Imagine a Copy Machine so Crummy it Blows Up into a Beautiful Business
byMica Mead and Colin Sutherland launched Woolly Press in 2013, after discovering the unique aesthetic potential of a circa-1986 printer called the Risograph. The…
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Critters on Wheels Can Better Outrun the Human Threat
by“One of my squirrel sculptures was sitting in the window,” recalls artist Libba Tracy. “A hawk saw it, thought it was real, and flew…
Under All the Layers She Finds Strength and Femininity
byBrazil native Dagmar Bruehmueller was exposed to painting at a very young age, learning from local masters Dina Plothow in porcelain painting and…
Audubon-Level Technicality Doesn’t Always Fly
bySometimes a little serendipity gets mixed in with Simone Wood’s watercolors. The artist, who likes to fill “down time” with brushstrokes, often creates impromptu…
The Orders Stacked Up After Unit Blocks Came Back into Vogue
byPepi Acebo thought he might become a minister. The former Warren Wilson student spent a few years working at Unitarian Universalist retreats, including a…
You Don’t Need Go-Motion to Rule the RAD
by“Although my heart was always into painting, I never thought I could be a painter,” admits Mark Bettis — one of the most well-known…
Frames Aren’t Always Happy Playing a Supporting Role
byLong known for putting frames around paintings, John Horrocks discovered he’s good at making assemblage art out of the material’s remnant mouldings. The look…
Sculptor Uses Geometry to Defy the Laws of Physics
byRobert Winkler sculpts both indoor and outdoor pieces, some of them spectacularly large, and many of the latter installed at universities, parks, and other…
When Even Making Art for David Bowie Doesn’t Scratch the Itch …
byRand Kramer’s professional career got an unexpected early start. One day, during high school, a teacher asked him to draw a history-related mural on…
She Destroys Perfectly Good Paintings — to Create Imperfectly Better Ones
byOil painter Alicia Anne Armstrong often labors over a painting for hours or days. Then, as soon as the paint is dry, she does…