Variations on Mona Lisa – Unusual Portrait Media – Part 5
If you want to discuss portraits that have been created in unusual mediums, no one can outdo Leonardo da Vinciâs 500+ year old  Mona Lisa. We began this series by noting Phil Hansenâs amazing […]
Read More→And That’s Not All – Unusual Portrait Media – Part 4
Each category of artists featured in this blog is meant to highlight five people, but this post brings our “Unusual Portrait Media” group to nine because each person I read about intrigued me more. […]
Read More→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. Whatâs left? Plenty! #1 -The […]
Read More→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 […]
Read More→Creating Portraits with Unusual Materials – Part 1
Ken Knowlton is a fellow Sarasotan whom I met through mutual friends from Michigan, and who quickly made it to the top of my list of artists I wanted to feature. âimprov artistâ tends […]
Read More→Crocheting Playgrounds
We started this 5-part series on improv artists doing needlework with yarn bombing â a form of street art whose primary purpose is to produce smiles. We end it with crocheted playgrounds â an […]
Read More→Men Who Knit
From yesteryearâs Cary Grant to this yearâs 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 […]
Read More→Colorful and Complex Brains
Laura Bundesen is a western Massachusetts-based artist whose mission âis to spread joy and wonder through my works of art – and a little brain education too.â That makes her a perfect fit for […]
Read More→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; […]
Read More→Fabric and Needlework Artists â Quite a Yarn
This next series of 5 improv artists blogs is focused on artists whose medium is fabric or needlework. We took you outdoors for the last series on street art, so it makes sense to […]
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