A Passion for Pixels – Portrait Art – Part 2

As we noted in the previous blog, Ken Knowlton created portraits using the pixel possibilities of dice, dominoes, Braille, seashells, jigsaw puzzle parts, crossword puzzles, and spools of thread. What’s left? Plenty! #1 -The […]

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The Carvers

According to a variety of sources, artisans have been sculpting butter for thousands of years, and chocolate for well over 100 years, but it has only been in the last decade or so that […]

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Crocheting Playgrounds

We started this 5-part series on improv artists doing needlework with yarn bombing – a form of street art whose primary purpose is to produce smiles. We end it with crocheted playgrounds – an […]

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Men Who Knit

From yesteryear’s Cary Grant to this year’s Ryan Gosling, a number of male celebrities are known knitters, but few are known for their creative knitting. Franklin Habit and Kaffe Fassett are two men who […]

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Colorful and Complex Brains

Laura Bundesen is a western Massachusetts-based artist whose mission “is to spread joy and wonder through my works of art – and a little brain education too.” That makes her a perfect fit for […]

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Crocheting Coral

Yarn bombing takes the art of crocheting to the streets. The Crochet Coral Reef Project takes it underwater. Yarn bombing is usually done with the lighthearted purpose of adding fun to our daily lives; […]

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