by Elsa Mora | Aug 9, 2018 | Blog, Fiber, Sculpture
Makiko Wakisaka was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1970. She creates sculptures and installations from dried leaves by connecting them with hand and machine stitches....
by Elsa Mora | Aug 8, 2018 | Blog, Sculpture
Massimiliano Pelletti was born in 1975 in Pietrasanta, Italy, where he still lives and works. He attended the Stagio Art School in Pietrasanta, later graduating from the University of Pisa with a degree in Philosophy. As a child, he started learning from his...
by Elsa Mora | Aug 7, 2018 | Blog, Ceramic
“Talk to younger artists and they’re all crazy about Alice Mackler,” said Mackler’s dealer Kerry Schuss. An emerging artist in her 80s, Alice Mackler was born in New York in 1931 (currently 87). She worked as an office manager in the city for several years and...
by Elsa Mora | Aug 6, 2018 | Blog, Mixed Media
Duncan Dempster is a Honolulu-based artist and teacher working primarily in print media. He is currently an instructor in printmaking at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, and is the executive director of Honolulu Printmakers, a 90-year old nonprofit arts organization...
by Elsa Mora | Aug 3, 2018 | Blog, Sculpture
Faig Ahmed is best known for his sculptural textile works that reinterpret centuries-old weaving techniques while bending the traditional language of ornament. Ahmed, who represented Azerbaijan at the Venice Biennale in 2007, draws on his rich cultural heritage to...
by Elsa Mora | Aug 2, 2018 | Blog, Installation, Sculpture
We Make Carpets is an artist collective formed by Bob, Marcia, and Stijn. They made their first carpet in 2009 while collaborating in the ‘Instant Nature’ exhibition during that year’s Dutch Design Week. In the forest, they collected pine cones and needles, which...
