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Crafts

Category: <span>Crafts</span>

Crafts keep our hand busy and our minds open. From punch needle to rug hooking, macrame and personal gifts, crafts make our homes, lives and gifts unique and personal.

Paper Crafting

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Collection of seven mobiles

Spotlight: Karolina Merska, Pajaki Artist

Artist Karolina Merska takes the traditional Polish folk art of pajaki and transforms bright papers and modern materials into contemporary art mobiles. Karolina's work sparks joy from every angle, introducing...

Flower Kirigami

Spotlight: Ghylenn Descamps, Paper Artist

Passionate about Japanese culture and creativity, French artist Ghylenn Descamps writes, illustrates, makes (especially with paper) and coaches creative people. Constantly exploring the potential of her own creativity, Ghylenn's energy...

Seeshall by Yulia Brodskaya

Spotlight: Yulia Brodskaya, Artist and Illustrator

What's in a name? In illustrator Yulia Brodskaya's case, her name was instrumental in discovering her unique process of creating paper art. Reaching for a way to illustrate "Yulia" in...

Outdoor DIY Ideas

Final tin can flowers with added paint from paint pens to add more interest.

DIY Tin Can Flowers

I look out the back windows of my home to a fence, where the ground is too rocky to plant a garden. I wanted something more interesting than a fence...

Monster feet yarn bombing

How to Yarn Bomb: Fun, Easy and Inspired Ideas

Take your fiber art to the streets – bus stops, benches, light posts, car bumpers, gardens, playgrounds, bike racks – you get the idea! (Local ordinances vary, so if you...

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Lazy cat on a flower glass art

Spotlight: Cheryl Chapman, Glass Enamel Artist

Developing her own techniques to match her style, glass enamel artist Cheryl Chapman take glass art to a whimsical world of her own imagining. It's not surprising that Cheryl's work…
Woven macrame wall hanging

Spotlight: Chantel Conlon, Mixed Fiber Macramé Artist

Mixed fiber macramé artist Chantel Conlon is most prolific when her creativity is tied up in knots. Using traditional techniques combined with patterns of her own design along with unconventional…
Red and pink felt flower bouquet

Spotlight: Bryanne Rajamannar, Felt Artist

Surrounding herself with color, felt artist Bryanne Rajamannar mimics natural forms, creating floral art that never wilts. Her designs look complex, but Bryanne has broken them down into simple steps…
Garden Collage

Spotlight: Cathy Taylor, Mosaic Artist

Taking inspiration from the lakeside environment that surrounds her studio, mosaic artist Cathy Taylor creates realistic images that she pieces together from bits of colorful glass. Working from her own…
Collection of seven mobiles

Spotlight: Karolina Merska, Pajaki Artist

Artist Karolina Merska takes the traditional Polish folk art of pajaki and transforms bright papers and modern materials into contemporary art mobiles. Karolina's work sparks joy from every angle, introducing…
Fused glass lantern

Spotlight: Joyce Pruysers-Emmink & Peter Emmink, Fusion Arts

Joyce Pruysers-Emmink and Peter Emmink of Ivy Cottage Fusion Arts are two glass artists working in different styles while sharing studio space (and life) - and they make it work!…
Fabric dolls

Spotlight: Delanie Holton-Fessler, Craftsman & Apprentice

Artist and teacher Delanie Holton-Fessler fulfills her own need to make things, but she also helps others, especially children, experience the joy of creating with their hands. Drawing on the…
Photo by Ramakant Sharda on Unsplash

How to Find the Right Class for You

Be honest. You loved opening a fresh box of crayons on the first day of school. Have you had that feeling lately? We were thinking about pivotal classes that have…
Eli Maor - Piece of natural soap with thyme.

Spotlight: Eli Maor, Lifelong Crafter and Teacher

Eli Maor grew up in a home that breathed art and content, so she absorbed creativity with her entire essence. She recently authored The Craft Kingdom, featuring over 90 craft,…

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