52 Projects | art for housewives
52 Projects | art for housewives
art for housewives

    ART FOR HOUSEWIVES

 



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make art, not trash
cynthia korzekwa
made in san lorenzo
ikastikos
mnn
roma
paris
paros
marte
fotolog
SKYBLOG
retablos
plat du jour
saatchi-gallery
art mesh
rivistaalbatros
arte per massaie
etsy
wish list 1
wish list 2
World Scientists' Warning to Humanity


Translator.


tutorials:
make paper basket
plastic yarn
fused plastic
newspaperyarn
metal rivets
wrapper purse 1
wrapper purse 2
Homemade Beads!
bead stringing


artists:
janet cooper
dale copeland
screaming lulu
jeanne williamson
everlasting blort


blogs:
life after money
laurie zuckerman
ecostreet
ullabenulla
whipup
spectrescope
reconstructed-mind
treehugger
inhabitat


stitchers:
spiritcloth
fabric of meditation
november moon
pin tangle
jafabrit
feltbug
hens teeth
stitch spectacular
contemporary embroidery
embroidery as art
dioramarama
becky howson

rebecca ringquist
little yellow birds
Tilleke Schwarz
xenba
backtracking slowly forward
artclothtext
lovely textiles
fibre quarterly

more:
box doodle*
street use
sea-angels
recollections
style-files
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masala chai
julie_arkell
martharich
herzensart
plep
blaugustine
growabrain
housewifeology
citrusmoon
neurastenia
dioramarama
52projects
stealthissweater
mimi kirchner
found
***
extreme craft
camilla engman
spacious craft
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craftster
ruby reusable
***
le divan fumoir
craftzine
dispatchfromla
woof nanny
textile arts
dream dogs art

links for fridays:
saint verde
karla's cottage
alabama chanin
art&perception
ask harriete
Michael deMeng
dont buy it

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my fair isle
paper forest
red thread studio
magpie and cake
littlehouseinthesuburbs
heegeldab
resurrection fern
indie-guest

boboho
gooseflesh
bientot demain
erinzam
glubibulga
abigail doan
bobibook
territoiredessens
kerismith
karen barbe
amore green


reconstructed clothes:
outsapop
danny mansmith
lori marsha
secret lentil
found clothing
martin margiela
emmeline4re
armoursan sanguish
skorts
underreconstruction
fiftyrx3
/trashionista/
Sewing with neckties
dressaday
alma wallace
will shannon



La Sussurata




La Sussurata



arte per massaie




arte per massaie



jewellery:
silvinaromero
liana kabel
melaniebilenker
ela bauer
karin seufert
newspaper jewelry
margaux lange
vaarwerk
vicki mason
bettina-speckner
ute dewald
arteco
birdross
^lindsey mann
alternatives
grainne morton
lisa walker
sandra bushby
natalie holtsbaum
cabinetof curiosities



gardens:
rooftop garden project
raw utah




for rainy days:
ecosolutions
ecoart blog
ecoart space
recyclart
environmental graffiti
green muze
daily scrapbook



for yellow colored thoughts:
India's folk
ruth rae
crescendo
damn interesting
2or3things
ecoartspace
tiny things
so besotted





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outsider:
hombre jazmin
animula vagula
church street



green:
green being nancy
visibletrash
^haute*nature
grist
navdanya
green museum
everydaytrash
book of rubbish
earthship
fazendoarte
ri-creazione
blogeko
noimpactman
superuse


other:
practically creative
soul food cafe



decor/design:
war rugs
teapots
designboom
apartment therapy
~>O<~
dexigner
interiors
designklub
thwartdesign
designaddict


food:
lucullian
soon sugar
tea and cookies
twelve22
creampuffsinvenice
mexico cooks
the raw chef



