 'bicycle lace' by Sonya Philip Open studios in San Francisco is one of my favorite events because I get to visit the studios of so many talented artists. One such artist who caught my attention is Sonya Philip, a mixed-media artist who moves the mundane into the realm of the exquisite through hand-knitting. Philip uses the notion . . . → Read More: Sonya Philip knits the everyday into the extraordinary   Untitled (detail) 2009 yarn and clay I am so impressed by artists who employ craft as their medium and move it into the realm of fine art. New York based Emily Barletta does this using fiber: crocheting and embroidering it into stunning organic sculptures. To add additional form and texture, Barletta sometimes uses clay. For an interview . . . → Read More: Emily Barletta crochets and embroiders a path into the natural world  Movana Chen: Body Containers come to life, 2011
Movana Chen shreds fashion magazines and knits the shredded strips into head-to-toe body socks or “body containers.” Chen, a Hong-Kong based artist, uses her knitted pieces, also called “magazine clothes,” in installations which examine the relationship between clothes and the media, and also reflects on our consumption of . . . → Read More: Movana Chen knits fashion magazines into new experiences 
Santa Claus is not the only person who works late into the night on Christmas eve. The night before Christmas 2010, at 2:30am, the street artist Olek, hankered down next to the iconic Wall Street Charging Bull sculpture, and started crocheting together pieces to cover the Bull. By 6:30am Christmas morning, she finished the last stitch, . . . → Read More: Olek crochets life into art  What is it about the weather turning colder that makes me want to take out my knitting needles and yarn? But what to knit this year? Maybe a bookcover? “Berkeley Big People,” a sculpture which immortalizes Berkeley’s greatest protests, located in Berkeley, California. It goes by many names: guerilla knitting, yarn bombing, knit graffiti, fiber tagging. Whatever it’s . . . → Read More: Guerilla knitting improves the world one stitch at a time  Red Buck 2010 polyurethane foam, wool, wood, 28" x 22" x 20" With all the high-tech polyester fleece and padded nylon jackets selling at the malls, it seems that no one today has much reason to be wearing wool. Not so – look at these animal forms contructed by Rachel Denny. Winter Ram 2010 polyurethane foam, . . . → Read More: Rachel Denny builds a menagerie |
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