Embroidered clothing will never go out of style. Like embroidery itself, this approach is malleable and transforms based on the aesthetic of the time. Now, people are wearing their clothes with a 1970s vibe, so ripped jeans with a hint of…
Embroidered clothing will never go out of style. Like embroidery itself, this approach is malleable and transforms based on the aesthetic of the time. Now, people are wearing their clothes with a 1970s vibe, so ripped jeans with a hint of…
This past weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the historic Women’s March, and many people returned to the streets to continue to voice their opposition to the current administration. I enjoy seeing witty signs as much as the next person,…
1. Embroidered denim by Thousand Island 2. Happy/sad face pot by Laura Bird 3. Magpie tray by Kajsaform 4. Cat thread holder by Minifanfan 5. Watercolor palette enamel pin by Natty Michelle Paperie 6. A Foot Thing by Dearest Q 7. “I’m a Sucker…
Cut paper art has been described as “drawing with scissors,” and it’s an apt description of the collages by Rocío Fernández Fuks. In her series Go on Paper, she illustrates the many ways in which we trek through the world. (My favorites…
I’m a huge fan of projects that ask you to create something every day. After all, you only learn and grow by doing something time and again. During the course of three months, illustrator Brunna Mancuso painted portraits of women…
Illustration is all around us. We often picture it on book covers and among the text in magazines, but its influence reaches much farther than that. Products, from something as small as your coffee mug to as big as furniture (or…
1. Lotus print dress by Banquet 2. Tapestry #3 by Sara Wenokur 3. Tiny Blobfish Plushie by Sao Zen Plush 4. Alma ceramic sculpture by Claire de Lune 5. Succulent enamel pin by Sarah Abbotts 6. You Got This by Matthew Hoffman…
Illustrator Sandra Rilova captures quiet moments in desolate scenes whose vastness is both visually striking and conceptually alluring. The compositions feature large swaths of land, from forests to mountains to paths carved deep below the Earth, as they engulf small people…
At the end of December 2017, I shared 15 works of cat art celebrating my beloved weekly tradition: #Caturday. One of my favorite kitties on that list was a delightful drawing by Kamwei Fong. It featured a black-and-white portrait of a cat…
Alpacas and llamas lend themselves well to felted art. The fuzziness of the interlocked wool fibers mimics the coats of these impossibly fluffy creatures (with the most adorable small faces). We’ve seen it before with the needle-felted hoop art of…