I’ll Need This Someday: Clutter Control for Artists and Creatives

...neighbor Doug Harvey who turned the ever present street headboard into an art piece. Then there’s the time I passed up the chance to grab the Olive Motel’s Art Deco sign, only to see it later in a fancy boutique with a $3,500 price tag. What kind of creative person are you? Do you have a “I’ll need this someday” pile? When you’ve been blogging for ten years you sometimes duplicate subject matter. It turns out the Kelly already covered this topic...

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091 Artist John Hartley’s Contingency Research

...guest this week on the podcast is London-based artist and researcher John Hartley. John is probably best known for turning an office (desk, computer and business suit!) into a sea kayak. We talk about a bunch of John’s projects, including the kayak, and the intersection of art and ecological thinking. While listening to the podcast I’d suggest taking a look at John’s work which you can see on his website ambivalency.net. During the show we discuss...

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Framing the Frame Blog

...ovanni Bellini, the Frari Triptych, 1488. It’s not. It turns out that most artists of the past gave a lot of thought to the frames, often coming up with their own designs or collaborating with highly specialized woodworkers. I know about this though my discovery of a deliriously detailed and meticulously researched jewel of the internet: The Frame Blog. The blog is run by frame historian, Lynn Roberts and has over 45 contributors. Don’t believe ho...

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Saturday Tweets: Cat Memelord

...ich based embroidery artist #womensart pic.twitter.com/kau3VPyzzO — #WOMENSART (@womensart1) June 13, 2019 This thread checker recommended by @makerprojectlab and @TensorFlux is awesome. Side effects include spending Sunday afternoon sorting random bolts in the shop and realizing that 1/4"-28 is kind of rare and I had confused it with a metric size in the past. pic.twitter.com/l6bvwy5J6i — federico tobon (@wolfCatWorkshop) June 10, 2019 Like Muzak...

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Relax and Enjoy the Soft Caress of the Fun Fur

...1970s equivalent of today’s ubiquitous live edge river table. Driftwood was mandatory prior to 1980. At the very least you had a driftwood coffee table. Only the upper crust had a driftwood throne like this one. Who knew you could make a kid burrito with 70s fiber art? I do like the idea of sleepable art. This kid, however, looks terrified and/or trapped in her 70s sculptural play environment. Someone please suggest the right prog rock concept al...

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