Time to learn some new skill in the fields of textile art and electronic geekery for girlz (boyz could jump in, too!)… Learning basics of Electronic Embroidery, LED Robot Embroidery and the usage of LilyPad Arduino with Becky Stern and Diana Eng is gonna be smooth and creative… very cool, geek-ish and chic at the same time…
Photo: Embroidered MRI slices by B. Stern taken from Craftzine (c)
‘Shelter for the Feeling’ is a space installation consisted of sound, lace, fibre-glass bars, foam and canvas. It’s based on personal story of Japanese contemporary artist Akiko Sato exploring her life voyage and the history of Croatian tradition of lace-making.
With the assistance of ten lace-makers from the ‘Lace Makers Association Danica Brosiler’ from Lepoglava she created a portable lace tent that symbolizes home.
Akiko Sato: Shelter for the Feeling (c)
Being constantly at the intersections of those three arts Olja Stipanovic creates new permutated meanings, new crafted thoughts on social coding of the artist.
Her work ‘Stitches’, created from 2004 to 2008, is an artwork that explores the concept of social etiquette.
Olja Stipanovic: Stitches (c)
Balkan Fibre Art colony introduced to me one more beautiful textile artist, Anda Klancic, the master of bright light and thin fibers. Anda’s work is first of all about delicacy and gentleness, which result after a hard and long hand labor.
People usually say that dog owners start to look like their dogs if they spend enough time together; well, the same thought comes to your mind after a few moments of looking at Anda and her lace/embroidery work, transparent sculpture or fine jewelry. Optimism, joy, contemplation, peacefulness…
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