Cologne-based designers Martin Schneider and Dominik Schmitz of the Open Press Project are back with a new design that scales up miniature printmaking. Currently funding on Kickstarter, The Postcard Printing Press is the largest miniature model the duo have created so far, although it still fits on the palm of …...Read More

Over the centuries, humanity’s relationship with wilderness has becoming increasingly fraught, as we continue to diminish natural green spaces in favor of roads, buildings, and manicured lawns. For Vashon Island-based artist Ariana Heinzman, our connection—or disconnection—to nature plays a central role in her vibrant ceramics practice. For her current solo …...Read More

A bronze, elf-like figure sits at the edge of the River Enz in Germany, waiting to greet passersby with delightful arcs of color. The mysterious form, installed as part of Ornamenta 2024, was conceived by Veronika Sedlmair and Brynjar Sigurðarson over three years. The Iceland and Germany-based creative duo, a.k.a. …...Read More

In the U.K., thousands of police remain on standby as a series of riots instigated by far-right supporters have escalated during the past week. The unrest that erupted last Tuesday was spurred by a senseless act: the murders of three children in a dance class in Southport, on the west …...Read More

In Tomohiro Inaba’s intimate metal sculptures, majestic animals and gentle humans are the stuff of dreams and fairytales. As if scribbled energetically in 3D, delicate lines of iron transition the solid forms of deer, foxes, or sheep into thin air—what Inaba calls the “gradient to blank.” Yet this emptiness takes …...Read More

A bizarre botanical collection sprouts from the grounds at Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas. A tall, spindly specimen with a droopy head illuminates a walkway, while a sprawling tree lush with strawberries looms large in a gallery. Patinaed in an otherworldly blue, these cast bronze sculptures seem like they’ve emerged …...Read More

Using a sewing machine and thread, Los Angeles-based artist Erick Medel highlights the vitality of his home city. Influenced by the daily goings-on in his local Boyle Heights neighborhood, the artist focuses especially on the immigrant community, capturing people at work, on walks, at festivals, or running errands. Gleaming sunlight …...Read More

From the wheat fields of the northern Great Plains to misty days in the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, Brendon Burton (previously) captures a side of America many of us rarely have the opportunity to explore in depth. Despite the vast square mileage of the nation’s rural areas, hundreds …...Read More

Two spirited lambs bound across a new wooly work by Philadelphia-based artist Holly Guertin. Inspired by a spring visit to a local farm, Guertin felted a pair of sprightly youngsters with striking detail. Pink lines their ears and noses, and their adolescent bodies are covered in tight, wavy fibers, all …...Read More

For years, New Zealand-based mycophile Jay Lichter didn’t think of mushrooms as much more than produce one buys in the supermarket. But he began to notice how much variety exists in the fungi world as he learned to identify different species and appreciate their important ecological role. It wasn’t long …...Read More