Some problems don’t need fixing – buא Matt Benedetto insists on fixing them anyway. Matt is a product designer from Vermont, which means he makes his living making sure various products are useful and easy to use. In his free time, though, he does the absolute opposite – by inventing products that...
Fiber artist Meghan Shimek is known for her large scale woven wall hangings and sculptures. Raised in Michigan, and currently based in Oakland, California, Shimek studied history and nutrition before discovering her true passion in weaving. "Weaving has definitely become my life’s work," she admitted in an interview...
It took Zilla Bergamini about two seconds to fall in love with Lucy and decide to adopt her. The kitten is a sphynx cat – a rare breed of hairless cats – but Lucy looked unique even compared to her siblings. She had a huge had with wide-opened eyes,...
Brazilian graphic designer Regis Mathias has a huge passion for turning his boring daily life into something more exciting. The Madrid-based self-taught artist began experimenting with Photoshop in his teens when he was only 16 years old. Thanks to his persistence, hard work, and YouTube tutorials he learned the...
Los Angeles based artist and designer, Lorena Marañon, is known for her improvisational quilts, with her use of materials continually questioning the boundaries between the disposable and the durable, whilst challenging the dividing lines between art and craft. "I began quilting late 2013 when working for a fabric manufacturer,"...
Self-taught fiber artist, Irem Yazici, is known for her teeny-tiny embroideries, some as small as a pin. Based in Eskisehir, Turkey, her artistic journey began in 2014 after a general interest in crafts lead her to embroidery. "My first works were a recoil of embroidery being used for only...
The gifted Britnie Walston has been an artist for more than a decade and has done numerous artwork. She describes herself as a “versatile, but primarily a traditional and abstract artist, capturing energy through light, vibrant color, depth, and texture.” Currently, she is creating fluid paintings and landscapes mixing...
While creating her human portraits, the talented Agnes Grochulska likes playing with her brushstrokes. The Virginia-based artist focuses on the facial features of her characters and explains that with the usage of strong lines she wants to “capture the emotion”. In her latest project, The Outline Series, Grochulska paints a...
There are a lot of niche channels on YouTube, but few are as big as the primitive technology world. Primitive technology YouTubers film themselves building everything from campfires to houses from scratch, without using any modern technology. It all started with one person – John Plant from Queensland, Australia....
Craft artist Hiné Mizushima knows her way around a needle and thread. Born and raised in Japan, she majored in Japanese traditional painting before working as a designer and Illustrator in Tokyo. After traveling around the world for some years, she moved to Vancouver, Canada where she currently works...