barter:
zero relativo




playlist

free dictionary

il mio archivio
oggi
giugno 2009
maggio 2009
aprile 2009
marzo 2009
febbraio 2009
gennaio 2009
dicembre 2008
novembre 2008
ottobre 2008
settembre 2008
luglio 2008
giugno 2008
maggio 2008
aprile 2008
marzo 2008
febbraio 2008
gennaio 2008
dicembre 2007
novembre 2007
ottobre 2007
settembre 2007
luglio 2007
giugno 2007
maggio 2007
aprile 2007
marzo 2007
febbraio 2007
gennaio 2007
dicembre 2006
novembre 2006
ottobre 2006
settembre 2006
agosto 2006
luglio 2006
giugno 2006
maggio 2006
aprile 2006
marzo 2006
febbraio 2006
gennaio 2006
dicembre 2005
novembre 2005
ottobre 2005
settembre 2005
agosto 2005
luglio 2005
giugno 2005
maggio 2005
aprile 2005
marzo 2005
febbraio 2005
gennaio 2005
dicembre 2004
novembre 2004
ottobre 2004
settembre 2004
agosto 2004
luglio 2004
giugno 2004
maggio 2004
marzo 2004
febbraio 2004
gennaio 2004
dicembre 2003
novembre 2003
ottobre 2003
settembre 2003
agosto 2003
luglio 2003
le mie categorie
1950s
african
alluminum cans
aluminum recycling
applied arts
applique/arpilleras
aprons
archetecture
art brut
arte per massaie
arthur bispo do rosario
asafo flags
assemblage
bamboo
banana
baskets
beads
bicycle
birdhouses
blogs
book art
bottle caps
bottle tree
bottles
boxes
bra purse
bracelet
brooch
bunny
buttons
butts
cafeneion
caftans
candy wrapper bags
cardboard
carton coin purse
cassette
chairs
charms
chiapas
childrens art
china
christmas tree etc
cigarette butts
clay/pottery
cloth
clothespin
clothing
collage
comics
cork
craft
creative life
creative reuse
crochet
curtains
daisy chain
decrescita/degrowth
design
dishes
dogs
dolls
drawings
dress patterns
dresses
duct tape mannequin
earth policy institute
earthquake
earthship
earthworks
ecofeminism
ecological house
ecovillages
edible gardens
edibler art
egg carton
embroidery
environment
fabric
fashion
felt
fendi
fiber sculpture
figurines
fish
flour sacks
folk art
food/food in art
found art
franco mondini-ruiz
furniture
fused plastic
g w carver
gaetano pesce
gandhi
garden hose
gardens
giorgio morandi
glue
gourds
grandma moses
greek
green roof
guerilla warfare
hands
hankerchief
harriete estel berman
hats
home decor
homemade paint
housewives
huipil
illustration
in praise of hands
indoor gardening
interior decorating
italian
james castle
japanese craft
jars
jeans
jewelry
junk
kawaii
kitchen science
knitting
la sussurata
label art
lace
lighting
lino prints
lint art
lois walpole
los zumbidos
magazines
marita dingus
massimiliano adami
maya
medicine bundle
memory jugs
merit badge
mick jagger
mixed media
mm notes
mobiles
molas
mosaics
music
musical instruments
nala
nancy judd
napkins
nature
necklace
neckties
needlepoint
new domesticity
newspaper
non sprecare
nuclear
objects
opportunities
outsider art
pantyhose
paper
paper beads
paper dolls
paper houses
paper vessels
paper weaving
paper yarn
papercrete
papermaking
papier-mâché
paros
patchwork
pencil stubs
pets
phytoremediation
pin cushions
placemats
plants
plastic
plastic bags
plastic bottles
plastic caps
plates
pocket
pollution
polymer clay
pop can tabs
porno
portrait
postcard
postcards
poverty
purses
quilts
railcars
reconstructed fashon
recycle
recycled chic
recycled clothes
recycled sweaters
refrigerator art
relicarios
repair
retablos
retablos/relics
reuse center
review
romuald hazoumé
roof farming
rubber gloves
rubbings/frottage
rugs
san antonio
scrapbooks
sculpture
sewing
sewing machine
shadow box
shoes
shrines
shrines/altars
simple living
sketchbook
socks
soda cans
soda tabs
softies
solidarity
spacetrash
stitched drawings
stitching
story cloths
street art
stuart haygarth
studios
suitcase art
sustainable style
swap
swapping
sweaters
t-shirts
tagged
tc dinners
tea bag
teapots
tenugui
terrariums
textile
theory
thread drawings
tin art
tin cans
tires
toothbrush rug
toys
trading
trash art
trash islands
trashion
tutorial
umbrellas
vertical farming
video
wallets
wallpaper
water
wearable art
weaving/sakiori
weblogs
wire
wish list
wish tree
women artists
yarn
yoyo
zakka
zipper
counter
*loading* visite



15/02/2006
 

52 Projects

 

Daily Aesthetics. 

