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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

I cut out one little house at a time': the trucker who spent decades building a tiny replica of NYC

Joe Macken spent decades handcrafting a block-by-block wooden model of all five New York boroughs now housed at Museum of the City of New York.
fromApartment Therapy
2 weeks ago

These "Absolutely Adorable" $4 IKEA Gems Will Add a Bit of Whimsy to Your Walls

These wall hooks are part of IKEA's OMMJÄNGE collection, which is "inspired by Swedish folk art" and includes colorful and floral-inspired decor. Made from steel coated in colorful epoxy powder, each wall hook in this three-pack takes the shape of a playful flower: one pink, one yellow, and one red. It almost looks like someone creatively unfolded a paper clip, although these hooks are much sturdier than that.
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fromColossal
2 weeks ago

Drawn to Synbols, Michael McGrath Conjures Uncanny Narratives

Disembodied heads, eyes, and hands meet spindly trees, dragonflies, and vibrant blossoms in the folk-art inspired works of Michael McGrath. Based in Rhinebeck, New York, McGrath melds a variety of media-most pieces contain a mixture of graphite, ink, and oil and acrylic paints-into dynamic compositions suffuse with mystery. Recurring symbols and objects lend themself to a distinctive visual language that captures both the wondrous and puzzling.
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fromwww.artnews.com
1 month ago

6 Works to Know by Grandma Moses

Grandma Moses' primitive paintings nostalgically preserved vanishing rural American life, gaining mass public adoration despite art-establishment distance.
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fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Abigail Rai's pictorial narratives are indebted to her globe-trotting upbringing

Illustrator Abigail Rai transforms experiences across Nepal and the Himalayas into comics and a tarot deck blending rural folk art, mythology, nature, and hand-crafted techniques
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fromwww.remodelista.com
2 months ago

On Our Mood Boards: 5 Festive, Not-Seen-Everywhere Decor Ideas

Five creative holiday-decor ideas include paper streamers, Polish pajaki, a paint-brush menorah, handmade paper vessels with candleholders, and brass ornamented trees.
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fromPortland Monthly
2 months ago

Christmas Special: The Gay Folk Art of Jeffry Mitchell

Jeffry Mitchell uses folk art traditions to create gay domestic tableaux that transform household decoration into autobiographical, secular totems celebrating queer normalcy.
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