I’ll admit that until today, I had never wondered what an exploding ball of yarn looks like. But then I happened upon this image and animated GIF in Alan Sailor‘s Flickr stream, and… now I know! Alan writes, “In this case (as in many others) I walk around stores looking for cheap stuff to blow […]
Book Review: Harvesting Color by Rebecca Burgess Review by Meara O’Reilly I recently experimented with using the oxalis plant (more commonly known as the weed sourgrass) to dye some towels a bright yellow. It was such an easy and rewarding process, I wanted to look around and see what other colors might be within reach! This book […]
These surprisingly realistic knitted banana peels were created by flickr user alzi23. I think a whole rug made of these might be nice to walk on. More: Knitted Butcher Shop Meats @Craftzine.com blog Knitted Hamburger Wall Art @Craftzine.com blog Knitted Hangover Mask @Craftzine.com blog
Feltmaker Gladys Paulus creates all sorts of felted works, including these amazing felted animal masks. [via lustik]
This stunning carpet is one of several works by Azerbaijanian artist Faig Ahmed, whose work, “explores [the] composition of a traditional Azerbaijanian carpet by disjointing its structure and placing its canonic elements into open space.” Carpet is more a time structure than a graphical one. Initially it was considered as a sophisticated sort of writing […]
Pokémon enthusiast eponases stoically spent 8 months creating this epic cross-stitched piece, which includes all 151 original Pokémon. [via neatorama] More: Cross-Stitched Final Fantasy III Monopoly Board @Craftzine.com blog Internet Cross Stitch Sampler @Craftzine.com blog Adafruit Ohm Sweet Ohm Cross-Stitch Kit @Craftzine.com blog
I think these hand embroidered illustrations by Sam Gibson are a terrific example of the way embroidery can add a great handmade aesthetic to almost any imagery. [via books, paper, scissors] More: Create Your Own Embroidery Pattern from a Photo – CRAFT Video Podcast @Craftzine.com blog CMYK Embroidery @Craftzine.com blog Glitch Embroidery @Craftzine.com blog
