Artist Charles Clary aka Paper Extravaganza creates painfully detailed paper installations from hand cut paper. No lasers here, check it out Read Full Story
"Assembling" represents the ultimate in democratic art and was an outgrowth of the Fluxus movement of the 1960s and '70s. Groups of artists -- often those active in the mail art community -- collaborated to produce compilations of work void of editorial oversight. This exhibition celebrates those independent voices through an historical overview of past publications and contemporary examples. Work on display will be from a variety of public and private collections, curated by 2007 Winter Book... Read Full Story
YKnot along the Yellow Brick RoadOriginally uploaded by 84rmsPiece done for collaborative work with 4 other knotters. Will post other objects as they are finished. Read Full Story
Hello everyone- The reason I am writIng is because of a place called Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. This place is an amazing artist community. This place is located in the heart of Gatlinburg, tn. The land that arrowmont has existed on for almost 100 years is owned by Pi Beta Phi sorority. The Pi Phi's have been approached by a buyer for the land. This buy wants to build a water park on that land. This could be the end of Arrowmont. Below is a link to a petition that was started to ... Read Full Story
The goal of the International Fiber Collaborative is to provide an opportunity for people who enjoy working with fiber arts, whether professional artists, hobbyists or students, to come together from all over the world to express their concern about the worlds extreme dependency on oil. This year's project is called the World Reclamation Art Project (W.R.A.P.). Participants have crocheted, knitted, stitched, patched, or collaged 3 foot square fiber panels that expresses each participants ... Read Full Story
The title of the show, Baskets: No Boundaries, suggests the theme of freedom from rules and constraints, from the limits imposed by traditions and expectations. Over recent decades, basket makers have been expanding the ancient traditions they both honor and now transcend to create their own personal expressions. The 19 artists chosen for this show convey cross-cultural concepts about the contemporary basket movement. Traditional influences represented include Haida, Nantucket, Hispanic, O... Read Full Story
Really beautiful textile sculptures using knotting as well as other textile techniques. Statement from the 31st Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show To create my one-of-a-kind contemporary baskets, my primary method is knotting, while netting, crochet and hand-beadweaving may also be used in combination with one another. Materials consist mostly of hand-dyed nylon cord, as well as, cotton and a variety of novelty yarns. Each piece contains a form that has been carved and sculpted,... Read Full Story
Brian Dettmer: Book Autopsies // Centripetal NotionThis is the most amazing yet simple concept of altered book arts. Beautiful work if not somewhat painful to see old books cut up. Opens a whole new window into altered books. Read Full Story
