Artist Tracy Melton’s Tree Ring paintings (featured on Apartment Therapy NY) are made from dead red and white Elm trees and acrylic paint. I love the way it looks both natural and stylishly modern at the same time. He sells his artwork in his Etsy shop, focuslineart but currently no tree ring paintings are available. […]
With summer sun comes summer weeds, and one of the most ubiquitous is the humble dandelion. When life gives you dandelions, make dandelion tincture! This week’s flashback comes from the pages of CRAFT Volume 07. According to Wikipedia, “Dandelion leaves contain abundant amounts of vitamins and minerals, especially vitamins A, C, and K, and are […]
Pam of Gingerbread Snowflakes has a great tutorial for a simple modification to the classic God’s Eyes craft project that transforms the finished project into a small frame, perfect for displaying small treasures. I love the idea of doing this with kids while on vacation as a way to remember the trip!
Anne Collins of PointClickHome.com shows you the process of how she made her amazing birch log table. All for only $80 in materials and a wood saw with a few screws and nails she recreated a $2,000 design piece. So stylish!
Some friends of ours, Scott Constable and Ene Osteraas-Constable, are amazing artists, crafters, and builders, whereas my husband and I are merely connoisseurs of handmade furniture and big art projects. Luckily, this works out just fine, because we get to appreciate Scott and Ene’s work on a regular basis! Their latest project, Oakland Fusion, is […]
Compact Design for Cozy Quarters: Seating Trays by Tanya Aguiñiga By Angelica Amesquita-Carter Tanya Aguiñiga, furniture designer/maker and resident of Los Angeles, Calif., gets functional in cozy spaces with these beautifully handcrafted, low, stackable seating trays with a container that doubles as a table. The idea behind the piece is to create a unique seating […]
Masterful Maloof Renowned woodworker Sam Maloof reflects on a lifetime of inspiration. By Heidi Kellenberger “Craft is a dirty word to most people. It isn’t painting. It isn’t sculpture. But my pieces are sculptural pieces. I don’t know why people think crafts is a bad word,” says woodworker Sam Maloof. A self-taught founder of the […]
