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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Halloween,
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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
As mesmerizing as the play of sunbeams on ice, this graceful mermaid is one of my favourite pieces in the portfolio of glass artist Randy Mardrus…
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glass,
mermaid,
sculpture