Review: Alabama Studio Style

By: Tsia

Natalie Chanin’s second book Alabama Studio Style is absolutely beautiful. How could we expect anything less from the brilliant creative director of the bespoke Alabama Chanin, a sustainable fashion/home brand that promotes local artisan labor and heirloom sewing techniques. more...

Review: Kids in the Garden

By: Tsia

Kids in the Garden is a welcome follow up to the honest, humble gardening book Growing Stuff. Geared toward kids in the 8+ range Kids in the Garden is chock full of simple projects that can take place in your garden throughout the growing season. more...

Dyed Fungus: a Tutorial

By: Penny Nickels

My dear Flickr Friend Odile made these amazing dyed Turkey Tail fungus. She was kind enough to write a tutorial to share! more...

Flora Alchemy

By: Stephen Orr

The lovely and talented Johanna Burke recently designed and constructed this fantastic golden jungle of intricately cut paper for a client who wants to install it as a display in his luxury goods store in Korea. These pictures show the three giant panels in progress in her Dumbo studio. more...

Seeds of Inspiration

By: helena

A couple of great books have come out recently featuring Bay Area projects related to urban farming and backyard systems for sustainable living. more...

Punk Fui: Feng Shui for the rest of us

By: Tsia

Feng Shui is an ancient, venerated art form whose practitioners study with masters for years to perfect their understanding. Punk Fui is something that I made up by reading a book on Feng Shui in a weekend and trying out some experiments. more...

Nagi Noda: Hair Sculpture

By: SuperNaturale

Artist and director Nagi Noda's animal shaped hair hats are brilliant. The very young Noda recently passed away, a great pity.more...

Sculptural Crochet Primer

By: Wunderkammer

Crochet is usually relegated to the domain of hats, scarves, and potscrubbers-frankly, a damn shame given its enormous sculptural potential. The primary quality that recommends crochet as three dimensional medium is the fact that crochet stitches are not unlike pixels - discrete units that combine to facet the surface of a form. more...

On the street: She is Legion

By: Scott

Legion of Superheroes that is. A pal of mine saw this lady on the train. more...

Quick Sketch

By: Scott

I have only managed to keep a sketch book/ journal a few times in my life. This era of financial upheaval and personal growth- apparently with growing pains seems like a great time to start again. more...