by Carlyn Yandle | Feb 28, 2014 | Architecture, Assemblage, Cluster, Colour, Creative Process, Design, Garden, Ideas, Industrial Design, Innovation, Inspiration, Installation, Joseph Beuys, Pattern, Production, Project, Public Art, Research, Sculpture, Social Engagement, Upcycling
My mind has been buzzing with thoughts of legendary environmentalist-artist Joseph Beuys as I’ve been hatching an idea for a public artwork that is not so much intrusive as inclusive, especially if you’re a native mason bee.It is the convergence of my love...
by Carlyn Yandle | Feb 21, 2014 | Blogs, Display, Exhibit, Fabricating, Fashion, Garment, Innovation, Inspiration, Installation, Project, Research, Textile
Everything I need to know I learn on blogs, at least when it comes to making stuff. Most recently, I needed to display a knitted artwork for an upcoming show this weekend but I did not want a big ol’ plastic men’s torso crowding up my studio so I googled...
by Carlyn Yandle | Feb 14, 2014 | Art School, Critique, Cultural Studies, Culture, Culture Jamming, Design, Fashion, Semiotics, Social History
Alex Livesey/Getty Images The signs, they are a-changing.But to see them you have to look past the visual bombardment of dead-eyed-Kardashian-object images, pop-up balloon-boob ads, and the opening scenes of violence against women on CSI: Whatever.The signs are there,...
by Carlyn Yandle | Feb 7, 2014 | Art Discourse, Art School, Culture Jamming, Dude-chilling-park, Fabricating, Guerrilla Art, Industrial Design, Installation, Public Art, Sculpture, Social History
It’s official: the Dude Chilling Park sign, a guerrilla-art installation by recent Emily Carr industrial design grad Viktor Briestensky, has been reinstated, with full approval by the city’s parks board.Something was gained, but something was lost in...
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