Craft

WATCH: Architect & Carpenter Craft Tiny Passive Solar Backyard Hideaway

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Recycled Wood, John Mcbride, Backyard Office, Space-Saving Furniture, Backyard Shedworking, Passive Solar, Small Studio, Craftsmanship, Architecture, Green Building, Craft, Small Space Furniture, Backyard Studio, Secondary Structure, Diy, Green Living, Salvaged Materials, Tiny Space, Sarah Deeds, Small Space, Small House Movement, Homemade, Deeds Design, Salvaged Redwood, Shedworking, Tiny Studio, Video, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

At 120 square feet their backyard hideaway was carefully designed to maximize space. The space is condensed, but Sarah Deeds sees that as an advantage: it puts you closer to your views and nature.

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WATCH: 96-Square-Foot Tiny Home Handbuilt Inside Century-Old Sheep Barn

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Loren Amelang, Handbuilt Home, Downsizing, Small House, Craft, Diy, Microhome, Handbuilt House, Small Home, Small House Movement, Off-Grid, Home Size, Simplicity, Simple Life, Downshifting, Hand Built Home, Diy Home, Video, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

The only real shelter on the property was an old sheep barn, leftover from when the property was homesteaded a century ago, so he decided to build a small shack inside the structure as a home.

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Tom Colicchio Forces Bar To Change Its Name

Eater National | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Craft, Craft Table & Tap, Craftsman Table & Tap, Tom Colicchio Craft, Tom Colicchio, Food News

Nobody's going to call a restaurant "Craft" on chef/Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio's watch, or at least not Middleton, Wisconsin craft beer bar Craft Ta...

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Beer Cheer Here

Rozanne Gold | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Birreria, Jimmy Carbone, Beer, Trends, Craft, Tap, Food, News, Breweries, Beer Halls, Craft Breweries, Beer Houses, Craft Beer, Food News
Rozanne Gold

Beer seems to be moving the same way wine did 20 years ago: Lots of new entrants, the emergence of "beer geekery"... and the growing popularity of monster, high-alcohol beers.

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A Beautiful Sign

Deborah C Dooley | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Signwriting, Signs, Art, Crafts, Shopping, Bristol, Craft, Calligraphy, Shops, UK Culture, UK Lifestyle, UK Culture News
Deborah C Dooley

We need signs. They are all around us. But signwriting is a dying trade. There are only a few traditional signwriters left in the UK and few seem keen to take their place. The idea, held by some, that this is a skill which should be reserved for barges and funfairs is ridiculous, and ignores the fact that beautifully crafted signs can only be a positive thing for any business.

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'Sgt. Pepper's' Artist Talks Art, Pop Culture & Professional Wrestling

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Exhibition, 1960s, Wrestling, Sgt Pepper, Pop Art, Craft, Gx Gallery, 60's, Andy Warhol, Art, Kendo Nagasaki, crane.tv, Beatles, Artist, Popular Culture, Celebrity, Kate Moss, Damien Hirst, Sir Peter Blake, Video, Arts News
Constantin Bjerke

Defined as the 'Andy before Warhol', Sir Peter Blake is an icon in pop-art. While he's best known for designing the cover for The Beatles' album Sgt. ...

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Artwork Made From Oreos, Toast

Posted 09.23.2011

Read More: Women, Arts and Crafts, From Scratch, Craft, Woman, Embroidery, Wesleyan University, Weaving, Judith Klausner, Engraving, UK Arts, Art, Cooking, Cool Art, Oreo Art, Nostalgia, Arts News

In her food art series, 'From Scratch,' Artist Judith Klausner has created collection that addresses womanhood in various incarnations throughout hist...

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Hand-Stitching Meets High Fashion

iGNANT | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Photography, Art, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Hand-Stitching, Craft, Ignant, John Baldessari, Magazines, High Fashion, Arts News

Wer die pop-artigen Werke des amerikanischen Konzeptkünstlers John Baldessari kennt, kann sich vorstellen, weshalb die britische Künstlerin Inge Jac...

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Colicchio Brings In Craft Alumni David Chang, Marco Canora For 10th Anniversary Dinner

The Feast | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Craft, Tom Colicchio Craft, Marco Canora, Tom Colicchio, Jonathan Benno, David Chang, Food News

Last night, Tom Colicchio gathered a group of distinguished Craft alumni including David Chang, Marco Canora, and Jonathan Benno for a ten-course dinn...

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DIY: A Sight of Spring to De-Winterize Your Home

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Spring Bulbs, Spring Flowers, Bulbs, Pottery, Flowers, Craft, Gardening, Do It Yourself, Healthy Living News
Maria Rodale

By guest blogger designer Mark Kintzel Right about now, I start seeing spring flowers sold around town. Colorful spring flowers are a great fresh way...

