something to crow about

Fulton Lights, "Staring Out the Window"
Directed by Ninian Doff

via Colossal

a chip off the old block

Dan Webb's wood sculptures absolutely blow me away. Carved from a single block, they display such soft, realistic form that is almost unbelievable. I would love to see some of these in person.

stitched

I came across these embroidered portraits by Berlin-based artist Nike Schroeder over a year ago, and just recently came across her work again. I find the delicate, gestural quality of her work to be absolutely beautiful - I love the way she uses her needlework to create these snap-shot like images, and how she highlights certain elements with a brighter color thread.

beautiful disasters

A friend of mine recently asked if I knew of any interesting artists who work with alternative media to create organic sculptures (she teaches 3D Design at a local college). I gave her a few names, before I remembered Chicago-based artist Rachel Niffenegger who I found via Polaroid Cupcake in this post from last spring. Niffenegger's mixed media works are beautifully abstract. I love the way she crafts such materials as fabric, wood and string into these organic, almost pulsating sculptures.

pretty polymers

Whenever I think of polymer clay, this is what typically pops into my head.

(Something cheesy and almost cute, but not really at all.)

And then I came across Angela Schwer's polymer clay sculptures. She sells her fantastically beautiful work on Etsy under the shop name DillyPad (named for her children Davis and Lily). To find out more about her and how she makes each piece, read this interview with her here.

typewriter poetry

Just found this poet via tumblr. I don't think I've liked new poetry this much in so long. Tyler Knott Gregson.