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September 14, 2006

IFF Hyperbolic Crochet Cactus and Kelp Garden at LA County Fair

The Institute For Figuring is at the LA County Fair this month showing the hyperbolic crochet cactus garden and kelp under the sea. See all the amazing photos! Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Sep 14, 2006 05:34 PM
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September 13, 2006

Knit sushi toilet paper cozy

MK Carroll has a great knit pattern for a sushi knit toilet paper cozy. Also, check out her new sushi crochet pillow in the new book Get Hooked! Link.

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Crochet sushi toilet paper cozy - Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Sep 13, 2006 09:03 AM
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September 11, 2006

Jamie Chan of Mary Jane's Attic has posted up the crochet Katamari Prince (right) and Ichigo (left) that was a custom made doll she commissioned crafter Ana Paula to make for her husband's graduation. Ana sells her crochet Katamari pattern on her etsy site for just $5 so you can make one yourself. Link.

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Ana Paula's etsy shop - Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Sep 11, 2006 12:45 PM
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September 1, 2006

Crochet slippers

Crochet Me has a great pattern on how to crochet yourself some mary jane styled slippers. Looks like a nice quick weekend project! [ via ] Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Sep 1, 2006 04:31 PM
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The Museum of Kitschy Stitches

There's nothing I love better than looking through vintage knitting books and chuckling at all the funny scenes that showcased knitwear way back when. For some reason, this blog was not on my radar until I just found out that there's a new book out now by the same name, The Museum of Kitschy Stitches by Stitchy McYarnpants (love the name!) which features all the fun, ridiculous photos from vintage pattern books from the 40s through the 70s. The blog also features some cool projects such as Tin Can Alley where you can make things from aluminum cans. [ via ] Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Sep 1, 2006 03:20 PM
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August 28, 2006

Antique Pattern Library

The Antique Pattern Library is a great resource for inspiration or old patterns/designs. Most of these books are rare and are scanned in to share and celebrate the vast history of craft. Pictured here is a French crochet book from 1868 donated by Judith Combs. Topics are range in the needlecraft family from knitting, crochet, embroidery, needlepoint and more. Books listed in light grey are those that are currently being scanned and will be added to the library. Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Aug 28, 2006 01:48 PM
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August 24, 2006

Craft art inspiration now in NY galleries

by Arwen O'Reilly

I first started noticing craft infiltrating the tony Chelsea galleries in NYC a few years ago (beautiful embroidered paintings by Ghada Amer, felted clothing by Andrea Zittel), but now I'm starting to think that the gallery scene is getting to be a craft destination! I stopped by some galleries on my way back from Eyebeam (a technology and art gallery we've worked with for MAKE, for those of you who don't know it) and saw this amazing crocheted sculpture by Xenobia Bailey.

It's the first piece you see (it almost yanked me in off the street) in a group show called "Six Degrees of Separation 2," which is intended to explore "self-reflection, repetition, loss and the decay of cultural memory." Xenobia Bailey's crocheted tent, "Sistah Paradise Great Wall of Fire Revival Tent" from 1999, is astonishing: part Rasta hide-out, part bedouin tent, part revivalist sanctuary, it pushed all my buttons at once as well as just plain taking my breath away at the detailed craftsmanship. Definitely worth checking out. Bailey's other work (not on display at the moment, but you can see it on the Stux Gallery's webpage) is also crocheted, but they're psychedelic wall hangings that remind me of African weavings, hippie mandalas and fractal geometry. The tent can be seen Tuesdays through Sundays until September 9th.

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One block up, at the James Cohan Gallery on 26th St, Alison Elizabeth Taylor will be showing her amazing inlaid wood paintings from September 7-September 30. Inspired by the wood inlay in the Studiolo at the Metropolitan museum (also well worth seeing), Taylor has been reinterpreting this ancient medium, and instead of lutes, books, saints and statesmen, she shows the kind of people you or I might hang out with: a girl chatting on her cellphone outside a geodesic dome house, someone playing video games in their underwear, two kids hanging out by the side of the road with their car. I saw a piece of hers in a group show at James Cohen last month, and now she gets her own show! The colors are understandably fairly muddy and tending towards brown, but there's a depth to the wood that is incredible, and the subject matter plays nicely with the weighty material she uses. (There's an article on Taylor in the September Vogue if you want to find out more about her.)

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Aug 24, 2006 06:30 PM
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