The peeps at Handmade Detroit tip us off to this new event happening in Ferndale called DIY Street Fair, which happens this weekend. Here’s what you can expect: This free 2-day event invites artists, hand-made crafters, local and national businesses, non-profit groups and organizations, musicians, local restaurants, michigan brewers and others who live and work […]
I’m pleased to announce that the beloved exhibition Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting is on tour, and has stopped at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Arizona. Originally exhibited at the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the show… …looks at the unorthodox ways contemporary artists from around the globe transform the […]
Fibers artist Mindy Sue Meyers is having her ASU graduate thesis show opening next Monday, and if you’re in the area, there’s no excuse not to be there. She creates delicious soft sweets and skillfully crafted domesticities like aprons and faux-foods. I’ll be going and taking pictures to share after the opening. Mindy writes: In […]
American Maker is this Saturday [September 20th, 2008] at The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. We have a great schedule of Makers on the web site, including links to all the projects that will be on display. If you are in the Chicago area you really shouldn’t miss this event, there is going […]
If you’re in the LA area, don’t miss the opening reception on September 25th at 7pm for Super Plush presented by Mr. Funky. Come by Ghetto Gloss (2380 Glendale Blvd in Los Angeles’ Silverlake district) to see amazing plush doll and soft sculpture by 22 artists, all while DJ Lance Rock spins his beats and […]
On Monday night there was a Cupcake Decorating Championship at Ignite NYC II. Nick and Danielle Bilton came out on top with their iPhone icon cupcakes made with fondant icing. Photo by Bre Pettis.
An odd premise, for sure, over at the Instructables Faberge-style egg contest: The brilliantly bejeweled Easter eggs of 19th century Russian artist Peter Carl Fabergรยฉ are a hallmark of miniaturist engineering and craftsmanship. Forbes magazine’s late, great publisher Malcolm Forbes was an avid Fabergรยฉ collector, building a set of eggs and objets d’art even a […]
