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true craftsman makes a crazy idea real

true craftsman makes a crazy idea real

by | Dec 13, 2013 | Additive, Architecture, Assemblage, Collaboration, Commission, Craftsmanship, Fabricating, Found Objects, Industrial Design, Innovation, Maker, Metalworker, Project, Waterwork

While the rest of us are scrambling to post our recent activity, build our brand, be a part of the online conversation, Noah is solving problems through metal. His underwhelming website is testimony to what he does instead all day long instead of sitting at a...
When words are not enough

When words are not enough

by | Dec 6, 2013 | Uncategorized

When the news hit yesterday of the death of the world’s greatest humanitarian of my generation you could almost hear the cries of grief — and celebration.When the tears dry and the dancing winds down, there will still be the art. And much more to come. This...
Just a bad craft? Time and techonology will tell

Just a bad craft? Time and techonology will tell

by | Nov 29, 2013 | Buttons, Collage, Composition, Craft, Crafts, Creative Process, Discomforter, Fabric, Fabricating, Failure, Fiber, Fibre, Found Objects, Handwork, Project, Qr Code, Quilt, Textile, Upcycling

I’m posting this picture because if I don’t do it now I might cram this doomed project into a green garbage bag and stuff it where the sun don’t shine: in deep storage. I’ve seen through some fraught, laborious projects in my time but I may...
The most powerful art might be made of garbage

The most powerful art might be made of garbage

by | Nov 22, 2013 | Art, Art Discourse, Climate Change, Critique, Culture, Environmental Art, Expression, Found Objects, Globalization, Motivation, Performance Art, Political Art, Social Justice

Carlyn Yandle photo The astronomical private art-investor feeding frenzy at prestigious auction houses is light years away from art. It’s a greedy need for prestige, worlds apart from the hand of Picasso or Andy Warhol and, most recently, Francis Bacon and the...