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The Week in Craft: October 25, 2017

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

The Week in Craft: October 25, 2017

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

Lovely miniature wooden homes made by Dima Pokrovsky – like this one based on row houses in Versavia – are giving us travel fever.

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Khortitsa-based model maker Dima Pokrovsky makes wonderfully colorful and whimsical miniature wooden houses based on homes around the world.

We are loving this photo-essay about Shona Marsh, a London-based silversmith. The gorgeous, intimate images of her studio, tools, and process make us want to learn the craft.

The New York Times profiles four fashion houses who are leading the way for slow fashion.

Enjoy this long article with lots of photos and embedded videos from Vogue about women sheep shearers and the love and the work involved with shearing sheep.

Anthony Bourdain and The Balvenie sit down with award-winning pastry chef – and inventor of the world-famous “cronut” – Dominique Ansel in episode 13 of Raw Craft.

Russian embroidery artist Krista Decor stitches her lovely, nature-inspired designs on tulle, giving the illusion of exquisite, floating tapestries.

The ultimate internship: The British Royal Family is looking for a conservation intern specializing in decorative arts and ceramics at their Marlborough House Workshop.

Karen Gustafson has created embroidered images on organza commemorating Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica – written around 65 AD and considered to be the authority on medicinal plants for centuries. The exhibition “Foraging for Sustenance” is up at the Andersen Horticultural Library through February 26, 2018.

 

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