering is an unprecedented celebration of what it means to tinker: to take things apart, explore tools and materials, and build wondrous, wild art that's part science and part technology. Join 150+ makers as they share the stories behind…

Typeset is an exhibition exploring connections between jewelry and literature. Coinciding with ZOOM Milwaukee Symposium, this project will build on our previous collaborative exhibition on this theme, Wordsmith, by setting…

Kathleen Nowak Tucci, a Gulf Coast eco-designer and artist for 30 years, has turned her creative focus to designing couture accessories constructed from recycled rubber bicycle and motorcycle inner tubes and Nespresso coffee capsules. Appearing in Fashion Market Week in NYC two times a year, Tucci’s designs have landed in some of the most exclusive…