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Interview with blogger and embroiderer Amy Sheridan

Alison Kjeldgaard — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:24:10 +0000

These days, crafts once indelibly tied to older generations are coming back into style. Quilting, crocheting, knitting and embroidery are just a few crafts that have recently developed artistic niches. Artists, like Long Beach-based embroiderer Amy Sheridan, have revitalized these age-old artforms by injecting them with today’s cultural and stylistic trends. Unlike the traditional “Home [&hellip

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Interview: Retro Style with Jen Oaks

Julie Davis — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 04:30:58 +0000

“I tend to just draw on what I like or what inspires me,” illustrator Jen Oaks said, “which sometimes fits in to what is popular at the moment.” That moment would definitely seem to be now. Oaks’ work falls smack dab in the center of several hot trends in graphic arts, from the prevailing preference [&hellip

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Mothership Hackermoms Create Art, Not Just Babies

Alicia Coombes — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:12:23 +0000

The Mothership Hackermoms have created a child-friendly artist’s dream on Adeline Street in Oakland: the room is furnished with a long table covered with various projects, a squishy leather couch and subversive art on the walls. A dresser’s dummy sporting a vintage lacy bra greets you at the door with a sign that asks guests [&hellip

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Interview with “The Incidental Tarot” Artist Holly DeFount

Alicia Coombes — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 05:10:43 +0000

Local artist Holly DeFount didn’t intend to crank out an original hand-painted tarot deck in one year. She was feeling creatively blocked and had given herself a personal artistic challenge: create one piece of art every single day for a year. She chose the Artist Trading Card format, creating a mini-painting on a card measuring [&hellip

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