As a little girl, I often visited my Grandma Gracie.  And when I’d wake up in the morning to the smell of brewing coffee and baking bisquits, I’d think:  Ah, what a wonderful day!  You know, those simple things that make life special.       Like readymades or found art, aesthetics are all around us just waiting to be recognized.  And their recognition comes  from our senses, or rather, from how our senses have been educated.       Our senses are like invisible threads that help us create a rapport with the world around us.  And their stimulation (or lack of) can change the quality of our daily life.  Senses are not meant to be stagnant.  They’re meant to evolve.  And their evolution is determined, in part, by personal experience…the more your senses are exercised, the more they evolve.     And how can we exercise our senses?  Well, for example, via 52 Projects.  “52 Projects, Random Acts of Everyday Creativity” is not only a website but now, a book as well.   It’s author, Jeffrey Yamaguchi, states that:  "The projects provide a way to take stock of something that has happened in the past; to creatively explore the things that matter to you most in order to figure out where to take your life next; or to turn the run-of-the-mill ordinary into something to celebrate and further enrich your life.”   Jeffrey’s book emphasizes the need to consume less and to create more.  The value of Homemade now surpasses that of Boutique Bought.  Because “homemade” signifies not just a material object but, more importantly, an attitude towards life.  Making is a means of participating in daily life, of being protagonist and not just spectator.  It is also good therapy because working with the hands is a form of Active Meditation.  Research shows that activities such as knitting, for example, and other craft related activities transforms our brain frequencies into those same frequencies that are induced by traditional meditation.     Not only do we create, we also purify our mind.  We acquire internal peace via external activity.      Art is the proof that existence alone is not enough.  And the creative process provides  a means of going beyond the drudgeries of daily routines.    Just think of THE QUILTS FROM GEE’S BEND . In the book with the same name, we’re told about a quiltmaker who, after having worked in the fields all day, walked home thinking not albout how tired she was but, instead, about the quilt she was making.  Not only does a project keep you company but “creating something from nothing is the world’s primary survival strategy.”         So, if your own creativity is still unplugged, activate it with one of Jeffrey’s projects.  My favourite is #20:  Write some anonymous letters then secretly place them in books at the library or a used book store.  Who ever eventually finds the letter is automatically transformed into a kind of voyeur left to imagine the life of the letter’s unknown author.  Fun!        Oh yes, teasing the imagination can be quite entertaining. And revolutionary, too. Because, you know, that’s where all change begins. So create some new dendrites by shaking off your dust and making something!  And don’t forget, matter is energy!            -30-

other:  hand and spirit studio collages-----THE KATRINA ARTISTS BLOG....This is a free space for Gulf Coast artists in the tri-state area affected by Hurricane Katrina to post information about their work, to let customers know where they are now and to sell their work online. If you would like to feature your work here, e-mail katrinaartists@gmail.com for more information.-----

 ego:      And my thanks to Nancy for her references to me in the last issue of The Practically Creative Quarterly!  And while you're there, check out The TIDE Series from artist, Mary Bogdan....Mary - painter & assemblageur - says of herself as an artist: I am a “glaneuse”, a gleaner… In scrap heaps of abandoned or demolished buildings, alleyways and flea markets, I find rare treasure. Garbage. Remnants of wood and metal, books, boxes, old paintings, all that have been discarded are interesting to me. My work deals with obsolescence. Each “found” object has out-lived its time and has therefore been scrapped. Dead. I rescue and assemble them with collected items from my own past. I sense the object’s energy guiding its reincarnation to a higher purpose. Art. These artifacts that have chosen me, tell stories of where they have been, where I have been, where I am and where I am going.   more of mary

 

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