Tanis Alexis Laird made this incredible wet-felted blanket. From the item description on Etsy: Each panel of this nuno felt blanket has been meticulously made by hand using the wet felting process. Sweet supersoft merino wool lamimated to delicate silk gauze (and sometimes some soy, bamboo or wild silk filaments). Each panel measures roughly 9″ […]
I just discovered the Manbroidery pool on Flickr – all sorts of crazy stuff going on over there! They say girls can join, too.
Stormdrane made this beautiful Star Knot by following this tutorial. Stormdrane’s own tutorial for making a Paracord bracelet can be found in the new Make book, The Best of Instructables, reviewed recently by Marc de Vinck and available in the Maker Shed.
Janice Jakielski creates interesting forms that fit to the human body and infer some kind of change in perception through sound or sight. The beautifully handcrafted hat-like forms suggest a poetic function. Check out her site for close-ups, the construction is really intricate and interesting! (Thanks, Marco!)
At the monthly art walk in downtown Phoenix last Friday I came across the work of Ann Morton, a local fibers artist. Her show spanned the election week, so it was highly energized and reflected a lot of historic ideas and events of the last presidential term. The show is up at Modified Arts at […]
The Deputy Dog site has a nice roundup of knitted graffiti pieces (ok, some are crochet), many of which we’ve seen on here before. Fun!
I did a post on the Make blog a while back on making recycled paper and it covered making paper from dryer lint – here’s a tutorial about making modeling dough from dryer lint.
