In my work, I use a sewing machine to create thread drawings and installations by sewing into a fabric that dissolves in water. This fabric makes it possible for me to build up the thread by sewing repeatedly into my drawn images so that when the fabric is dissolved, the image can hold together without a base. These thread images appear as though they would be easily unraveled and seemingly on the verge of falling apart, despite the works actual raveled strength.

I am interested in the vulnerability of thread, its ability to unravel, and its strength when it is sewn together.  I am interested in the connections between process and materials and the way that they relate to images and spaces.  Tracing actions and environments through a process of repetition, translation and dissolving, I hope to trace absence.  My work is a process of making as a way of tracing and preserving things that are gone, or slowly falling apart.

Statement by the artist, Amanda McCavour.

You can choose to make beauty wherever you find yourself today.

Spanish artist Lorenzo Duran uses leaves as his canvas when creating these extremely detailed and intricate miniature works of art.

Forms is an ongoing collaboration between Memo Akten and Quayola. These visual artists are studying human motion, deconstructing each movement and exploring their aesthetic qualities. To see an excerpt from the final work click here. 

New York City based artist and surfer Ran Ortner created this 19 foot long oil painting of water as a way to capture the wonder and vulnerability he experienced when out in the open water.

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Mike Doyle created these models of deteriorating Victorian houses from over 50,000 lego pieces (per house!). When talking about his work he says he chose to do houses as a reminder of the vulnerability of life and the foundations in which we place our trust.

We hope this work can serve as reminder to be grateful for our support system and places we find our hope each day, to find that which is sturdy in the midst of what is crumbling.

Sydney-based artist Anna-Wili Highfield creates these animal paper sculptures by painting and sewing together archival cotton paper.

BLUEBRAIN’s site-specific, location-aware soundtrack app for Central Park accesses the user’s iPhone’s GPS to track their location and create a musical composition to help heighten their experience with their location within Central Park.

In addition to creating an app for Central Park, they have also developed soundtrack apps for The Mall of America and The Violet Crown (in Austin, Texas). The apps are available for free download from BLUEBRAIN’s iTunes page. If you’re interested in more information about how the soundtrack app was made you can watch the behind the scenes video here. 

(Source: bluebrainmusic.blogspot.com)

Sarah Greaves is an artist based in Manchester, England who utilizes her skills in embroidery to create unique works of arts that turn everyday objects into anything but the expected.

Artists SUPAKITCH and Koralie recently collaborated on a wall art piece, combining their two very unique styles to create a work of art that perfectly compliments both of their strengths. 

We each have been given the opportunity to add to the beauty that is already in the world… so really it is all up to us. 

Andrew Miller isn’t doing your average photo project.

Every day for 100 days he will paint an object white, as a way to remove all traces of its branding, and photograph it. We see it as a way to disconnect from our observations of only the surface and go deeper into appreciating an object for what it is. 

Julien Mauve’s Back to Childhood photo series explores what our lives would look like if we worked using the same toys we played with as children.

(Source: julienmauve.com)