Aroha Silhouettes created this incredible necklace. Hardcover books, crafted out of recycled vinyl records! A fusion of my very favorite things.
I can’t help but completely swoon over it. The other designs are eye catching (and sometimes tricking).
Category: craft
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What a perfect time of year to post Kerry Kate’s work. She hand makes incredibly unique, gauzy, tarnished, deliciously detailed dolls.
Her oddly shaped torsos are painted with a ghostly kind of realism, adding the appearance of depth to a simple piece of stuffed canvas.
She achieves a great antique feel in her pieces, as if they are heirlooms from Great Grandma’s attic (if Great Grandma had a hint of darkness to her sensibilities).
See more of her work on her website.
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I’ve explored an exorbitant amount of corsetry over the years. Dollflesh Clothing makes one of the most clever corset designs I’ve seen.
I love this anatomical “x-ray” concept; the window into the body, framed in delicate Victorian trimmings.
She also uses other images in this pattern.
Unfortunately, the website is on a bit of a hiatus. I can’t wait to see more of Louise Black’s creations.
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If I were anywhere near Phoenix, AZ, I would definitely attend the Dia de Los Plush at Red Hot Robot.
I’m going to have to seek out more Dia de Los Muertos art because I’ve always loved it. This is the first time I’ve seen the tradition celebrated in plush!
I hope to see pictures posted afterward.
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I’m really impressed with Jamie Noel’s hand crafted circus themed “interactive” jewelry. Look at what she does with the classic Zoltar fortune teller:
It’s actually WORKS, with a tiny built in drawer containing fortune cards (and it comes with refills)!
The Jack O’Lantern King Locket is one of the most incredible pieces of handmade jewelry I’ve ever seen. Go explore it!
Her Etsy shop contains all kinds of jewelry wonders: puppet shows, acrobats, animals. Amazing!
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Reading the news is never a pleasant experience these days, and I tend to dislike the “human interest” stories designed to be uplifting. But this story made my day.
A mystery artist has been taking empty milk bottles from the doorsteps of suburbia and returning them with elaborate glass etchings. The bottles clearly take time and effort, and idea that someone is willing to leave them anonymously gives me some hope for the beautiful gestures of which mankind is capable.
Of course, the response of one recipient shot that hope down instantly:
“Who knows, it might be worth something one day.”
Typical.
Still, I’ve left anonymous little gifts for people to find, Amelie style, and I just may do it again.
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Roman Sock just posted quite an accomplishment: Falstaff the robot.
This tiny crocheted creature has the most impressive range of emotion I’ve ever seen in a robot creation. Look!
Falstaff is joyful…all is right with the world.
But a simple turn of the head makes him pensive, perhaps nostalgic.
Turn him a little more and he’s positively dejected.
I just want to take him home and make sure he’s never sad again.
I definitely need to keep up with Roman Sock’s posts.
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I felt very much at home on Sushipot’s Etsy site. She is a mixed media artist, whose work is very similar to some of mine.
This would fit nicely above my toy shelf.
She also makes jewelery out of vintage medical diagrams, like I do!
And lovely greeting cards with obscure ephemera.
Yep, Sushipot and I are cut from the same cloth. I wonder what we’d come up with if we each brought a bunch of supplies and sat down to collaborate!
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I never developed my origami skills to an advanced level, so I have a lot of respect for people who can manipulate paper in ways that paper is arguably not designed to go.
It’s delicate and tedious work to create this kind of fluidity with paper.
This Flickr set has many more photos.
Other incredible origami pieces on display at Joseph Wu’s Origami Page. I really love this one:
It’s hard to believe that paper is the medium!
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