by Carlyn Yandle | Apr 21, 2011 | Craft, Design, Industrial Design, Innovation, Performance Art
I fail to see much of a distinction between art and design. There is a lot of design in a painting, while a design item like a chair or a hooked rug can be a nonfunctional piece of art. The distinction has been about ‘use.’ That pretty much precludes any...
by Carlyn Yandle | Apr 12, 2011 | Assemblage, Colour, Crochet, Dance, Doilies, Fabric, Found Objects, Nick Cave, Performance, Textile
American fabric sculptor/performance artist Nick Cave parties with decor and the domestic to create his Soundsuits. I’m fairly new at this. Not the writing part; I’ve been doing that for quite a while. It’s this big scary exploration also known as...
by Carlyn Yandle | Apr 11, 2011 | Health
Caesar Milan saved me from throttling my cairn terrier. Fred Tomaselli saved me from feeling like the art world had no interest in psychedelic patterns.Now Robin McKenzie has saved my back.I have no history of back trouble, even after 20 years hunched over a computer,...
by Carlyn Yandle | Apr 6, 2011 | Beauty, Nature, Neon, Paint, Sculpture
Almost a year after my final sculpture class with the venerable Liz Magor I’m still wrestling with her challenge to me to find the crack in the beauty.At least once a day I’m confronted with this concept but I only see it in the periphery. I know I’m...
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