Who knew that watermelon carving was such a hot art form?
Around here we tend to think in terms of pumpkin carving — especially at this time of year, with harvest winding up and Halloween just looming on the horizon.
But I’m entranced by the whole carved-radish culture of Mexico’s Night of the Radishes, [...]
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art,
carving,
Halloween,
sculpture,
watermelon
“Want me to knit you a bacon scarf?” Diane asked, and unwittingly launched my search for arts and crafts with a bacon theme. She said she could probably “fake up” a pattern. Thinking back, I’m not entirely sure whether she planned to knit it from the actual fatty meat product. In which case, er, [...]
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bacon,
bowl,
placemats,
scarf,
sculpture,
video,
weaving
Feeling just a little surreal — perhaps it’s the effects of the Post-Tropical Storm Formerly Known as Hurricane Noel that blasted us here in Atlantic Canada last night. Whatever the cause, however, a dose of surrealism cries out for an homage to the art of Salvador Dali.
Take The Persistence of [...]
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Dali,
decorating,
decoration,
melthing clock,
museum,
ornament,
sculpture,
whimsy