Latch-Hooked Portrait of Burt Reynolds
Etsy seller MOLLYSHEART spent so much time admiring this legendary image of Burt Reynolds from a 1972 Cosmopolitan centerfold that she recreated it as a latch-hooked rug entirely by eye.
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Patti Smith Embroidery
Jenny Hart’s work regularly and beautifully showcases embroidery as a fine art form in its own right, and her Patti Smith Transfigured piece illustrates this point with gorgeous style and detail!
String Art Portraits
Ladyface Blog combines 3 excellent things into one rad DIY. Animals, portraits, and string art? Yes please!
How-To: Grow a Portrait Gourd
Sean over at MAKE posted this great Instructables project, by fellow MAKE writer Tim Anderson, about making a gourd portrait based on the unbelievable work of Zhang Cairi. As Sean points out, the possibilities are virtually endless!
How-To: Turn a Portrait into Custom Embroidery
I love the idea of using words instead of solid lines to create the outlines and details in an embroidered portrait. The tutorial from That Lady might just force me to get over my fear of Photoshop so I can try it out!
Dice Portrait to Memorialize Friend
Frederick McSwain created DIE, a portrait made of dice in memory of his friend, Tobias Wong, an artist and designer who died last year. Frederick used 13,138 dice, one for each day Tobias lived: The idea of a die itself was appropriate—the randomness of life. It felt like [a medium] he would use. Because [Tobias] […]
10 Best Handmade Gifts for Mom
The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. – William Ross Wallace, American poet Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 9. Make something for your mom that shows how much you appreciate and care about her! Here is a list of 10 handmade gifts I think any mom would be thrilled […]
