He makes beautiful art, eggshell mosaics and..
Manayunk artist Tom Sonnenberg makes beautiful eggshell mosaics. He believes he's among a small number of people in the United States who practice the art. The technique, he says, originated…
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Graffiti Art takes the stage on alternative Prague tour
An “alternative Prague” tour, had us taking buses and trains and walking lots to learn about graffiti art, ethical hackers, communist era dissident politics through neighborhoods like Holosevice and visits to artist spaces and hip hangouts.
Granddaughter continues tradition at Czech Bead Factory
A tour through a traditional Czech glass bead factory opens a window on the facet-making part of the process in this generations old family business.
Building a cob house
Artist Cara Gravers gives workshops on how to build a cob house, a type of natural house made from clay, sand and straw.
Librarian makes ART: fanned books and 3 dimensional paper crafts
Teen librarian Kris DeLabio leads workshops for children in making colorful eye-catching paper sculptures and also recycling old books into fanned book art.
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Artist draws portraits from photos people upload of themselves on SKTCHY app
Artist uses SKTCHY app to find photos of people and then draws their portraits for them
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Brick man sculptor makes brick men
Adam Shuman makes layers bricks to make dozens of brick men which he displays lined up on his large property in West Mount Airy.
Posted inART BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTION
We build a mudhif
Iraqi refugees, U.S. Iraqi war vets, nature and peace lovers combine forces to build a mudhif, a traditional community gathering place and guest house of the swamp Arabs of Iraq.
Posted inART SEX, GENDER, IDENTITY
The orchid mantis and other subversive embroidery
Richie Lopez finds inspiration in dark-themed literature and song for his subversive embroidery mixing fashion and biology
Posted inART CHESTNUT HILL GENDER
Sculptor carves massive sunflowers into tree trunk
Twelve foot high remaining trunk of beloved sugar maple is carved into sunflower art.