Felt Art: 3 Step Quarantine Craft
My tactile craft this week is felting. I’ve been feeling nostalgic about our last trip to Hawaii and the wonderful Polynesian dancers, musicians, and artists that we saw at our last luau. Inspired by the Maui sunset and the beautiful singer narrating the history of…
Quarantine Art: 3 Daily Rituals that Take a Detour
THE PURPOSE OF ART IS WASHING THE DUST OF DAILY LIFE OFF OUR SOULS. Pablo Picasso By now, one month into our quarantine, our daily shelter-in-place existence has become routine in morning to evening daily rituals. Three artists make the daily rituals we now take…
Quarantine Craft: Textile Art
Inspired by Native American totems and Art Nouveau prints, I hand manipulated these machine made fabrics. Self-quarantining has made us embrace the moments of inspiration and creativity we can find in daily living. The more traditionally domestic affiliated arts, like knitting, crochet, embroidery, and sewing…
Origami in 6 Simple Steps
Self-quarantined with kids, I was FaceTiming my mom, who lives in an urban suburb of Tokyo. She was telling me how my dad is still working, commuting into the city and seeing patients, even in his seventies. It’s truly odd to hear this while we’re…
7 Creative Habits that Get Your Flow On
Needing an outlet? Or an invigorating activity to get you off your screen? Perhaps what you’re craving is sensory input to feel more alive. Here are some creative practices you can sink your teeth into. Creativity doesn’t have to feel like a painful birth. Julia…
Accessible Art with Heart
Elena Camp in front of her mural. Photo by Norka Montenegro for Patch Creativity takes courage. Henri Matisse For me, the best art is accessible art. Immediate, gratifying, and inspiring to us all, it grabs us or at least makes us do a double take….
Trip that you’ll never ever forget
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Must-have gear
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Movielike photo shoot – B&W
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Craftsmen at work
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