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The Week in Craft: August 10, 2016

The Week in Craft: August 10, 2016

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Tahiti Pehrson paper sculpture

Paper artist Tahiti Pehrson creates stunning work using the ancient technique of guilloche. 

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Inspired by guilloche, artist Tahiti Pehrson creates intricate cut-paper work.

We're fascinated by the way students at the Fashion Institute of Technology are turning algae and fungi into biodegradable textiles.

The Art Economist's Elizabeth Sobieski on craft's changing status in the art world.

Are you living in a craft-centric town? American Craft Week shares the top 10 towns for craft lovers.

CFile explores what happens to the design of the Olympic infrastructure once the games are over.

Have you checked out the Surface Design Association's Friday Fibers Roundup? You should.

An enlightening conversation with glass artist John Kiley about his "shattering" new work.

Performance architects Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley are literally artists-in-residence, occupying a house they built in upstate New York that moves with the wind.

Archeologists in Israel have found perfectly preserved 3,000-year-old textiles. The findings are expected to give insight into what people in the Holy Land wore three millennia ago.

Dries van Noten's latest fashion collection is a riff on the arts and crafts movement that originated in19th-century England.

How Frederick Douglass used photography to change the world – as artists have before and since.

Beatrice Wood, Marcel Duchamp, and Dada – read how the ceramist was marginalized in her lifetime.

The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design turns 20. Join them on August 11 for a celebration featuring live music, auctions, specials guests, and installations.

 

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