Category Archives: Art
Skeletal Lace Patterns Define the Copper Wire Vessels of Artist Suzanne Shafer-Wilson | Colossal
APRIL 7, 2022. GRACE EBERT All images © Suzanne Shafer-Wilson At once malleable in material and secure in shape, the vessels that comprise Suzanne Shafer-Wilson’s body of work are intricate studies of texture, pattern, and space. The Illinois-based artist loops … Continue reading
Promise – the memory palace
Notes I first heard about Hazel Scott while reading Rad American Women from A to Z to my daughter. It’s a wonderful book. You should buy it for any kid in your life. I read a lot about Hazel, but … Continue reading
Classic Cartoons Suspend Tense Moments of Sabotage in Embroidery | Colossal
APRIL 5, 2022. GRACE EBERT “The Trap Has Been Set” From Looney Tunes and Mickey Mouse to The Simpsons, cartoons have a long history of imagining the most ridiculous, chaotic moments possible and dramatizing them into absurdity. The animated characters … Continue reading
Invoking Black Masking Traditions, Artist Demond Melancon Beads Elaborate, Celebratory Portraits | Colossal
MARCH 31, 2022. GRACE EBERT “Say Her Name” (2021), glass beads and rhinestones on canvas. Through intricately woven displays of minuscule glass beads and rhinestones, Big Chief Demond Melancon continues a legacy. He belongs to the tribe of the Young Seminole … Continue reading
Exquisite Embroideries Transport You to the Forest Floor
By Sara Barnes on March 28, 2022 These brilliant embroideries look like what you’d see if you were lying in a forest, looking up. Embroidery artist Sew Beautiful shows the beauty of forests through their trees. Using colorful thread and … Continue reading
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