by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 26, 2012 | Art, Commission, Craft, Crochet, Design, Installation, Pattern, Public Art, Sculpture
It’s a tricky business, doing a public-art commission for a private corporation, especially when there are big strings attached to the cash: the thing has to salute the business itself.The really tricky part is creating something that doesn’t pander to the...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 26, 2012 | Art, Collaboration, Craft, Crafts, Fabric, Fiber, Fibre, Found Objects, Handwork, Installation, Knotting, Macrame, Maker, Net, Network, Process, Project, Public Art, Sculpture, Textile
Artist friend and Maker Faire participant Rachael Ashe In his speech to graduates of Toronto’s York University this month, one of my favourite journalists, CBC Radio’s Michael Enright, advised the next working generation to “learn how to fix something. Or make...
by Carlyn Yandle | Mar 25, 2012 | Doilies, Doily, Fabric, Failure, Fiber, Fibre, Installation, Macrame, Process, Sculpture
Visual artists talk a lot about the importance of happy accidents. That’s when good things come out of experimentation. It’s very tough to accept the less-happy accidents as part of the process, but I find that time heals all ego wounds and I’m willing to...
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