photo by Charles R Rushton
Agnes Martin is hardly a new artist I’m introducing … but still I wanted to talk about her on this blog, since she is one of my most favorite painters ever. I very much remember the retrospective 1992 at the Whitney Museum in New York. I can’t even recall how …

You probably find Alexander Girard’s (1907-1993) playful imagery familiar. Much of his most recognizable work originated with his textile designs for Herman Miller between 1952-1975. His work’s color and whimsy , largely inspired by folk arts from around the world, compliments the furniture developed at the same time.

…like this wall hanging he designed …

I was very excited to see Purl announce its new collection of Charley Harper needlepoint canvases this week. I absolutely love the bright colors and minimal forms of his creatures and love how they look reproduced in yarn. They offer a lot of great information about the artist and his work in their post. It …

When I was asked to write the “Meet” post for this week, the first artist who came to mind was my sister Linden Gray, who I had just returned from visiting on Cape Cod over fourth of July weekend. Linden has been throwing pottery since she was fifteen and has her Bachelors in …

This is Laurel and Amy, we’re the summer interns in the craft department. Laurel is a Sociology/Anthropology major at Middlebury College in Vermont. Amy graduated from RISD this past spring with a degree in Industrial Design.
We’ve been working on a variety of projects over the past few weeks, many of which include lots of glittering. …