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The Week in Craft: April 18, 2017

Your weekly dose of links about craft, art, design, and whatever else we’re excited about sharing.

The Week in Craft: April 18, 2017

Your weekly dose of links about craft, art, design, and whatever else we’re excited about sharing.
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Rena Detrixhe Red Dirt Rug

Rena Detrixhe creates intricate rugs from the red soil prevalent in her native state of Oklahoma.

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Artist Rena Detrixhe creates lovely ornate rugs out of her native Oklahoma soil in her series “Red Dirt Rugs.”

Russian artist Nikita Golubev targets dusty vehicles in Moscow as part of an ongoing project called #dirtpainting.

Wells Wood Turning and Finishing, a Maine company that made the Easter eggs for the White House Easter Egg Roll the last few years, is booming with business after a marketing tweet went viral.

Writer and curator John Chaich shares some fascinating insights with Ickarus for Posture magazine about his recent exhibition and new book, Queer Threads.

Here's an intriguing look at the secondary market for glass.

Installation artist, sculptor, and ACC Fellow Nick Cave’s latest massive installation at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art contains thousands of metallic lawn ornaments.

My Modern Met has compiled this amazing slideshow of incredible installations and work made entirely from paper.

Inspired by his Kenyan roots, Gordon Pembridge turns and carves wooden bowls with intricate nature scenes.

The Exploded Chair” by Joyce Lin is a disassembled chair within chair-shaped plexiglass boxes.

Cooper-Hewitt celebrates the Jazz Age with interior design, industrial design, decorative art, jewelry, fashion, and architecture. 

Brand new Brooklyn gallery Fisher Parrish will open its doors to the public with an exhibition all about the mighty… paperweight. “The Paperweight Show” will feature sculptural paperweights made by a variety of artists and designers (on view through June 4).

Habatat Galleries in Detroit, Michigan, is hosting its 18th annual Masterworks Auction on April 27.

The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design has recently announced its 2017 Windgate Fellows. Check out the phenomenal work of all the recipients.

James Jensen, curator of contemporary art at the Honolulu Museum of Art, has died.

 

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