Month: January 2011

CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: 1/365 2011 by LiDDesigns, Huge red and white anchor pillow by Magical Pony Farm, Treehouse 1:12 Scale Miniature by Ann Maselli, and Runaway Leg by Jessica Puckett.

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Photo-realistic paintings of classic board games

Photo-realistic paintings of classic board games

These may look like the boxes of games that you have in your attic or basement game shelf, but they’re actually paintings (oil, enamel, and urethane on copper), by Missouri-based artist Tim Liddy, of classic board game boxes. Stunning. [Via DudeCraft] Hyper Realistic Paintings of Vintage Board Games; Tape, Tears and All

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AS220 Labs grand opening: Friday Jan 7th in Providence RI

AS220 Labs grand opening: Friday Jan 7th in Providence RI

I am very excited to announce that the labs is officially moved into the mercantile block [pictured above] and is fully functional. We are going to be hosting our first ever Annual Labs Social, which will serve to be our grand opening and first public event in the new space.

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Digital message in a bottle

Digital message in a bottle

In this interactive narrative piece by a group of ITP students, Message in a Bottle uses a creative method of engaging the viewer: The viewer is presented with a simple glass bottle and a plank of wood. Five distinct quotes surround five separate areas of the wooden platform. Upon being picked up and moved across […]

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Happy New Year 2011!

(Pictured above is Lish’s first glass etching project.) Happy New Year Crafters! Hope you are enjoying the the first day in 2011! We have an exciting crafty year ahead in store for you so don’t forget to check back for our href=”http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/fashion/”>DIY fashion theme that will run throughout January.

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