Tag Archives: crafts


Ana Navas

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Ana Navas, ‘Yet far more often than these text based pieces, one would play pure melodies on the mouth organ (version II)’ (2013)

Based on descriptions of audio guides from ethnographic museums, 10 objects are created out of paper napkins. The originals remain unseen; the reconstruction relies only on the information heard.


Bevis Martin and Charlie Youle

Bevis Martin and Charlie Youle - Pasta Necklace, 2015

Bevis Martin and Charlie Youle, ‘Pasta Necklace’ (2015)


Lucie Rie

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By Lucie Rie.


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Container with Lid (mid-/late 19th century), Northern Nguni, possibly from Zulu Swaziland or KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.


Myfanwy Macleod

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‘Shipwreck’ (2012)

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‘Windfarms’ (2012) by Myfanwy Macleod


Ken Burns

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‘The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God’, a film by Ken Burns and Amy Stechler Burns.

They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them “Shakers.”


Mike Kelley

Mike Kelley, ‘More love hours than can ever be repaid’ and ‘The wages of sin’ (1987)