Month: February, 2006
Brooklyn-based design outfit Citizen, which includes among its members ReadyMade profile subject Tobias Wong (The Green Issue, March/April 2005) has just opened up shop in San Francisco. If you’re not on either coast, check out their site, where you’ll find Duchamp-esque installations as well as cheeky, high-concept art wares like Wong’s zinc-cast, chrome-plated boxcutter and cross-shaped scrub brushes (because cleanliness is next to godliness).
There are so many great craft blogs to be found these days–practically a blog for every craft that can be brought to mind. Bringing it all together is the fabulous new Whipup.net. A team of 19 craft-bloggers, led by the industrious Kathreen Ricketson, post several times daily with good handmade things to be found from around the Web; ideas, projects, artist profiles, and beautiful objects. The archives are already busting at the seams with great finds.
Thriftcraft is a new website devoted to reusing vintage and recycled materials, as well as to the thrill of the thrift store hunt. Hillary is a prolific crafter, so if you’re looking for some inspiration while in the secondhand store, keep an eye on this site.
How ingenious is this: a flower shop where rather than buying cut flowers, you buy photos of plant bits that are then constructed into 3-Dimensional arrangements.
Maybe your sewing skills would make grandma cringe, or maybe you just wish someone else would do it for you. Dress by Design lets you design a dress online, and then ships you the results. Choose from several basic styles, sleeve types, and lengths, and then select a fabric and enter your measurements.
Since 2003 a company called Technical Video Rental (basically Netflix for how-tos) has been renting out instructional videos on everything from painting to knifemaking to swimming to woodworking. Recently they’ve added more functionality to their website, including customer reviews and a personal rental history so you don’t rent the same thing more than once…unless you want to.
