David Fullarton [interviewed] is back with a new edition that makes me feel rather slap happy. It’s an artisanal fly swatter. You wield the art object with hand-forged steel,
Having last captured my heart with an Overly Literal Cat Valentine, Vancouver-based artist Hine Mizushima gives me a smile again with this whimsical Self-extinguishing Firebug. Mizushima needle-felted the creature
Stitch kitsch superstar Felt Mistress can’t be pinned down. Here, she continues to delight all compassionate coleopterists, especially those who’ve been bit by the collecting bug! [Instant rimshot.]
Contemporary crochet artists are a little out of my comfort zone, so please permit me an obvious comparison to help us get orientated. Esther Traugot is like a quieter Olek minus the
Toronto-based artist Amy Swartz combines taxidermy insects and plastic toy parts in an amazing ongoing series called Pest. Her work explores the idea of obsession “not only in the
Shing Yin Khor (aka Sawdust Bear) seems to be setting up some kind of Wunderkammer at Comic-Con. “They” are trying to contain her at Small Press table P-16, but we’ll
Bug memorials: because even life’s tiniest tragedies affect someone or something out there. The Carmichael Collective, who recently brought us subversive street art, has now staged bug art in four
Tessa Farmer is a London-based artist whose tiny sculptures concern the macabre undertakings of entomological fairies and their biological flying machines. She recently showed creepy, awesome new work
