See this sweet little video from artist Alyce Santoro.

crewel world on 02/22/07#

It is an oversimplification of bonsai to say that it is entirely about making little trees that look like big trees, but as generalizations go this is not a bad one: The good bonsai is basically a little living scale model of a tree as it might appear in nature. Capturing the look of a full-grown tree in a tabletop container requires considerable human intervention, but the artful bonsai will show no sign of this. Rather, it will appear as a little Honey-I-shrunk-the-tree miracle. John Rooney of Crash Bonsai has taken this notion of tree-as-tree-model one step further and made little dioramas incorporating live trees, carefully cultivated using bonsai technique to look like full-grown trees. If there is such a thing as a "postmodern" bonsai movement, surely this is it.

Sean on 02/22/07#

Check out the sweetly subversive public embroidery of Ulrika Erdes. Too bad subway seats in NYC are hard plastic...(thanks Jennifer!)

sublimestitcher on 02/22/07#

For a great bibliophile blog see BiblioOdyssey. Great posts on historical books. Post on Erik Nitsch totally uncanny. Worth the full scroll down, how could you not find something you liked? Thanks to sugarlemur on Glitter for this find!

Tsia on 02/21/07#

The British really know how to kick it old school with the needle arts. The Victoria and Albert Museum has an excellent online collection of knitting patterns from the 1940's. My favorite is theBalaclava Helmet.

Tsia on 02/18/07#

No, not a gameboard, Carson's Fox's new show at Claire Oliver. A trippy explosion of getting your (resin-cast) garden on!

Abigail on 02/16/07#

Dear Cupid, most exalted diety, I know you are busy shooting arrows into the asses of us homo sapiens but could you pick me up a box of graffiti chocolate bars from the big city?

Tsia on 02/14/07#

TONIGHT! A craft on for those of us who are flying solo tomorrow. Where else could you see sponsorship by Lion Brand Yarn and Toys in Babeland? Thakns to our friends at Extreme Craft and Subversive Cross Stitch.

Scott on 02/13/07#

OK, for you last minute folks or lovers short on Valentine engineering time, take a peak at these amazing paper animation e-cards from Flying Pig in the UK. There is, of course, a cupid and a beating heart, but don't be shy about sending a "skiing sheep(ish)", an "exercising fool", or an "i love ewe-boat" to show your true sentiments.

Abigail on 02/13/07#

As the author says, "Macrame isn't for sissies, you know."

By the way, anyone have examples of innovative macrame projects?

Anna on 02/11/07#