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A beautiful craftivism in a flowery part of the world

by | Nov 8, 2017 | Appropriation, Beauty, Colour, Craft, Craftivism, Cross-stitch, Doilies, Domestic, Embroidery, Fabric, Fashion, Fibre Arts, Garment, Handwork, Inspiration, Making, Needlework, Rug, Semiotics, Sewing, Social History, Textile, Visual Field

MORE THAN DECORATION: Flower images carry deep cultural significance for the Maya. Left: A figure dating from 600-900bc nestled in a lily. Centre: Needlepoint detail from a huipil (top), part of a traditional everyday dress. Right: Jesus emerging from a lily in an oil...

Who says sculpture has no business in business?

by | Mar 27, 2015 | Assemblage, Clay Yandle, Collaboration, Creative Process, Design, Display, Eggbeater Creative, Experimentation, Form, Found Objects, Ideas, Inspiration, Marketing, Martha Rosler, Painting, Recycle, Sculpture, Semiotics, Surrealism, Typography, Unfixtures, Upcycling

“Unfixtures”: Found lamp bases, utensils, gesso. I liked the idea of messing with the overlooked and the banal to open up possible new understandings about preconceived notions.There was something delicious about a collection of attractive objects —...

craftsmanship at the core of paper art show

by | Apr 4, 2014 | Alison Woodward, Collaboration, Conceptual Art, Connie Sabo, Craft, Crafts, Craftsmanship, Creative Process, Exhibit, Fiber, Fibre, Hot Art Wet City, Ideas, Innovation, Installation, Invention, Joseph-wu, Newspapers, Openings, Process, Rachael Ashe, Sarah-gee-miller, Semiotics, Vancouver, Weaving

Clockwise from top: Connie Sabo, Rachael Ashe and Sarah Gee Miller with their respective works. (Carlyn Yandle photos) Sarah Gee Miller says she’s pretty handy. That’s the understatement of the evening. Her paper ‘paintings’ are not only...