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Jessica Dance Knits Everyday Items

Textile artist and interior designer, Jessica Dance, likes to keep busy. “I’m usually sculpting, knitting or stitching," she told Lifestyle Tails. Her work includes creating props that are used in advertising campaigns, editorial work, and...

These Paper Animals Raise Awareness About Endangered Species

Judging by his impressive portfolio, Patrick Cabral clearly knows his way around paper. In his latest series, he sculpts and carves out images of endangered animals, using plain sheets of paper. His series includes impressive...

Jane Foster Will Inspire You to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone

When it comes to your vocation, sometimes you just have to trust your guts. For Jane Foster, her guts were telling her to give illustrating a try. Based in South Devon, she was...

Find Inner Peace With Michele Quan’s Ceramic Objects

Michele Quan makes decorative ceramic objects for your home and garden. The pieces she makes become a canvas on which she adds paint, text, and color, with the images rooted in visual symbols found...

Add Some Paper Animals to Your Feed

Two things become evidently clear when scrolling through Stacey Elaine’s Instagram feed: her love of animals and her love of color. A tissue paper artist and an illustrator, she takes a minimalist approach when it...

Celebrate Spring Through Olga Prinku’s Flower Embroideries

This past decade has seen a revival in the art of embroidery. No longer a pastime reserved to nannies, embroidery is now where the cool kids are at. But if embroidery is cool than...

Stephanie K. Clark Transforms String Into Art

“I consider myself a painter and I paint with thread,” writes Stephanie K. Clark on her website. Using embroidery floss as paint, and employing a needle as a paintbrush, she creates textile art that's meant...

Cat Rabbit Makes Nostalgic Soft Sculptures

Cat Rabbit makes adorable handmade figures which lean on the tradition of embroidery, doll-making, patchwork, and textile design. The result, though undeniably cute, is more of a piece of art than a simple toy....

Find Comfort in Lorena Marañon’s Quilts

Lorena Marañon's creative process requires intuition as much as it requires planning - and sometimes, even more. Known for her colorful quilts, each piece is imbued with spontaneity, with one step dictating the...

For the Love of Wool: Kate Jenkins’ Textile Art Will Make You Smile

There's something altogether delightful about Kate Jenkins' yarn art, made to resemble our favorite food dishes. Bagels, cakes, and frosted doughnuts are all meticulously made using wool. “I was always looking for different ways...