Tag: knitting
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Artist Creates Amazing Life-Size Crocheted Figures
Finnish artist Liisa Hietanen crochets and knits one-to-one imitations of her friends and fellow neighbors, accurately representing the subjects from their favorite outfits down to their furry companions. The series, Villagers, is a way for the artist to more deeply engage with those she often passes but might not interact with in her town of Hämeenkyrö, Finland. “I…
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Stunning Metallic Embroideries of Dragonflies and Other Insects by Humayrah Bint Altaf
Humayrah Bint Altaf is an England-based embroidery artist who constructs ornate insects using shimmering threads and metallic beads. Her dragonflies, bees, beetles, and butterflies take shape using carefully paired patterns and colors that form wings, bodies, and even delicate feet. While Altaf takes artistic license with the exact shapes and colors in her embroideries, her…
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This 11-Year-Old Boy Learned To Crochet At The Of Age 5 And Is Now Called A Crocheting Prodigy
If you believe that only grandmas enjoy crocheting you will be surprised to know that even some 11-year-olds love it too! Jonah Larson became internet famous for his uncommon hobby – crocheting. The boy went viral because of his amazing skills and today has a crocheting business, more than 133k Instagram fans, over 26k youtube…
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Designer Crochets Seafood So Well You Can Almost Taste It
Knitwear designer Kate Jenkins loves to keep busy and push herself to grow and be better every day. So when she realised she was getting to cozy with her career, she started looking for new ways to express her love for wool, textile, and color. “I have always crocheted since being taught as a small…
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Life-Size Crochet Skeletons That Are So Intricate, The Stomach Even Has Half-Digested Food In It
If you’re an artist, there are so many mediums to have fun with. So when Shanell Papp from Lethbridge, Canada decided to explore the human body she picked a method that excited her just as much as the theme. Crochet. [zombify_post]
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This Ingenious Rocking Chair Knits a Beanie Just By Rocking In It!
In 2012, ECAL students Damien Ludi and Colin Peillex created the “Rocking-Knit“, an ingenious rocking chair that uses its own kinetic motion to effortlessly knit a hat. According to the inventors: “Rocking-Knit is a new interpretation of the rocking chair. It offers its user productive moments of relaxation. The to-and-fro movement of this armchair knits…
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Artist Creates Hand-Sewn Lace Figures Using Real Pieces of Found Wood
Artist Agnes Herczeg uses lace to create figural works of female forms, capturing figures in moments of contemplation or work. In one piece the subject stands at a loom, appearing to weave herself from the included fibers. All of Herczeg’s works uses all natural materials, incorporating small pieces of wood or other found materials to…
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Artist Creates Hyper Realistic Cats Hand Felted Cats Out Of Wool
Needle felting has grown in popularity in leaps and bounds in recent years, with many textile artists using wool create amazing sculpted creations. Japanese artist Wakuneco has taken the craft to another level, by creating hyper-realistic hand-felted cat faces. The artist uses wool of various different colors and creates 3D portraits of cats using needle…
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Artist Create Delicate Depictions of Quiet Moments Using Lace
Ágnes Herczeg is a Hungarian artist who creates delicate depictions of quiet moments. Using colorful lace and found wood, each small scene floats in mid-air and is attached to a piece of wood. Whereas in previous work, Herczeg used unusually shaped wood fragments as part of the figural elements of the scenes, in her more…
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A Huge Hand-Crocheted Tree Gives Visitors to Zurich’s Train Station a Full Sensory Experience
Renowned Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto has unveiled GaiaMotherTree, a monumental installation that aims to bring the spirit of the Amazonian rainforest inside Zurich’s Central Station. Organized by the Fondation Beyeler, the project sees a twenty-meter high sculpture extending right up to the ceiling of the station concourse. its see-through structure is made of brightly colored…