by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 27, 2014 | Building, Construction, Design, Fabricating, Found Objects, Industrial Design, Innovation, Installation, Maker, Public Art, Upcycling, Wood
Like moths to a light, paddleboarders hover around Deadhead. (Carlyn Yandle photo) On one rambling two-hour bike tour of False Creek Sunday, a friend and I cruised by the Dragonboat festival, the jazz festival and the food truck festival. Granville Island was foody...
by Carlyn Yandle | Mar 21, 2014 | Additive, Beauty, Buttons, Color, Colour, Composition, Craft, Craftsmanship, Creative Process, Critique, Design, Distraction, Fabric, Fabricating, Failure, Fiber, Fibre, Found Objects, Handwork, Ideas, Innovation, Motivation, Pattern, Perception, Performance Art, Polly-apfelbaum, Process, Production, Project, Qr Code, Quilt, Textile, Upcycling, Use Object, Use Objects, Visual Field
After three months of sewing one donated button after another into a giant QR code, the big moment arrived this week: time to stand back and scan that baby with a reader app, translating this quilt-thing to read, “The devil is in the details.”Except it...
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 | Jan 30, 2014 | Design, Fabric, Fabricating, Ideas, Innovation, Inspiration, Studio, Textile, Tools, Upcycling
The denim Dakota, from hedleyandbennett.com Most people will admit that their everyday clothes are a sort of uniform. We need to keep it pretty simple because we’re likely dressing in the dim of the still-dark morning when we’d rather spend those extra...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 16, 2014 | Art, Assemblage, Climate Change, Creative Process, Distracts, Doilies, Fabricating, Failure, Foraging, Found Objects, Globalization, Innovation, Inspiration, Painting, Production, Quilt, Raw Materials, Upcycling
Coming up with new ideas is not without its hazards. The world-renowned Noma restaurant is a case in point. Chef-patron Rene Redzepi uses what grows in the area, innovating astounding food creations famously foraged from the local land and sea. Sometimes the magic...
by Carlyn Yandle | Dec 20, 2013 | Architecture, Assemblage, Craft, Crafts, Creative Process, Crochet, Design, Fabricating, Handwork, Ideas, Innovation, Inspiration, Playing, Process, Research, Scale, Upcycling, Wool
The Crassmas season is one big distraction to me. But once I remind myself that a gift does not have to be a solution to someone’s problem but a simple, seasonal gesture, I embrace the chance to make, and make it merry.The place is a happy mess. Wool strands are...
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