Looking for a new and different way to spread some love and holiday cheer? Check out these whimsical and lovely little matchbox cards by designer 3XU Design.

File this under interesting facts: David Bowie was a ceramics collector and several of his pieces recently went to auction at Sotheby's. 

Read about how crochet artist London Kaye found her calling as a professional yarn bomber.

Looking for an excuse to visit Murano, Italy? The city will play host to the 2018 Glass Art Society's annual conference.

Just in time for the holidays, artist Tamara Orjola makes wool from recycled pine needles.

Put your hands to work. Visual arts practice generates an increase in social engagement, psychological health, and self-esteem, with particular benefits for older people, the website Next Avenue reports.

We've admired meticulous UK crochet artist Susanna Bauer for a while. American Craft magazine did a big feature on her amazing work in our 2014 bonus issue. Now, she's going mainstream. 

Who says people have short attention spans these days? To capture the many stories coming out of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese artist Manabu Ikeda spent 3.5 years – working six days a week, 10 hours a day – to make this intricate 13-by-10-foot pen-and-ink drawing.

When the Harvard Art Museums reopened in 2014 they made the decision to showcase the Forbes Pigment Collection by making a portion of it permanently on view to the public. Each year Harvard adds a new pigment to that collection. This year they include a sample of the darkest man-made material known, Vantablack.

Calling all glass artists! The Creative Glass Center of America is offering several amazing fellowships in 2017.

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