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The Week in Craft: July 18, 2018

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

The Week in Craft: July 18, 2018

Your weekly dose of links about craft, art, design, and whatever else we’re excited about sharing
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Jason Hackenwerth, Balloon Creature

Larger-than-life balloon creatures by Jason Hackenwerth take over New York public spaces.

Charles Lenoir, courtesy of the artist

A wonderland style exhibition of crazy balloon creatures by Jason Hackenwerth invaded New York’s Brookfield Place.

Montreal-based artist Raku Inoue creates lovely and inspired insects and animals from found seeds, leaves, and stems.

We are in love with these adorable felted animals incorporated into antique brushes and objects by UK artist Simon Brown.

Gone is the red convertible as a cure for a midlife crisis; in is a focus on creativity, the New York Times says.

Breast cancer survivors are knitting prostheses as a cheaper, more comfortable alternative.

The 2018 Fifa World Cup final match took place on Sunday, but what we weren’t aware of is this launch trailer, made by BBC Sport, that depicts players as embroidered, stop-motion figures.

Check out these illuminated city maps engraved on coffee tables by Warsaw-based design studio Woo Design.

The latest special exhibition at the Met has been receiving a ton of press. Hyperallergic delves deeper in a thoughtful review of “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” (exhibition on view through October 8).

The Mint Museum recently announced its new president and CEO, Dr. Todd Herman, who comes from the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock.

If you find yourself in Asheville, North Carolina, you won’t want to miss the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design’s annual benefit “Craft After Dark” on August 9. Celebrate the future of making with hands-on activities, music, food, and dancing.

 

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