Sewing in the News
Top Stories: controversial bike lanes, Obama on the oil disaster, and... sewing!
Nice coverage from Spool of Thread Sewing Lounge on the CBC News...
Miranda July's "Eleven Heavy Things"
>> Monday, June 14, 2010 –
art exhibit,
sculpture
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| "We’re just hugging for the picture. When we’re done I’ll walk away quickly. It's almost over." |
The collection is called "Eleven Heavy Things" and consists of empty pedestals with just a few handwritten words. Alone they don't make much sense, but once they draw people in, it's a whole other story. The pieces invite you to interact with them - standing on top or sticking your head or a limb into a hole or nook - and then they really come to life.
Like a lot of her other works, these pieces are a balance between humour and something a little more serious and melancholy.
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| "What I look like when I'm lying." |
You can see a lot more photos that people have posted on Flickr tagged with "Eleven Heavy Things".
Read more about "Eleven Heavy Things" on Flavorwire and an interview with Miranda July about the project on ArtInfo. Read more...
Low Tide
>> –
art exhibit,
embroidery,
vancouver
Vancouver textile artist Kirsten Chursinoff has a new exhibit opening this week. If you've ever walked along the beach at low tide, and crouched over a small pool to see what's living there, you're going to enjoy this show...
Entitled 'Low Tide', this collection is inspired by the amazing creatures living along the shores of British Columbia: anemones, birds, starfish, and more.
Low Tide
The exhibit celebrates the details of tide pools and treasures of beach combing with the traditional and contemporary techniques of embroidery and quilting. By layering and combining materials such as cotton, silk and wool, the artist uses the natural texture and unique surfaces of thread and cloth to their full potential.
The opening reception of 'Low Tide' is on Thursday, June 17, 6-8pm at the Craft Council Gallery Crafthouse at 1386 Cartwright Street on Granville Island, Vancouver. Kirsten's also giving an artist talk on Tuesday, June 22, 7pm (RSVP to kirsten at chursinoff dotcom).
Keep up with Kirsten's work on her blog and flickr. Read more...
The World Cup... with Crayons!
>> Friday, June 11, 2010 –
illustration,
sculpture
Soccer fans, get ready to freak out, just a little.
Look at these amazing sculptures of soccer players.... made from crayons!
The pieces were created by artist Diem Chau - who you may know for her lovely work combining ceramics and embroidery.
She carved a whopping 66 crayons for this year's Nike World Cup press kits, on a commission from Wieden + Kennedy - the same ad agency that created this year's epic Nike World Cup ad.
Each kit contains 6 crayon sculptures of soccer players: Fabio Cannavaro in Antique Brass, Didier Drogba in Copper, Franck Ribery in Gold, Robinho in Silver, Cristiano Ronaldo in White, and Wanye Rooney in a colour called Timberwolf.
Check out more photos of the sculptures on Diem Chau's blog, The Pleasure of Tiny Things. (She also does supercute crayon sculptures that don't involve soccer!)
Call for Submissions: Unexpected Embroidery
Do you create unusual embroidery?
Leanne Prain, who co-authored the subversive knitting book Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti, is turning her attention from yarn to floss.
Her new book, Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery, is due out in Fall 2011, and Leanne is looking for needlework designers to contribute projects.
Do you design unusual or unexpected pieces of needlepoint? If so, you should design a pattern for Hoopla, The Art of Unexpected Embroidery, to be published by Arsenal Pulp Press in fall 2011.
Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery rebels against the traditional notions of quaint embroidery with motifs of flowers and songbirds. The book will feature unusual stitch work on a variety of surfaces and textures. With off-beat patterns including subway maps, feminist Girl Guide badges, and metal band letterforms; Hoopla will demonstrate that modern embroidery artists are as sharp as the needles that they work with. If you describe your stitch-work as arresting, subversive, quirky, or conceptual, Hoopla should feature your design work.
To find out more about how to submit a project, visit UnexpectedEmbroidery.com. Go quick though, as the deadline for submission ideas is June 15th, 2010.
On a related note, the Drawing in Thread exhibit at Mount Ida College in Massachusetts looks awesome. You can see some photos of the show here and here.Pictured here are Bren Ahearn's Sampler No.5 and Andrea Dezso's Embroidered Walk Cycle from the Drawing in Thread exhibit. Read more...
Craft Rock Friday with Admiral Radley
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craft rock friday,
music,
video
Today's Craft Rock Friday is quiet and lovely.
"The Thread" is a song by the newly created band, Admiral Radley, a collaboration between Jason Lytle and Aaron Burtch of Grandaddy, and Ariana Murray and Aaron Espinoza of Earlimart.
The road ahead is like a thread,
still attached to the unknown.
You can watch a couple more videos from the band's performance at SXSW on the NPR All Songs Considered blog, and also download the track, "I Heart California" from Admiral Radley's site. Read more...
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