stitch kitsch Archive
interviews
We’ve reached the finale of Toys by Design for Design Bureau, and I’m “chuffed” to conclude my column with that polymath, Pete Fowler. Here’s an artist who was an early player
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sculpture
I’m starting to see a pattern that suggests Dutch designers have great senses of humor. (For instance: Dutch Brains: It’s What’s for Breakfast!, Excuse Me Miss but You
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sculpture
Wow. Check out this “frankensteined” self-portrait/resin bust by New York-based fine artist, Jaz Harold. She pieced it together from multiple casts—her face, the back of her head and
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sculpture
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.]
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Art
Jennybird Alcantara is a San Francisco-based painter and maker of art dolls. She is inspired by fairytales and fables, mythology, nature and freaks of nature, melancholy and classical music,
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Art
Looking for a rad, artsy way to make more of a statement with that XL artisanal pill box? Fill it with these sweet pseudo pharmaceuticals by Seattle-based needlefelter, Moxie!
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sculpture
Los Angeles-based artist Megan Whitmarsh recently opened her third solo show at New Image Art Gallery in West Hollywood. The exhibition gets its title, Here Comes Purple, from a hand-sewn
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plush
Plushinator Lana Crooks has the ultimate companion pieces for all those plastic Ice Scream Men you’ve been collecting: Double scoop, extra angry iScream cones (soft serve, naturally). Four
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plush
Last night, Chicago-based toy designer and fierce Jewess, Stephanie Baum (aka Steff Bomb), [interviewed] appeared on TLC’s Craft Wars. Host Tori Spelling was away for the episode, so Steff
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sculpture
I’m going to go on record as saying that Felt Mistress is one of the most unique toy artists out there today. Every girl with an etsy account
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