Art Attack Thursday!
Greetje van Tiem has figured out a way to recycle old newspapers into surprisingly attractive yarn! Greetje, a graduate student when she developed the process, says that she can make 20 meters of yarn from a single sheet of newspaper. It will never seem right again to throw out the news without recycling […]
Jen writes:
I realized that I work really well with deadlines over my head and tucked that information away for a later day. When I began thinking about the New Year and what I hoped to achieve here I revisited that idea, turned it round, fiddled with it and came up with idea of implementing […]
500 ENAMELED OBJECTS
Juror: Sarah Perkins
Editor: Marthe Le Van
Deadline: March 14, 2008
Lark Books seeks images to publish in a juried collection of international studio jewelry and metal art to be released in Spring 2009. All jewelry forms will be considered, as will hollowware, vessels, sculptures, and installations. Diverse designs, materials, and techniques are desired, from the […]
500 CERAMIC SCULPTURES
Juror: Glen R. Brown
Editor: Suzanne Tourtillott
Deadline: March 14, 2008
Lark Books seeks images to publish in a juried celebration of international ceramic sculpture to be released May 2009. Submissions may span the full range of contemporary ceramic sculptural practice, from representational and figurative to abstract, non-narrative work.
Submission information here.
Tags: Calls For Entries & Submissions, […]
In celebration of the upcoming holiday, the b5media Lifestyles Channel participated in their own little carnival, hearts and flowers, hugs and kisses…
Because of nasty weather and the horrible flu bug going around and the recent server outage, some of the channel wasn’t able to participate. But when it comes to something like Valentine’s Day, […]
Technique Tuesday!
Like I told you yesterday, I can’t complete this wrap until the album itself if finished, since I don’t know how thick it’s going to end up being. So what I did was to cut a piece of base fabric several inches longer than the current width of the entire album when it is […]
Last year my family and I took a wonderful trip to Guatemala to see where Nate, our son/brother had been living and working. We visited the orphanage where he was the schoolmaster and electronics fix-it guy. As it happened, Nate fell in love while he was there, with one of the daughters of the directors, […]
Recycle your unwanted knit sweaters into cool accessories! This is a better option than re-gifting!
Craft experts Rob & Corinne are at it again! This time we take an old pattern print sweater and turn it into three items! A beanie hat, poncho and mittens. With this quick how-to you will be ready to rock […]
Mark Crummett writes:
My greatest influence has been my father.
Clovis Crummett’s biography and work
Clovis’s work: An Exuberance of Oysters
He in turn was a big fan of Joseph Cornell and Louise Nevelson. He shaped my artistic paradigm- working with junk, er, recycled materials- and not being noticed artistically. He kept a regrettably low profile. So far, me, […]
Do not throw ANYTHING out!
Written by Cyndi Lavin [email] for b5media.
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