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The Week in Craft: March 7, 2018

Your weekly dose of links about craft, art, design, and whatever else we’re excited about sharing

The Week in Craft: March 7, 2018

Your weekly dose of links about craft, art, design, and whatever else we’re excited about sharing
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Eugenia Zoloto, Woman (unfinished)

Paper artist Eugenia Zoloto uses ideas from literature and nature to create stunningly intricate pieces.

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Ukrainan artist Eugenia Zoloto draws inspiration from Russian literature, nature, and dreams to create fanciful paper cutouts.

According to Hyperallergic, there could have been a giant public art piece by Picasso on the University of South Florida campus.

Fashion design brand Lacoste is temporarily changing its logo to reflect 10 of the species currently on the endangered list. Contributions from those sales will go toward the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and its Save Our Species partnership.

Architects and designers have imagined ways to transform the central reservation along New York's Park Avenue for an ideas competition, including an underground rock-climbing wall, a huge cascading waterfall, and a route for kayaking commuters, Dezeen reports. An aquarium, elevated walkways and a putting green are also among the schemes for Park Avenue's central reservation that architects, designers, urban planners, artists and students have submitted to the Beyond the Centerline ideas contest.

Documenting the challenges faced by women of color in the art world isn't as easy as you might think.

Do you live in one of the world's top 10 cities for art?

Alan Revere retired, and he closed the San Francisco school where so many jewelry makers got their start.

The Rhode Island School of Design recently announced a new museum program allowing new US citizens to have free access to its facility and exhibitions.

The Modern Quilt Guild’s annual convention “QuiltCon” was an explosion of protests and calls to action this year.

For a delightful distraction, check out Japanese woodworker Kazuaki Harada's Instagram account. His wooden automata are bound to make you smile.

On view at the High Museum in Atlanta is "Joris Laarman Lab: Design in the Digital Age," featuring innovative work by the Dutch designer that combines science, technology, and creativity. The exhibition includes furniture designs, applied projects, and experiments from every phase of Laarman’s career.

 

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