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Project Interchange Highlights Bedouin-Style Fair Trade in Lakia, Israel

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fair Trade, Desert, Islam, Arabs, Nomads, Environment, Craft, Israel, Embroidery, Weaving, Water, Beduin, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

Elsana and her three Israeli-Bedouin partners envisioned a better life for themselves and founded the Association for the Improvement of Women's Status, Lakia in 1992.

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LA Times Raves About Tom Colicchio's Craft

latimes.com | S. Irene Virbila, Los Angeles Times Restaurant Critic | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Craft, Craft Restaurant, LA Restaurants, Tom Colicchio, Top Chef, Los Angeles News

Then came "Top Chef" in 2006, making Colicchio one of the most recognizable chefs in the country. A year later he opened Craft Los Angeles. At this po...

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Thanksgiving At Restaurants: A Look Inside

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sam Sifton, Restaurants, Craft, New York Restaurants, New York Times, Thanksgiving, Tom Colicchio, Thanksgiving Restaurants, Thanksgiving Food, Chefs, Thanksgiving Food and Recipes, Food News

New York Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton writes today on what he describes as the mostly-in-New-York phenomenon of the restaurant Thanksgiving, whi...

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Craft Thanksgiving on ICE

Jennifer McCoy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Colicchio, Thanksgiving Recipes, Craft, Restaurants, Thanksgiving, Chefs, New York Restaurants, Thanksgiving Food and Recipes, Food News
Jennifer McCoy

Thanksgiving is a chef's holiday. I don't know a single chef who doesn't love it. Yet every year, I find myself at work on Thanksgiving instead of enjoying the holiday at home with family and friends. Such is the nature of the service industry

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Grand Theft Poetics

Melissa Broder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Language, Dreams, Experimental Poetry, Writing, Craft, Experimental Fiction, Music, Poetry, Magazines, Subconcious, Id, Fantasy, Books News
Melissa Broder

I am a hoarder, a hoarder of nouns. Lately I've been pilfering nouns from 1970s fantasy novels. Words like zenith and demon, vortex and unicorn would ...

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Handmade Holiday

Sarah Archer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Holidays, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Holiday Season Commentary, Design, Craft, Healthy Living News
Sarah Archer

The advent of the non-committal gift card says it all: shopping for our loved ones has never been quicker and easier -- or less thoughtful.

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A Green Art Manifesto

Brendan Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arts, Craft, Climate Change, Green Living, Entertainment, Copenhagen 2009, Green Politics, Modern Art, Contemporary Art, Climate Change Art, Climate Crisis, New York News
Brendan Smith

You've seen us on the streets and farmers markets of New York, San Francisco, and Atlanta, selling our dresses sewn from recycled umbrellas and clocks milled from reclaimed wine tanks.

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American Apparel To Sell Bag-O-Scraps (Waste as Product)

Dan Gould | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Apparel, Craft, Diy, Clothes, Upcycling, Material Flow, Cradle to Cradle, Fabric, Style News
Dan Gould

You've got to hand it to American Apparel -- they're always finding new ways to make tired cotton and spandex duds into something exciting and marketable

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Ten Things You Can Make Out of Credit Cards

Anneli Rufus | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Craft, Golf, Credit Cards, Money, Debt, Credit Card Debt, Personal Finance, Healthy Living News
Anneli Rufus

Stop using your credit cards. But don't throw them away. Save the actual cards, because they're still useful in so many ways.

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Linda Skylark Rescue Mission: Play Now!

www.mochiads.com | MochiAds | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Games, River Raid, Xenon, Attack, Ufo, Skylark, Craft, Aliens, Rocket, Missile, Fire, Dawn Patrol, Plane, Banshee, Old, Raptor, Sky Force, Shoot, Vertical Scrolling Game, Video, Comedy News

Play new bright and colorful game full of shooting and adventures! Linda Skylark was ten, when her older sister Jane had been declared missing in action. Little Linda sworn to find out what had happened to Jane. 11 years later, having her craft at the ready, Linda acquires the Jane's flight plan. The journey is about to begin...

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First Person Artist: Chris Roth To The Rescue!

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: The Inner Life, Chris Roth, Holy Trinity, Religion, Fine Art, Jesus, Santa Claus, Fear, Death, Stained Glass, Craft, Arts News
Kimberly Brooks

The fear of death is a massive subject for artists. Even the medium itself alleviates it. Almost every piece created promises to outlive us and we can enfold ourselves the warm fantasy of immortality.

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