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05.17.12 cathy says:
macramé park
It’s been all about macrame around here lately – the workshops I taught a couple of weeks ago at the Crafting Community as well as a couple of retail prop projects I’ve been working on. I’m a sucker for large scale fiber art so when i saw these photos of Macrame Park I wanted to learn more.
I was not surprised to learn that Macrame Park no longer exists – the rope could not have held up being that close to the ocean. Alexandra Jacopetti created it and made a documentary in 1974 called “The Saga of Macrame Park”. Saga? I want to know more.
(Images from Native Funk and Flash – An Emerging Folk Art by Alexandra Jacopetti with photographs by Jerry Wainwright, published by Scrimshaw, 1974)
thread over heels
Oh Pinterest… I never knew there were so many things in the world I wanted to throw my money at! Edward Hopper fire escape printed pants, mid-century potpourri pyramids, rosy pink wooden step-ladders – we’re gonna need a bigger credit limit! All those things are very Christmas list-worthy (which month is it again?), but currently the main object of my affection is the Bonbon lamp by Serbian artist and furniture designer Ana Kraš. Those happy, off-kilter metal frames and brilliant silk thread color palettes are giving me a serious sweet tooth!
05.10.12 tanyak says:
legos fill in
05.8.12 eileen says:
Crafting Community at The Ace 2012
It’s hard to believe that Crafting Community is already over. I think we’re still coming to grips with the fact that the studio will no longer be filled with balls of yarn, tipi sticks, wooden beads, neon feathers and mason jars (amongst a million other materials and stacks of color-coded boxes). It’s true – letting go can be hard to do – until next year that is!
Anyway, we had a total blast this year with all the wonderful families and amazing artists who joined us at The Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. Big hugs to each and every one of you who pitched in and made this event a weekend we will always remember. It really means the world to us!
From lounging poolside on comfy Splendid pillows, trekking out in the desert with wilderness expert Scott Scott, underwater photography lessons, paper marbling, leather belt making (and painting!) to customizing Converse chucks, kids and their parents got in touch with their creative side and discovered the artist that exists inside each one of us. Yes – even you! Check out some of our favorite moments from the weekend and a fun video from Crafting Community dad, James Takata.
05.3.12 tanyak says:
arachnids spin colorful webs
Can you believe these fluorescent colorful meshes are actually spiderwebs? Artist Anthony Michael Simon discovered this exceptional artistry and worked with these silk-producing arachnids while trekking the forest one day. He brought the spiders to his studio and had them naturally spin their webs. He sprays a protective coating on the fragile webs and adds layers of misted color laquer to the network of fine threads. Once completed, he returns the spiders to where he found them, unharmed!
