With a background in history and nutrition, Meghan Shimek's creative journey was a surprising one. Born and raised in Michigan, and currently based in Oakland, California, Shimek took to weaving in 2013 while visiting her family back at home.
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"I took a scarf weaving class and was completely hooked," she recalled in an interview with The Project for Women....
Maria Fiter designs standalone lamps that are practical, sustainable, and artsy, adding not only light to the room, but also a statement. Design is equally important to Fiter as the materials themselves, with a clear preference for eco-friendly and natural materials, that add make for a grounded, earthy effect.
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Lorena Marañon's quilts are much more than simple blankets, they're works of improvisational art. Based in Los Angeles, her work continuously challenges the dividing lines between art and craft, with her pieces intentionally raw, emphasizing details like uneven seams, raw edges and exposed thread ends.
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According to Marañon, her creative process relies on intuition and spontaneity, using geometric shapes...
With almost 200k followers on Instagram, embroidery artist Irem Yazici is a force to be reckoned with. Her work, showcased on her social media pages, can be divided into two categories: embroidered accessories and embroidered artworks; but when it comes to her style, Yazici admits she has a hard time categorizing it.
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Ori Niv of Artori Design is a designer and the creator of a humorous cell phone stand featuring human figures holding their phones.
The artist shared a post on Bored Panda where he explained that he has been noticing people being more and more attached to their phones. In fact, that was the real inspiration for his remarkable project.
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Michele Quan's ceramic objects are much more than a simple bowl or mug. Their forms, geometric, leaning towards minimalism, have a grounding quality to them. They're pretty, but also, strangely, spiritual.
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"I want my pieces to create moments where people look back at their intentions and how they want to operate in the world, what they wish to see...
Jane Foster is a Renaissance woman through and through. After a successful career in music, she decided to mix things up in her late 30s. Now her career includes illustrating, writing, and textile designing, amongst other things. Based in South Devon, she spends much of her time illustrating books and working on licensing designs, as well as running her...
Hessa Al Ajmani is an artist who loves gathering small flowers that grow in her mother’s garden and imprinting them on her ceramic creations. She lives in the United Arab Emirates and enjoys exploring different ways to create patterns on ceramic plates and bowls that she makes.
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Each piece is hand-made and no two are the same, but it’s...
Jan Klingler's lamps aren't just plain sources of light. Rather, they're unique, if eerie, sculptures that look as though they belong in a laboratory. But if his designs stand out, the work that goes on behind the scenes is altogether incredible. As it turns out, the lamps themselves are made of bacteria swabbed from people, places, or items.
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Raising environmental awareness is extremely important in this day and age, and art is definitely one of the best ways to do this. A graphic designer from Warsaw named Marta is creating awesome eco-friendly notebooks in order to save the planet, but also to raise awareness on environmental issues.
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Marta creates these unique notebooks from recycled materials and decorates the...
