IFF Hyperbolic Crochet Cactus and Kelp Garden at LA County Fair
The Institute For Figuring is at the LA County Fair this month showing the hyperbolic crochet cactus garden and kelp under the sea. See all the amazing photos! Link.
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
SF Zine Fest Coverage
By Arwen O’Reilly I stopped by the SF zine fest this weekend, and it was a blast! There were definitely a bunch of traditional zines (photocopied comix etc) but a lot of overlap in the Craft and Make space as well. I noticed a lot of zinesters brought along a crafty spouse to share a […]
Make-a-Long Story Debuts
Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls debuts chapter one of her Make-a-Long story. The story tells about the first day of 3rd grade for Olive and Archie. Following the story is a set of patterns for sale via PDF so you can make your own Olive and Archie dolls. Link.
Knitty Fall issue out – Knit some fun dishtowels
Hurrah! The Fall issue of Knitty is out and there are lots of fun projects you can start on. These knit dishtowels look like a fun, quick project and you can welcome in the back to school days of “Study” and “Party”. Link.
Siggi Eggerston’s Quilt of Childhood Memories
Siggi Eggertson created this quilt as part of his graduation project from The Iceland Academy of the Arts. But look more closely at the details aside from the Michael Jordan centerpiece, Siggi incorporated all of his childhood memories in various figures and scenes that make up this quilt that is created from about 10,000 pieces. […]
Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art
The Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art was created by artists Marjorie Taylor and Karen Norberg to exhibit the world’s largest collection of anatomically correct fabric art, inspired by research from neuroscience and dissection. Materials used by the duo to make their creations include fabric, yarn, metallic threads, electronic components such as magnetic core […]
Letterpress Machine
By Arwen O’Reilly We just got this great letterpress from the folks over at the LoBot Gallery in West Oakland. They were trying to clear out some space in their warehouse, and of course we just love cluttering ours up! We’re picking up the press itself tomorrow, but brought the type cabinet back with us […]