Sophie O’Neill’s Detailed Embroidery Journals Chronicle All 365 Days of the Year Craft Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Bookmark A few years ago, Sophie O’Neill—who works as The Stir-Crazy Crafter—hadn’t yet learned how to embroider. She didn’t have any supplies, but one idea in particular sparked a creative flame: an embroidery journal. The first one she saw was made by …...Read More

Installation view, ‘Ruth Asawa: Doing Is Living,’ David Zwirner, Hong Kong, November 19, 2024 to February 22, 2025. All artworks © 2024 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of David Zwirner, shared with permission ‘Doing Is Living’ Highlights Five Decades of Ruth Asawa’s Biomorphic Wire Sculptures ArtHistory Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Bookmark In the wake …...Read More

Two Sisters and a Cousin, Macksville, Kansas, June 19, 2021. All images © Richard Sharum, courtesy of GOST Books, shared with permission Traveling Middle America, Richard Sharum Reaches for the Heart of the Heartland BooksPhotographySocial Issues Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Bookmark What characteristics define a contemporary American? Amid an increasingly polarized political and cultural landscape, photographer Richard Sharum traveled …...Read More

All images courtesy of Caroline Harrius, shared with permission Embroidered Ceramic Vessels by Caroline Harrius Merge Disparate Crafts ArtCraft Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Bookmark Through tiny holes puncturing hand-shaped vessels, Stockholm-based artist Caroline Harrius (previously) embroiders delicate designs. She merges two distinct crafts—ceramics and fiber art—that don’t typically share much in common, exploring relationships between form and function, decoration …...Read More